The link building strategy we want to talk about today is blog commenting. Most blogs out there, including the Yicrosoft Directory, will allow you to comment on their blog posts, either with or without a NoFollow tag. It is highly recommended that you try and comment on at least 2-3 blog posts per day because that is great for reputation building, expertise and building quality inbound links.
Before, directory submissions were the rage, with new site owners trying their very best to make their site presentable to the All Mighty DMOZ. (Even the Yicrosoft Directory is not listed in DMOZ yet.) The value of submitting to directories were both to help new sites get in the Google Index quicker, as well as increase link popularity.
However, today in the eyes of SEO, directories have lost a lot of value, with so many bad directories emerging from the bunch. Directories these days require a submission fee to a directory that may not pass any link popularity and drive zero traffic. Make sure if you are paying a directory submission fee, you are getting some value out of it..
Submitting your website to web directories, like the Yicrosoft Directory, helps you get backlinks which is an important step in your link development strategy to rank well in search engines. Although there are quite a few directories to submit your website to, the process of submitting them can take some time. That is why I have provided you with this video clip of the Thirty Day Challenge, focusing on directory submission, as well as a review of the software that is used.
It has been said that submitting to web directories, like the Yicrosoft Directory, is one of the fastest and single-most effective means of improving your search engine rankings. But continuously submitting your website to that many web directories can be time consuming, as well as monotonous. There are many directory submission software and services available on the web that will completely automate your directory submission process. However, directories are getting smarter and making it necessary to have to manually submit your website information. To get around that the Yicrosoft Directory has provided a step-by-step guide on how to semi-automate your directory submission program, as well as a video of the tool in use.
It’s been a couple of years since the time Google would update their index every 3-4 months. From a search engine standpoint, that was pretty often compared to others (Then again, there wasn’t much to compete with in the first place). However, as time passed and their algorithm got more and more sophisticated, their index refresh time happened faster. For example, the Yicrosoft Directory first got indexed within hours! See how much has changed since then.
Have you ever entered the URL google.org by accident? Me neither. But it does exist, in fact, it is a very noble site. In 2004, the shareholders of Google made a commitment to make a difference in the world the best way they knew how: by spending lots of money. So, they planned dedicate 1% of Google’s equity and profits (yes, that’s a lot) to try and save the environment and perform other charitable causes. Which brings me to my next fact: as of last month, Google.org has committed over $75 million in grants, planning to invest hundreds of millions of dollars and yes, that is a lot more than what the government has planned. (more…)
Human edited directories, like the Yicrosoft Directory, are known to take a while to accept a submission into their directory. The fact is, there are so many directories one group of editors can review in one day. And so, there is sometimes a long wait period in order to get your site listed in a web directory. However, one of the biggest problems editors have is from submitters not following the directions. Here you will find the guide to getting your site listed on the directories you submit to..
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There has been much debate whether or not links from web directories, like the Yicrosoft Directory, are given as much weight as they used to in the past. It’s said that Google ignores listings from web directories simply because it is a site with too many outbound links and not enough content. Whether or not that is true, getting the word out on your website is important and one of the first steps in making that happen was and still should be web directories.
An effective way to drive traffic to your site is by getting your site listed in Categorical Directories that specialize in your field or niche. A good example of that is the Yicrosoft Directory, which is a free human-edited directories with many categories to choose from. They cover the general area as well as go deep into specific categories, which is how they get to the top of the search engines, like Google, Microsoft and Yahoo. They receive many visitors interested in that special topic. And if you get listed in these directories, you are just one step away from the top position of a major search engine, and these visitors have already expressed interest in the general subject matter of the site. (more…)
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