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October 13, 2009

Off-page Search Engine Optimization-Directories

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Off-page Search Engine Optimization-Directories

As you will discover as you read through this report, there are many types of directory site. For everything that exists on the internet, there will be a directory (or more commonly, many directories) where whatever it is will be listed and categorized.

Some of these directories will focus on particular types of web content, such as articles, videos or blogs. However, at the highest level, there are many directories that list and categorize websites, and if you can get your site listed, it is advantageous in traffic terms. (For more detailed information on flipping websites as a way to make money on the internet.)

There are two types of directory to which you can apply, those that are free, and those that you have to pay for in order to be listed.

This is where you have something of a theres good news and theres bad news scenario.

The good news is that the most important site directory, which is the Open Directory Project or DMOZ directory, is completely free to apply for and to be listed in. This is worth doing, because the DMOZ directory is where Google and many other search engines obtain a lot of their information.

The bad news is that DMOZ is an entirely voluntary project, staffed by voluntary editors, and it can therefore take anything between two months and two years for your application to be assessed. Dont even think of asking them to hurry up, because that is almost guaranteed to put your application back to the bottom of the pile!

On top of this, the editors who work for DMOZ do tend to be something of a law unto themselves, so there is no guarantee, that they will accept your site, even after you have waited a year or two for their decision.

There is little you can do about speeding up the DMOZ editorial and acceptance process, so if you have not already applied to DMOZ, I would recommend that you do so immediately after finishing reading this book.

In the future, apply to DMOZ as soon as you register your domain name, because even if youre not going to build your website for six months, you can be pretty confident that they will not get round to reviewing it in that time.

If your application is (eventually) successful, the results are almost always worth the wait. Because the DMOZ directory has so much clout with Google, a listing in the directory automatically means that your site will receive a significant search engine boost. (Check out this site on how to sell a website at flipmastery.com.)

In addition, getting your site listed will generate a one-way incoming link from DMOZ. The homepage of the directory is extremely highly rated when measured by Google Page Rank, which is a commonly accepted measure of site value and popularity.

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