Comments on: How to Build Free Back Links Using Directories http://www.pittsburghcreative.com/blog/how-to-build-free-back-links-using-directories/ pittsburghcreative blog Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:35:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Pittsburgh SEO Service http://www.pittsburghcreative.com/blog/how-to-build-free-back-links-using-directories/comment-page-1/#comment-233 Pittsburgh SEO Service Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:15:31 +0000 http://www.pittsburghcreative.com/blog/?p=158#comment-233 Christian, With DMOZ, you can often get sites listed by submitting them once per month until they are finally reviewed & accepted. Many people don't realize that it often takes up to a month for the reviewer to get around to reviewing each submission. Also, your submission can get moved "to the back of the line" (so to speak) if you submit the same URL to DMOZ more than once in a 30 day period. Phil, What are your thoughts on the above? Have you noticed the same with your DMOZ submissions? Christian,

With DMOZ, you can often get sites listed by submitting them once per month until they are finally reviewed & accepted. Many people don’t realize that it often takes up to a month for the reviewer to get around to reviewing each submission. Also, your submission can get moved “to the back of the line” (so to speak) if you submit the same URL to DMOZ more than once in a 30 day period.

Phil,

What are your thoughts on the above? Have you noticed the same with your DMOZ submissions?

]]> By: Phil Laboon http://www.pittsburghcreative.com/blog/how-to-build-free-back-links-using-directories/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Phil Laboon Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:54:15 +0000 http://www.pittsburghcreative.com/blog/?p=158#comment-123 Christian, I have am not a fan of buying links mainly because Google is very against any site selling links. Even though those sites are old and established and have decent PR on their pages I'm sure Google is not passing anything through them. For $900 for 3 links for 1 year to me is just not worth it and we have done many many tests over the years testing the impact links like these have on SERPs. Here is a link to Matt Cutt's Blog where he tells you how to report any site selling links: http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/how-to-report-paid-links/ When asked about Google's stance on paid links Matt Cutts had alot to say. Here is a great excerpt: "...link sellers can lose trust, such as their ability to flow PageRank/anchortext. Also, we’re open to semi-automatic approaches to ignore paid links, which could include the best of algorithmic and manual approaches..." Here are a few examples types of links we build for some of our clients in the education field: http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/sd/ http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/results/?id=227 http://dese.mo.gov/directory/ Links from anyone of these sources carries much more weight with search engines then any paid directory (from my expeirence) Christian, I have am not a fan of buying links mainly because Google is very against any site selling links. Even though those sites are old and established and have decent PR on their pages I’m sure Google is not passing anything through them. For $900 for 3 links for 1 year to me is just not worth it and we have done many many tests over the years testing the impact links like these have on SERPs.

Here is a link to Matt Cutt’s Blog where he tells you how to report any site selling links:

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/how-to-report-paid-links/

When asked about Google’s stance on paid links Matt Cutts had alot to say. Here is a great excerpt:

“…link sellers can lose trust, such as their ability to flow PageRank/anchortext. Also, we’re open to semi-automatic approaches to ignore paid links, which could include the best of algorithmic and manual approaches…”

Here are a few examples types of links we build for some of our clients in the education field:

http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/sd/

http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/results/?id=227

http://dese.mo.gov/directory/

Links from anyone of these sources carries much more weight with search engines then any paid directory (from my expeirence)

]]> By: Christian Zagarskas http://www.pittsburghcreative.com/blog/how-to-build-free-back-links-using-directories/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Christian Zagarskas Sun, 28 Mar 2010 06:02:10 +0000 http://www.pittsburghcreative.com/blog/?p=158#comment-113 I would agree with your take on back-linking, geo targets, and even industry specific directory's... however, saying "never pay for a directory listing" is in my opinion a 'heavy limitation' for serious quick SEO. consider these if you will: best of the web directory www.botw.com + page rank 6 since 1996 cost = 299.99 per year www.business.com + page rank 7 since 1998 cost = 299.99 per year www.yahoo.com + page rank 8 since 1995 cost = 299.99 per year the DMOZ boasts a rank of 8 for free, but not everyone is accepted. DMOZ traffic is at 900k compared to Yahoo's whopping 2.2mil. Free directory's are great, but many are completely worthless. some even going so far as to use rel='nofollow'... the same rings true with PR sites, with a little research you get what you pay for, for example I would never recommend 'uncoverthenet' directory with a page rank of 0, traffic of 69k, for a $159, worse than worthless. Of course, thats the point of hiring a pro to do the leg work and submit to all the valuable free ones, but also find the few worth paying for... I would agree with your take on back-linking, geo targets, and even industry specific directory’s… however, saying “never pay for a directory listing” is in my opinion a ‘heavy limitation’ for serious quick SEO. consider these if you will:

best of the web directory
http://www.botw.com
+ page rank 6 since 1996
cost = 299.99 per year

http://www.business.com
+ page rank 7 since 1998
cost = 299.99 per year

http://www.yahoo.com
+ page rank 8 since 1995
cost = 299.99 per year

the DMOZ boasts a rank of 8 for free, but not everyone is accepted. DMOZ traffic is at 900k compared to Yahoo’s whopping 2.2mil.

Free directory’s are great, but many are completely worthless. some even going so far as to use rel=’nofollow’… the same rings true with PR sites, with a little research you get what you pay for, for example I would never recommend ‘uncoverthenet’ directory with a page rank of 0, traffic of 69k, for a $159, worse than worthless. Of course, thats the point of hiring a pro to do the leg work and submit to all the valuable free ones, but also find the few worth paying for…

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