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04.27.06
Common Sense While Promoting Your Website
 By
Robert Nixon
In previous articles, I have discussed various places you can submit your website such as Search Engines, FFA pages, Classifieds, and Safe list, and what to expect in return.
Never forget to always use your common sense when doing any submissions. Do not put your posting across multiple categories, but stay to the category that matches your theme as close as possible and only post there.
IF you do not follow this advice, you will be banned from future postings at many places you have spent some time getting listed with. Why? If you do not follow the rules, then you make others think you are only just another spammer, and that is what you have become by letting your desires outweigh your common sense. You will end up losing more than you will ever gain by doing so. You have to always think of quality first and coverage second while on the internet.
Directories:
In my opinion, these are actually search engines aimed at targeted niches. You will find some that you can only submit to if you pay a fee, some that require a 'link back', some that you have to register with, and some that will let you submit without any requirements. Most, if not of the pure paid inclusion type will give you the option of a faster listing with a 'link back' or a slower one without.
This is where having a 'links' page maybe of some value to your site, although I am not sure if such a page will actually pay off for anything else but to keep your link on a specific Directory. The thought is that with a link to your site on the Directory, the major search engines may pick these up as additional links to your site.
Here you should pay close attention to the Directories you are listing with, making sure they are themed close to your website's theme. Many Directories are human edited and they will go to your site and check it out to see if your site meets their quality standards. Just as you have a list of search engines, you will want a good list of Directories and the requirements of them, if possible. Others will send a robot to check out your site during the process of submission and will insert the information it needs on your submission form and still others will send their robot to your links page url to confirm their link before allowing your posting.
By doing a search on Google, I ran across a really good site that takes a lot of the effort out of manual submission by listing what each of the listed Directories require or take to submit. You may want to save the following link as I have and start going thru the listed Directories. http://www.4th-media.com/directories/
Some of the directories on the list have changed their requirements since the list was put together, but the number of them is very small so I think the list is still quite good.
I am sure there are some great directory auto-submitters out there that will also save you some time with this effort, but I have noticed that many of the Directories on this list require you to fill in a 'code' before you can do the final submit, keeping auto- submitters out ( a form of spam to the directory owner's that want to keep their directory clean and with only sites that pertain to their correct categories ).
Some places in my opinion to avoid are sites that require you
to visit or rate other sites in order for yours to continue
or to get listed. My thinking is that they are just creating
hits to and from sites in order to show traffic volume on theirs.
Think about it, just where are you when you are doing this?
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About the Author:
Robert Nixon has been active on the internet since it's start. Had a successfull shareware distribution business. Now dedicated to helping others with site improvement and avoiding scams |
