How to get directories to submit your site - with this 5 steps guide!

Written by Lakhya Phukan


How to get directories to submit your site - with this 5 steps guide!

So you have completed that new site and want to start your site promotion campaign by getting listed in some directories? Well,definitely a good idea, because those directories will provide yourepparttar initial thrust needed for visibility of your web site. But then how do you find those directories to submit your site to?

No need to despair! Help is at hand! , allow this simple 5 steps guide help you out with your campaign:

1. Check out your competitions back links. Your competition is sure to have got links from some directories. Try to get into those first.

2. Do a search in Google (the most obvious one!) using keywords like 'submit+site+directory’. You will come up with many directories for your site. And you can use your imagination to come up with new combination of keywords for searching in Google.

3. Do a search in Google with "allintitle:webdirectory". I did a search with these keywords and came up with some good directories. Or you can use "allinurl:webdirectory" also. The command "allintitle:webdirectory" shows those sites which have "webdirectory" word inrepparttar 139772 site title. Similarlyrepparttar 139773 command "allinurl:webdirectory" shows those sites which have "webdirectory" inrepparttar 139774 site url.You can change "webdirectory" to "internetdirectory" or any other keyword of your choice .

How to Promote your Web Site by Writing Articles

Written by Oudam Em


Sharing knowledge onrepparttar web can be a very powerful way to establish your online presence and credibility. First, you write a thoughtful and informative article on an topic in your area of expertise. Then you submit it to e-zines to be read byrepparttar 139771 general public and possibly re-published on other web sites.

Appended torepparttar 139772 end of your article is a resource box containing a brief promotional message linking to your web site. Webmasters who wish to reprint your article on their sites are required to include your resource box along with any live links to your site.

For example, an article written by me might haverepparttar 139773 following resource box:

Article by Oudam Em. Oudam isrepparttar 139774 webmaster of Web Launch, http://www.nexcomp.com/weblaunch, a free resource for web site promotion and search engine optimization. Please visit his site for more free tips and tutorials on building traffic and generating income on your site.

The benefit that you get from your article is two-fold. First, your article will be read by visitors torepparttar 139775 e-zine site. If they find it helpful and interesting, they will likely visit your web site to see what else you had to offer. Second, webmasters who find your article useful to their visitors may re-publish it on their sites, giving your article additional exposure.

Every time your article is re-published on a web site, you gain an additional one-way link to your site throughrepparttar 139776 live link in your resource box. This adds to your link popularity and ultimately increases your search engine rankings. As you can see,repparttar 139777 true potential of your article lies in its ability to propagate virally in cyberspace.

For your article to propagate virally, it should appeal to both readers and webmasters alike. Keep in mind that your goal is hold your readers' attention long enough for them to get torepparttar 139778 resource box. If your article is boring and uninformative, few people will read it beyondrepparttar 139779 first or second paragraph.

Below are some pointers to consider when writing an article:

1. Give your article a catchy title.

Your title isrepparttar 139780 first and oftenrepparttar 139781 only thing that visitors see when they skim through a list of articles on an e-zine page. Put some thought into coming up with a title that grabsrepparttar 139782 reader's attention right away. Words like "Secrets", "Free", and "Successful" tend to attract more attention than others.

2. Your article should not read like an ad.

Most people read articles to find information they can use, not to see a pitch about your products or services. If they see your article as nothing more than a shameless act of self promotion, they'll get turned off and hitrepparttar 139783 "Back" button right away. Put yourself inrepparttar 139784 reader's shoes. What benefits do you want to get out of reading an article? Cater to your reader's interests rather than your own.

3. Offer lots of free, useful information.

Following onrepparttar 139785 last tip, keep in mind that your readers are looking for specific "how-to" instructions to help them achieve a certain goal. Offer lots of tangible information that is immediately useful to them. Do not lead them through hoops just to get to an order form for a $29.95 "Make $50,000 in 30 Days or Your Money Back!" e-book.

4) Avoid gimmicks.

While it may be true that a sucker is born every minute, most internet users are sophisticated enough to tell what's legitimate and what's not. Write withrepparttar 139786 intention of offering something substantial torepparttar 139787 reader. Be honest and forthright. Your article should not causerepparttar 139788 reader to think, "What is this guy trying to sell me?"

5) Be succinct.

Get torepparttar 139789 point quickly, preferably inrepparttar 139790 first or second paragraph. Avoid lengthy paragraphs. Use lots of white space to separate your paragraphs to make them easier to read.

6) Your article should not be too short.

Certainly, it's possible to write a good article packed with useful information using just a few hundred words. If your article is too short, however, some webmasters may feel hesitant to reprint it on their sites. They may, instead, borrow your ideas and write their own article, gaining authorship without having to give you credit for your ideas.

How long should your article be? I suggest at least 800 words, preferably longer. Longer articles give webmastersrepparttar 139791 impression that you have put some thought and effort into your work and, thus, are deserving of publicity on their sites.

7) Use live (clickable) links in your resource box.

Many e-zines permit clickable links in resource boxes. Yet, many authors forgo this privilege by simply spelling out their URLs. Whenever permitted, you should spell out your URL as well as make it clickable (e.g. http://www.nexcomp.com/weblaunch). The advantages of a clickable URL are (1) readers can go to your site simply by clicking on it, and (2) more importantly, search engines will be able to record it as a link your web site, adding to your link popularity and search engine rankings.

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