While directories are not as beneficial as they used to be they are still a good foundation for link building campaigns. Below is list of the top 10 SEO friendly directories that pass on PageRank to your site, thereby increasing your PR.
1. Librarians’ Internet Index (PR9)- A very high-quality free link, but very difficult to get. Websites must go through a thorough review and must contain alot of informative content.
2. DMOZ (PR8)- The Open Directory Project is a great authority link and its free. Unfortunately it can take up to a year to be indexed depending on the editor for the category you are submitting to. Don’t keep resubmitting your site, it only puts you at the end of the line.
3. Yahoo Directory (PR8)- Another great authority link if your site is not commercial inclusion is free but can be slow. Commercial listings are $299 a year.
4. Business.com (PR7)- Great link for business sites submission cost $299 a year make sure to get the standard listing not the PPC which is a redirected link.
5. Best of the Web (PR7)- Free link for non-commercial sites. Otherwise its $69.95 a year or $199.95 for a permanent link. Many of BOTW’s category pages have high Google Page Rank without that many outgoing links making this a solid backlink.
6. JoeAnt.com (PR6)- $39.99 one-time fee, free for editors guaranteed review within two business days.
7. The Hot VS. Not Directory (PR6)- High Page rank directory $60 for a year $200 for a permanent link.
8. Directory World (PR5)- Professional web directory for 24.95 annually.
9. GoGuides (PR5)- Websites are instantly included $69.95 per site.
10. Rubber Stamped (PR4)- Solid link from an up and coming directory $29.95 one time review fee.
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I tried to submit my sites at DMOZ and LII long time ago. I don’t know what happened since then. Feels like its really hard to be accepted on those particular directories. But once your site is accepted and listed, the authority of those listings will be seen by big G and other serps as well, thus, making your site more SE friendly.
Ron Leyba
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@Olina @Jessicap @Nadene @Belajar – I am glad that we were able to be a help to you by providing this information.
Thanks for the great list. I can’t figure out how to submit a free site to Yahoo! I can only get to the $299. Also, I submitted to DMOZ a while back and can’t seem to get listed. I’ll check out the other sites.
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@christopher with Yahoo free or paid is determined by yahoo depending on the category. If its a commercial category they will require payment but if its in a blogging or personal category it should be free. -will
@Christopher,
After you submit your site to DMOZ, it might take years to be accepted and sometimes, not to be accepted on their listings.
For Yahoo, I think there is no free submission for their directory, only the paid one.
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I think these days people have less of a problem paying for links, but when you are, make sure that it really is well worth it. In fact, it may be better to give your money to a high pr website in your niche than a directory.
directories are useful if you know how to use it.
but often it takes long time to be approved.
Such as DMOZ, sometimes, it takes about three months.
i do not have such patience to wait for it.
@Mary I agree with you on the high PR site in your niche. For instance for loan site I like to use financial blogs which are high PR and rank well for loan keywords. -will
DMOZ takes aaaaggggggeeees to get listed. But it’s worth the wait.
To new blog owners. Good luck with this site. It has lots of potential.
May I suggest that in your RSS feed you include the title of post. When I receive posts by email, the subject line simply says: Masters of SEO.
Great post btw
Regards
Sol
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Actually the word has been (for quite some time now) that DMOZ just ain’t all that no more…sorry.
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@solreka thanks for the encouragement and insight on the RSS feed. @Dennis I disagree SEO’s turned bloggers make sensational statements to drive traffic, and wannabes parrot that all over the internet. Me and Don are SEO’s for a living bloggers on the side we don’t make statements that we haven’t proved out. We work for large corporations that primarily care about two things traffic and how that traffics converting. When your not getting traffic you tweak seo items and analyse then tweak some more based on mathematically informed decisions. If your lacking conversions you tweak colors and images and structure, and copy and analyse till the conversions are right.
Dmoz may be less valuable than before but it still is a high PR, authority site, and I have seen directory links make a difference. -will
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@Will
That was great words and insights. About the tweaking thing of your site when you are not getting the right conversions and traffic, that is where I am now. I come to a point that it pays to pay attention to what you have right now and tweak it for a bit to see if it helps in terms of your site performance around the web.
About the DMOZ link or submission, its only “Submit and Forget” for me.
Ron Leyba
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i am hearing about joeant.com for the first time. Thanks for sharing.
Great list, thanks. Out of curiosity, in your opinion, will directories with paid inclusion be devalued by Google as they are, in effect, paid links?
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Will/Don,
This is great stuff. I could never keep up with the SEO stuff, so I try to find other ways of getting traffic like guest posting on high-traffic blog, etc. But I like how you make it simple.
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Stay away from those web design agencies that submit websites automatically in web directories. This SEO technique is useless.
First time I have heard of Librarian , will check out the free ones
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Great post. I’ll definitely be checking out these directories as soon as I press the submit button!
nice list, thanks – I believe submitting to a few high quality directories can be central to a link building strrategy. Especiallydoing everything you can to get into dmoz
Is there any companies that I can hire to submit my site to top directories…
Yahoo! is a directory, NOT a search engine that sends out spiders to cruise the Web.
