10 SEO Friendly Directory Submission Services
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In 6 Great Free Resources, I mentioned Jeff Johnson’s free Underground Training Lab.
I studied the videos that come with this outstanding information. In particular I was very curious about directory submission services. Jeff recommends using them, up to 100-200 directory submissions for your traffic generating sites up to a 1,000 for your money making websites.
I don’t think there’s much value in submitting your site to thousands of directories, as most of them aren’t decently indexed by the search engines and lots of them do not pass link juice. Those that do are so crowded that listings are split into several pages, where you will end up at the last page without any significance.
Also, IN GENERAL, directories do not generate much traffic, as few people visit and use them.
But there are exceptions!
And prices are dirt cheap. In fact, some offer submissions services so cheap that it’s hard to believe they can make money from it.
So I did a search using Google and came up with 10 Directory Submission Services that seem worth to try out.
Let me first emphasize this: I haven’t used these submission services.
I’ve used services like this offered on forums by people I knew, but not from search results.
So I can’t recommend any of them. My intention simply is to provide an overview from which you can select your own resource and try it. No guarantees!
As you can see from the search, I added ‘seo friendly’ to the term, meaning that I only wanted submissions to directories that pass (some) link juice.
I also added ‘manual’ to avoid directory submission services that use software to submit your sites.
The search produced thousands of results, of which I took those at the top that looked great and also included a submission report, or at least mentioned it. It seemed to me, that if a directory submission service is in the top 10 of a search result, they must be serious about their business. That does NOT mean there aren’t any other great ones, see below.
I skipped submission services offered on forums, because they mostly are individuals, not established companies. But that doesn’t mean they’re not good. Just try them and you may end up with a virtual assistant who does all the submissions for you.
The same applies for individuals that do submission services on freelance sites.
Also, I didn’t look specifically for services that submit to high pagerank directories, because these higher P-rankings mostly apply to the home page, not the listing pages. Besides that, IF a listing page has a high PR, most of the time it’s cluttered with thousands of links, reason to split the listings into multiple pages which results you ending up on the last page with no PR at all.
In general, I found that if you buy more, prices will go down, but I’ve also seen services, like Compbizz, where prices go up. I suggest you compare these offers thoroughly.
The time necessary to submit to the directories varies from just one day to months for large packages. Always check that.
If you see a submission service to 900 directories done in 1 day, there’s something fishy going on. Make sure there’s a solid relation between the submission time and the number of submissions you want.
That’s why I hesitated to include one of the services below. I found it hard to believe that they can submit your site to 100 directories manually for only 5 dollars, but it’s what they say they do.
Again, check thoroughly.
Sometimes more variables than I searched for apply, like
- a certain number of submissions to PR5+ directories
- spreading the submissions over a certain number of IP addresses
- the opportunity to submit different titles and description of your link
- deep linking (pages within your site)
Some services even guarantee their submissions. Therefore, you should take your time to compare all these different offers.
The aforementioned variables show, that cheaper doesn’t always mean better. It’s what you want that counts, as is the quality of the service (which, again, I did NOT test).
I also want to emphasize that the overview below is just a short selection of what I found. There are many, many more submission services and I may have missed some good ones. Use the Google search link above to find your own favorites.
Finally, if a submission service lists the directories they will submit to, it’s very wise to study that list, so you get an impression of the quality of the directories submitted to.
So do your own due diligence and be prepared to loose some money as I can’t guarantee the quality of the services listed below.
Here’s the overview of manual directory submission services that I’ve found.
| Submission Service | Min. Order in US $ |
Mininmum Directories |
Price Per 100 |
| Directory Maximizer | 5 | 35 | 14 |
| iNetZeal | 40 | 250 | 16 |
| Directory Site Submit | 30 | 170 | 18 |
| Directory Vault | 15 | 30 (PR5) | 23 |
| Submit 2 Please | 100 | 500 | 20 |
| Submit Edge | 15 | 100 | 15 |
| Compbizz | 7 | 100 | 7 |
| Cheap Directory Submission | 5 | 100 | 5 |
| GNNLive | 18 | 150 | 12 |
| Directory Submission Service | 35 | 500 | 7 |
| Ìink Building Dir | 10 | 100 | 10 |
| Nation Submit | 8 | 100 | 8 |
Ah yes, there are 12 submission services. I thought it was good to add two extra, just in case.
