Blog Traffic Tips

Wayne Hurlbert who blogs at Blog Business World has written up a good how-to article (as he always does) about submitting your blog to the Yahoo directory.

I checked and was surprised to find out that I had never submitted my blogs to the Yahoo! directory so I spent 10 minutes getting it done. As a rule I don’t consider most directories too important but there are a handful of prominent directories that are worth the time, especially if you are having trouble getting your blogs into search engines. The Yahoo! directory is definitely worth your time given the prominence of Yahoo! so follow Wayne’s instructions on how to do it. Once you have done that move on to DMOZ (see below).

All Powerful DMOZ

I especially suggest you submit your site to DMOZ - The Open Directory Project because Google places a lot of value on DMOZ backlinks.

If you are interested in more directories to submit your site to take a look at this post about Free Directories from Entrepreneur’s Journey.

Two Vital Rules

There are two important rules to follow when submitting your blog to directories -

1. Make sure you follow the instructions to the letter. It’s very important you submit your blog to the right category in the directory and carefully fill out all the pertinent details about your blog.
2. You must have patience. Unfortunately some people will find that no matter how hard they try their site will never get listed. Some sites get listed in a day or two. I don’t know how it works but I do know that the best thing to do is submit and forget about it and definitely DO NOT submit more than once. There are human beings at the other end updating these directories so you don’t want to do anything that will make their job difficult.

While directories won’t send you much traffic they are important factors in your overall backlink strategy and since it doesn’t take much time it’s worth doing it for at least the big two - Yahoo! and DMOZ. If you have the time it doesn’t hurt to use the other directories as well, just don’t expect amazing results.

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