Awesome list but i have had issues with DMOZ. I will try to get int the others too.
Why is Yahoo charging so much, I have looked at it and cant see where your money goes, anyone used it with success?
Dave
Why is Yahoo charging so much, I have looked at it and cant see where your money goes, anyone used it with success?
How many do you have to be listed in to make a big difference?
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Is the Yahoo $300 worth it?
To this day I can not really get a definitive answer with any real conviction.
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Yeah Dennis, it costs around 300$ to submit in Yahoo Directory. Thanks a lot.
Udaya – I know the directory is still going, I’m asking if it is actually worth it.
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Please submit your Website to my German SEO Directory.
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Thanks for the information. going to register on business.com now. you should be on comission.
I thing it is really expensive to register with Business.com. I too want to register.
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Thanks, i appreciate this list. Boy, it really can get very expensive to be every high pr authoritative directories. DMOZ is free but the problem is it takes too long to accept if it does accept your url – that’s another concern you have to consider.
The more times that an person places their internet site hyperlinks on web directory submissions, the likely it is that individuals could pay a visit to their website.
Nice list – despite all the noises from the SEO world to the contrary I do think that directories have some value but you really have to take your time and choose the right one for your business.
On thing that I’ve noticed is that there are no guarantees for inclusion in the yahoo directory even if you paid the $300. So it’s good to take your time submitting your site properly.
Isn’t the way of getting listed in Google Directory is first getting listed in Dmoz? or they have no correlation whatsoever?
awesome list of high PR directories. Very informative. thanks for sharing.
I hadn’t heard of a few of these.These are really great directories and the difficulty of being added is just right because it would be valued by Google if they don’t do a proper editorial of all the links submitted to them.Thanks for posting this list.Great information.
I use Dmoz directory! I will try submitting my site in other directories too!!!
This are real top 10 directories, I am not all that used to directories, but I ca cunt about 5 that I know very well. Lots of question has been ask whether yahoo Directory worth the $300?
Is not this the way to get listed in Google Directory is first getting listed in Dmoz? or they have no correlation whatsoever?
Dmoz sucks mostly because of its corrupt editors who ask for money for listing a site.
I have submitted a website that I’m working now in Dmoz a few months ago, but until now it is still in moderation. Is there any way that can fasten the approval of submission in Dmoz?
thanks for nice collection of all links
I have been trying to get my website in dmoz but its impossible to do so. Do you know any trick to do that.
Anyway great list, I’ll try out all the free ones. Apart from dmoz and Yahoo directory, I didn’t knew any other, so Thanks.
Good Research….Well backlinking is the most important strategy for a successful blogger. But I think going for paid methods is not what real blogging is. There are other methods like
Commenting, Interlinking
Links exchange , Banner exchange and most importantly Social bookmarking websites which can lead you up in Google. Just we need to work and wait for our time. Cheers
It’s a shame how much you need to spend on SEO these days.You’re list is fantastic, but it would be really nice to have some FREE listings. Or even cheap would do
Thanks for this list admin. I submitted my website in most of this directories except in Yahoo.
By listing in Dmoz, you will get listed to many directories that are associated with Dmoz such as Excite, Lycos etc..but only IF you get listed in Dmoz.
I believe these all high quality directories. I am submitting to all of them. Good post!!
Article submission is a great resource for increasing traffic to your website and also getting one way links back to your site.
Thanks for the list. Any recommendations for the top 10 free seo friendly directories?
All the comments above are mind blowing and help me to submit my website there.
The cost for using Yahoo web directory to post one’s link to their website is approximately $299/year.
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I have been looking for a list like this way before. And I want to thank you for giving this info available, not only for me and for everybody else. You rock..!
It is very important take note that a favorable PageRank is not the only pointer of a good web site. There are many additional calculations that are employed represent a priceless website or website.
SEO is a must in this blogging and online world now. Good tips on accomplishing this.
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Dmoz is free, I always thought it was a pay site.
Thanks for the top 10 list!
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I just found this top 10 list of directories and I really appreciate it. Good luck everyone. Just so you know I sell pre-owned blow-up dolls… ewww… just kidding
Take care.
great sharing!
Yes These are Top Directories
All fine wanting to get in DMOZ, but actually being listed is another matter.
Been waiting for ages to get listed in DMOZ, does anyone know a rough time scale?
I have $300 to spend on SEO, what is the better Business.com or yahoo?
Thanks for this list. It is a great help. Can I ask if there are free directories?
Thanks for putting this list together. Too bad I’m broke and don’t have money to buy these links. I think they’re all over priced with the exception of Yahoo anyway. I submitted my site to DMOZ 3 months ago and it finally got accepted a few days ago!
Thanx So Much 4 this help ful Information
Good list of directories , thanks for sharing. These add up in cost, but can be powerful!
I think a lot of people are fed up with endlessly waiting for DMOZ to list their sites, so there several good alternatives on this list. Thanks!