Comments on: Submission to 100 directories, is it worth it? http://aymeric.gaurat.net/2010/submission-to-100-directories-is-it-worth-it/ On building profitable web applications Sun, 20 May 2012 23:23:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Aymeric http://aymeric.gaurat.net/2010/submission-to-100-directories-is-it-worth-it/comment-page-1/#comment-1678 Aymeric Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:24:56 +0000 http://aymeric.gaurat.net/index.php/2010/submission-to-100-directories-is-it-worth-it/#comment-1678 Awesome comment John! I always considered directories good for local websites but you are right that directories can still be valuable if hand-picked. Awesome comment John!

I always considered directories good for local websites but you are right that directories can still be valuable if hand-picked.

]]> By: John McFarlane http://aymeric.gaurat.net/2010/submission-to-100-directories-is-it-worth-it/comment-page-1/#comment-1677 John McFarlane Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:52:10 +0000 http://aymeric.gaurat.net/index.php/2010/submission-to-100-directories-is-it-worth-it/#comment-1677 For the benefit of backlinks from directories they can be worth doing a few occasionally yourself, like when you have a few spare minutes every now and then, but for traffic directly from them they are not so useful. Niche directories can be more useful and also those specific to a country if you happen to be targetting a certain country with your product/service. Theres an issue over the last few years of very poor quality directory networks, hundreds set up on the same IP and on .info's with a view to selling them off or trying to monetize with adsense. There are some decent quality, well looked after and properly edited free and paid directories, not part of spammy networks. The bad ones are also often setup on dropped domains too, usually with strange sounding names. For the benefit of backlinks from directories they can be worth doing a few occasionally yourself, like when you have a few spare minutes every now and then, but for traffic directly from them they are not so useful.

Niche directories can be more useful and also those specific to a country if you happen to be targetting a certain country with your product/service.

Theres an issue over the last few years of very poor quality directory networks, hundreds set up on the same IP and on .info’s with a view to selling them off or trying to monetize with adsense.

There are some decent quality, well looked after and properly edited free and paid directories, not part of spammy networks.

The bad ones are also often setup on dropped domains too, usually with strange sounding names.

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