Well, there are thousands of directories online there days. Many of them are crap. I have noticed a many with crap porn and spammy links which don’t have any editorial quality of reviewing websites. Though they call them self human edited directories or quality directories :p

Recently i came across iJull Directory, which is, i found really good and worth listing your website. The first thing i liked is its descriptive category structure. For example, visit its Blog Directory section, and you’ll find a good description about their blog category and All. Visit their business directory and you’ll find it well described.

Many directories start using pre-made, free templates, this directory seems to have worked hard to make it a quality directory. Its own custom template, logo etc.

During submitting sites, i have noticed that many directories have pages like privacy policy, about us section etc by default and their admin, dont even bother to chage/delete it. You’ll find them blank. This directory seems to have well written privacy policy, about us section and other pages.

So overall, i liked it and found wroth submitting. There are too many clicks delivered to sites listed in it, did you see it? (Who says directories dont deliver any traffic?)

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There are some guidelines to follow while you submit your website to directories. It will help you to improve acceptance of your website. Here is guidelines for writing titles, descriptions, keywords and “How to submit” to get better rate of acceptance.

URL:

Make sure, what is your URL, weather it is with www or without www? It is different for search engines according to mattcutts. so it is advised to submit only one.
Many directories DO NOT allow internal pages, sub domains or subfolders. Many directories do not allow deep linking (More than one URL per site.)

Examples:

Good: http://www.linkbuildingideas.com/
Bad: http://www.linkbuildingideas.com/xyz.html
Bad: http://www.linkbuildingideas.com/xyz/

Title:

Ideal: Official name of site + Keywords/KeyPhrases.
Don’t use titles more than 4-5 words, don’t provide multiplie titles.
Don’t use all CAPITAL letters.
No promotional Language. like “Best SEO tips”, “No. 1 Real estate company” etc.. Many directories may reject your site.
Use more than one titles with varied keywords for better results.

Examples:

Good: Link Building Ideas,
Bad: Best Link building resources
Bad: Best Link building resources | Links building | SEO Resources | Website Promotion Tips
Bad: LINK BUILDING IDEAS.

Description.

Again, don’t use promotional language like “best”, “No1.”, “Excellent!!” etc..
Description should be between 150-250 characters. no less than 100 characters and no more than 400 characters.
Don’t repeat your keywords in description.
Use more than one description for better result.
Avoid capitalizing every word in a sentence.
Don’t copy your meta tags directly as title and description. They should be well formatted.

Keywords:

4-5 Keywords related to topic of your website are fine,

Email:

Avoid use of free emails. use either paid email addresses or email of same domain

Examples:

Good: webmaster@linkbuildingideas.com
OK: linkbuildingideas@aol.com
Avoid: linkbuildingideas@yahoo.com

Categories:

Many directories do not allow submission to top level. Try to submit best suitable category and if it is not available, use next most relevant category or suggest new category either by sending and email or by suggestion form if available.
Never submit to irrelevant categories.

Content of website:

Avoid:
Full with affiliate ads, Google adsense ads.
Sites with no content or crap articles.
adult content or content that links to adult sites.
Under construction sites.
Spam, Redirects, Meta Sites, and Links Only Pages.

Good:
Original and useful content.
Professional design/easy to navigate.

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