submission directories

[George]

Hello all,

I am getting ready to launch my first search campaign. I have been doing tons of homework and heard that a few people "seo or index their site with google" to help with QS.

So I read on Ubercamp that Paul states:


"When I start up a new niche and landing page, I usually order bout 1,000-1,500 directory submissions for that URL."

So I would like to know if anyone knows of a service/site that offers this?

Any other comments or advice, I'd be grateful.

Thanks,
George

[ticklebug82]

There are a lot of them you can go to digital point forums and look or just look on google under directory submission. Usually its around .10-.20 a directory, at least the last looked.

Mary

[artarmon42]

Be very careful about doing that.

If your site gets listed on a directory that Google knows is "spammy" or detects a sudden huge jump in links, they will sandbox your domain (i.e. no organic listing for 6-9 months).

I don't think # of inbound links has any impact (good or bad) for Adwords.

[keliix06]

But I would say a few quality links would likely help.

[George]

Thanks guys. This helps.

@Kellix, do you recommend doing this then at all? If so, what sites or process do you recommend?

[hd2000]

regarding this directory submission, is it needed ? any advantage of doing this ?

[keliix06]

I wouldn't pay for directory submissions. There is a guy at WF who does stumbles and social bookmarking, you could do that since those aren't seen as as spammy by search engines. You certainly do want to do at least some continual SEO work on your landing sites as it will help.

[George]

WF as in Warrior Forum or WickeFire?

Sorry to ask a fundamental question here but when you mean "continual SEO work on your landing sites", is this done by adding articles on a regular basis, adding blog posts, etc?

[keliix06]

WF = wickedfire.

You do want to add fresh content, get backlinks through non-spammed methods, etc. Anything you would do on a real site you wanted to have rank naturally. If you aren't looking to rank naturally I wouldn't spend as much time on it, an hour or so a week should be plenty.

[mystickcal]

Be very careful about doing that.

If your site gets listed on a directory that Google knows is "spammy" or detects a sudden huge jump in links, they will sandbox your domain (i.e. no organic listing for 6-9 months).

I don't think # of inbound links has any impact (good or bad) for Adwords.

Errr your comment is half correct :P

If google detects a huge jump in links then yes....they may sandbox your domain, however......

Google does not find all your links on all the directories at the same time, in fact, on some of the directories it could take weeks for Google to find them.
Also, not all the directories will approve your link at the same time... I've had links take 3 - 6 months to get approved on some directories...

Secondly, if your site is listed on a directory that is considered spammy, you will not have anything bad happen to your site...at all... You just wouldn't have anything good come out of it either.

The reason for this is because if you got penalized for being on a spammy directory, then any of your competitors could take your site, submit them to a bunch of spammy directories and screw you over. So nothing good or bad will happen by being on a spammy directory.

[artarmon42]

Yup you're right.

That was what I meant (it won't affect PPC but it could hurt SEO) although when I re-read it, I can see how someone could misinterpret my statements.

[mystickcal]

Yup you're right.

That was what I meant (it won't affect PPC but it could hurt SEO) although when I re-read it, I can see how someone could misinterpret my statements.

No problem, I just wanted to clarify so no one got confused, I just mis interpreted what you were saying :D