Let me know what you think of it. Post your comments below.
Also, if you have any experience with one of these services or another one, please let us know what you think about it.
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Nice post, Case, and I liked the way you debunked the myth of ‘more is better’ for directory listings with this quote:
“I don’t think there’s much value in submitting your site to thousands of directories”
Quality beats sheer numbers most of the time in terms of getting good traffic to your site. Thanks for sharing that list of directory submission services.
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Dr.Mani
Exactly Carl.
My time is much too precious to submit to every directory myself. I can make so much more money doing something else.
Great post! Thanks for the list of directory submission you have shared here!
Do you think that paid directories are better than free directories?
I know one more way on how you can easily submit your site to numeral directories. For this you have Alsubmitter program and database with directories for it, that you can find and download.
This is a great list. It would be interesting to see you expand that list beyond 10 though, say maybe the top 50?
Those are very popular brand names who do Quality submissions.I have heard all of them doing very successful business.
Just a thought, there could be some other websites who gives that quality.
Anyways very good lists and recommended one too.
Thanks
Chris
For the most part I agree that directory’s are pretty useless. I have applied to some free directory’s though. This list gives me something to think about, thank you.
My online gift store (goodnperfectgifts.com) is less than a year old so I appreciate this timely info.
I chose to contact the one titled Directory Submission Service as they claim they can guarantee listings vs submissions only. I emailed them a question 3 times and haven’t received a response which doesn’t lend to their credibility.
I will check out Directory Maximizer based on the comments posted. Thank you all for your input!
Just want to say that that above list of Directory Submision services websites is really helpful for me. I just bought a plan from submitedge.com and i think it is best directory submission service. I have choose the plan “600 High PR Directory Submission Service Package – 12 Days” for Only $50.It is really cheap and best plan.
I know that uou have taken some pain to collect/compose this list. Thanks a lot. Two thumbs for you. Keep it up.
I have been searching for a combination of directory submission and search engine submission software and or services. The results when you are search for one or both are exhausting and you don’t know which works and which are scams. I am surprised more SEO experts don’t write about who they prefer as far as companies that submit and software.
I have been using a free service offered with my domain registrar/hosting company for a few of my sites for over 6 months now and have not had any great results. There are so many services and types of search engine and directory submission software that I feel overwhelmed when trying to find the best. I end up just giving up and moving on to my next online chore. With over 50 sites, I need something affordable that delivers real results. In this day and age, you wouldn’t think it would need to take in some cases, months for your listing to appear in their results. DMOZ seems to be corrupt or something because it is nearly impossible to get listed unless you know someone or beg. I have been in BOTW and Joeant for months but still to this day, most of my traffic comes from Google, Yahoo and AOL.
One thing I have found that truly helps is to create a blog for your website. This gets your site spidered much faster and it also makes it so your updates appear in the search engine results faster usually, than if you had not created the blog.
I am still searching for a service or the software that will get my sites listed in the important directories and search engines without breaking the bank.
I will give one or two of the services you listed a try.
I very much appreciate the list and the comments. I am glad to see this topic discussed.
I own one of the above listed companies (or rather brands).
I must say that directory submission remains as an integral part of any search engine optimization campaign. Some people think that it is a waste, but we have seen that even simple directory submission can get rankings for some less competitive (or moderately competitive) keywords.
So, it has to be in your SEO mix!
And yes, do not ignore low PR directories. Even if 10% of them become successful and become “paid directories” in next few months / years, you will get many times your money back! They are like penny stocks.
Abhishek
I would say among the directory submission services that directory maximizer is the best — they also provide a directory of directories that’s very useful. Thanks for the info.
Directory submission should be done in great directories with good PR and prestige. And not to 100.000 directories with PR 0.
Hi,
I have used Submitedge for 1250 Directory Submission Service and found their service to be helpful and i tried them for DMOZ submission and i got my listed in Dmoz in less than a week which was amazing.
I never would have imagined my site listed in Dmoz lol..
