The Ten Commandments of Directory Submission

* Thou shalt not ignore each directory’s rules.
* Thou shalt not use auto submitters.
* Thou shalt not mislead the public just to get more traffic.
* Thou shalt not expect unrealistic results.
* Thou shalt not submit junk websites.
* Thou shalt not remove backlinks if they are required.
* Thou shall only submit to quality directories.
* Thou shall use one email address specifically for directory submissions.
* Thou shall provide truthful descriptions of your blogs and/or websites..
* Thou shall keep the directory entries up-to-date.

Revelance of Directory Submission to cost effective link building

Anyone who is at least a little bit interested in his or her website´s positon on the search engine result pages (SERPS) does understand the importance of link building and specifically one way link building. Link building is one of the most important search engine optimization (SEO) tools.

What is link building and how does it help ?

Links building can be termed as an act of manipulating traffic and the SERPS by strategically placing ones website links on relevant web pages from different websites.

The most immediate and obvious benefit of an incoming link (backlink) is that it can bring more traffic to your site. An incoming link from a very busy site might bring you dozens or hundreds of visitors a day.

Another benefit is that it helps you to increase your website’s link popularity, with increased number of related backlinks, and helps you rank higher in the SERPS (still the best source of traffic). And the beauty is that the benefits do not end here. If you are a PageRank lover, this would also help you achieve a higher PageRank for your blog or website, PR being one of the byproducts of relevant link building.

Directories have become a very important and comparatively cheap source of one way link building. Over the years hundreds of quality and established web directories have emerged. Some of these directories are paid but luckily a lot of them still accept free submissions. Imagine buying relevant one-way links in bulk for your blog or website. All I can say is that unless you have a very high budget at your disposal, it would be impossible to buy enough weblinks via Google Adwords, etc. blog and web directory submissions are a whole lot cheaper and a good method to gain one-way links and increase thereby increase your link popularity.

Directory Submission is one of the best ways towards COST EFFECTIVE link building – and it will get you the expected results without burning a hole in your pocket.

A list of quality blog directories you should submit your blog to can be found here.

Good luck!