Directory Submission Services
Yahoo Directory
Yahoo currently charges $299 to review your site. If they don't accept
your site, they're still keeping your $299. If they accept your site,
you'll have to continue to pay $299* each year to stay listed. *current
Yahoo terms, subject to change, and surely will.
 Yahoo
is currently going through changes. The last time that Yahoo changed,
they "grandfathered" those who had signed up with them in the past. I'm
recommending "getting in" now, before things change again, and it gets
more expensive.
Yahoo helps your rankings in places like Google and Inktomi (Inktomi
will soon be default Yahoo search, and soon to be MSN default search).
Like DMOZ, having a poor Yahoo description doesn't help you as much as
having a nice description in a good relevant location within the directory.
DMOZ - The Open Directory Project
 Many
search engines (including Google) will give your site "extra points" if
it is listed in DMOZ. The "better listed" the more "points" you get, and
the more traffic you can get.
So how do you get in?
It's not easy. Many people submit over and over again, and they wait
and wait, and still, their site does not get listed in DMOZ. We've run
across many people whom have just given up on getting listed in DMOZ.
We're here to tell you that if your site has good unique content, there
is a good chance we can get your site listed in DMOZ - or least we can
try our best.
Anyone can submit to DMOZ, it's FREE - but if you don't do it right, you
could be waiting "forever" to get listed. If you do get listed, you're
pretty much* there for "life" - so getting a "good" or "poor" listing
can really effect your traffic long term. We can help you to give you
better chances of having a "good" listing.
Already listed, but poorly?
We've had some luck at changing a DMOZ and Yahoo listing, however it
is rare. We can try for a change if your listing is "out of touch" with
your current site.
Other Directories
Though DMOZ and Yahoo are the major directories now, there are thousands
of lesser known directories. Getting listed in relevant directory listing
helps your traffic in many ways. Putting your site in the "company" of
other related sites gives the impression that your site is listed in "relevant
neighborhoods", and can greatly help your traffic, and your rankings in
the search engines.
Free Directories
We've researched thousands of directories (and narrowed that down to
a few hundred "good" ones). We hand submit your site, one by one, into
relevant and 'of value' directory locations. We then seek out industry
related directories, and submit your site to those as well.
Paid Directories
We've also identified several directories that are of good value, and
whom charge money to be listed (and are of good value -like Yahoo, Business.com
Directory, and many others).
We'll recommend spending about $1000 per year for inclusions into Directories.
(incudes Yahoo and Business.com plus many other paid, as well as free
directories.
- Costs: $100 hour for a minimum of 15 hours
- Client must pay all directory fees
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Directory Submission Services.
Directory Submission Resources
"Directories are search engines powered by human beings. Human editors
compile all the listings that directories have. Getting listed with
the web's key directories is very important, because their listings
are seen by many people. In addition, if you are listed with them, then
crawler-based search engines are more likely to find your site and add
it to their listings for free." - Danny Sullivan
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