Good post that covered many aspects. To find out a serious directory submission service company that would give value for money check
1. If it gives any guaranteed listings. Also check if they are getting links from a directory network. A directory network is owned by one or two individuals. They maintain hundreds of web directories ( generally paid with a small fee ). If you pay a small fee your site will be added on all those directories. The problem here is all those directories are very similar and contains exactly SAME content that is same sites listed. And most of those directories share same c block IP address.
2. Now make a comparison of guaranteed listings and the price they would charge. This should give you some more idea of a directory submission company.
Kalyan
I am not a big fan of submission services. I like to submit my sites by myself because in that way I can do that slowly over the time and I can randomly change the anchor text and description. I believe that those 2 things are very important to have in mind while submitting.
While I have used a submission service I got a huge bang in links on yahoo, only to have them slowly and surely disappear on the back links to my site. Between being devalued by Google, and the fact that there are so many links on most of them I tend to think they don’t help much, but may still have some usefulness.
Earlier I learnt and taught others about how one should write Meta tags and the Title. This would almost fail that exam, but it’s worked many times for many people : )
But when you work with the directory service they submit your website .
But when i look around on google there are mnay free directories where you can submit your website fore free ,but many are not follow.
So when your work with a company ask of the links are dofollow or not.
I like to submit my sites by myself because i can choose high pr directory!
I have used directory maximizer and found them pretty good for the amount that they charge. But if you have time I would highly recommend that you submit to directories by yourself. Then you can be sure that you are choosing the best category and following all the correct procedures. Directory submission services are good for people who are short on time but as I like to say if you can do it by yourself then do that.
Steve
I always enjoy submitting in free directories though paid are better but because of huge crowd there I go for fresh one. Still I hope this list may be helpful if I get proper listing. Thanks again and I aprreaciate your effort that you have devoted time to search this list and provided it free of cost.
Most submission services reuse the same lists again and again. But these lists have a lot of neglected directories which never will approve their submissions (sometimes more than 50%). So, customers should always ask for a minimal approval rate guaranteed (after 1 or 2 months). It’s basical for any reliable submission service.
Susan
Lets take directory maximizer for example. I have submitted through them to 100 directories around 7 months ago but till date, i can only see around 15 links coming in from my new site which i have not even performed SEO for. It is a test that proves unreliablity.
Currently, i have actually outsourced my directory submission services to external parties at DP forum and they are doing a rather good job. At least i do not have to worry much about being scammed.
thanks for your list, do we got any guarantee? and i think submitted into directory is so important to got high position in search enggine results.
Submission of website into directory listings are not “SO IMPORTANT” to attain higher rankings in SERPs. There are many factors involved and you may want to check out the strength of such directory. Paid ones that have strong authority will include BOTW, Business.com, Yahoo Directory and so on.
-Rif Chia
Nice review. I’ve been using directory submission services for a few years and can say with some confidence that listings in multiple directories will not do a site any harm. They may not bring much benefit in terms of improved rankings – but featured links where the link is presented from the main page can be beneficial – IMHO. Tony Gee
Does it help to use automatic directory submision? Isn’t that google looks for unique text so submitting your page automaticly with nearly the same text to many web directories won’t help too much? I’m trying to do everything manually and subscribe my pages only to best directories. Is it a good way or am I wrong?
Every link still consider a link, so I’ll submit to most directories as I can as well as others methods such as social network. In fact you couldn’t know some links may bring you traffic even it’s not indexed by search engine.
The best way to get links to your site is to submit articles to free-content article directories. Share your knowledge with the world. Only this time, you’ll be giving other people permission to reprint your article on their websites provided they link back to your site. This is known as back links or inbound links and that’s the kind of thing search engines look for when deciding PageRank and relevance when determining your site’s place in the SERP ranks.
Kevin (Editor)
Yes directory submission is worth the money. For a few $$ you can get good amount of backlinks. However I am skeptical about the quality of links.
You can get better deals at popular webmaster forums like Digitalpoint and WHT.
Pritesh
I’ve always been a little skeptical of these services, simply because the price usually seems to be either to cheap to believe, or ridiculously high. I have been getting some private people through DigitalPoint forums, but dealing with a more establish system could definitely be advantageous.
A directory submission service takes the leg word and guesswork out of your websites submission to individual directories. Depending on what package you purchase from them, these directory submission services will scour the internet for the proper directories and categories for your web page.