Submit your site to these free web directories
Having your website listed in a web directory can be a good way to drive additional traffic to your site. It’s easy to do, as well. It usually takes just a few minutes, and requires just some basic information about your site, like the URL, what category or sub-category it belongs under, and a brief description of the purpose of your site.
The main benefit of adding your site to a directory is that it provides a back link to your site, which is SEO gold. A link to your site from another site counts as a “vote” for your site, and the more votes you have, the higher your ranking will be in the search results. Additionally, you can tell these directories what text, and therefore what target keywords, you would like to use to link back to your site. This is usually called “Site Title” in the submission of your site, but it does not have to be the same as the title that you use in the head tag of you site’s html.
Search engines, supposedly, will also index your site more quickly when your site is submitted to a directory, because search engines actually crawl these directories first, looking for any new or changed links. This could be an alternative to submitting your site directly to the search engines themselves.
Alexa.com
Not technically a directory, but an index of web traffic and ranking.
Not technically a directory, but an index of web traffic and ranking.
AboutUs.org
A wiki based directory that allows users to add or edit information about a site.
A wiki based directory that allows users to add or edit information about a site.
Google Local Business Center (google.com/local/add)
Not a directory, but an absolute must for any business that wants to be search-friendly. When someone searches Google Maps, your business will come up as a result, where you can display important contact information, hours of operation, description and images.
Not a directory, but an absolute must for any business that wants to be search-friendly. When someone searches Google Maps, your business will come up as a result, where you can display important contact information, hours of operation, description and images.
Dmoz.org
Known as the Open Directory Project, you can freely submit your site here, but your submission must meet rigorous quality standards and will be reviewed by one of the volunteer editors.
Known as the Open Directory Project, you can freely submit your site here, but your submission must meet rigorous quality standards and will be reviewed by one of the volunteer editors.
Yahoo! Directory (http://dir.yahoo.com/)
The web’s first and still one of the largest directories. Payment is required for submitting a commercial site.
The web’s first and still one of the largest directories. Payment is required for submitting a commercial site.