Outsourcing your directory submission work
Never underestimate the power of submitting your blog to directories. It’s something that I knew I should be doing but I was unsure of it’s true value. Derek Beau had this to say about the matter:
Submitting your websites to directories can be a huge source of valuable inbound links. In many cases, this is all you need to do in order for your website to be given a Google PageRank 4. The problem, however, is that the work is very monotonous.
After reading that, I will try to get my blog in as many directories as possible, and then hopefully I can build this up to a PageRank 4 and start making some serious money blogging. Derek’s last point about it being monotonous work is very on the money. One thing that Derek suggests that I had never thought of before is outsourcing your directory submission work.
While it sounds very glamorous, what it entails is just going to a forum and finding somebody who needs a fast buck to add your link(s) to multiple directories. The low fees these guys charge makes me wonder why they do it, but I guess everybody has to make a dime somehow. It’s like working in an office doing data entry – and most of us have done something similar at one time or another.
One forum Derek recommends is the Digital Point “Buy, Sell or Trade” forum. Some people offer automatic submission, while others will do it manually. Derek recommends only using manual services, although he doesn’t say why. I found one guy offering submission to 350 directories for $25. I don’t know anything about automatic submission software, and so I would be more tempted to use someone who offers manual services, like this guy who offers a range of packages, including submission to 1,000 directories for $120. How he has time to do that I don’t know.
I am personally of the disposition that I don’t like to pay for something I can easily do myself, but adding your site to directories is donkey work and after reading Derek’s article I will be investing in some directory submission work in the near future.
For a bit of cash you can get it done easily, but I wouldn’t expect a Page Rank 7 just through directory submissions. Remember that if it only cost $120 to get Page Rank 7, everyone would be doing it, so even submitting your blog to directories has its limits.
The only problem I can envisage if you have already submitted your blog to a number of directories and not kept a list of which ones. There may be some overlap there if you’ve been doing a good job.
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3 Responses to “Outsourcing your directory submission work”
Hey, thanks for the thoughts on my article
The reason automated submissions aren’t worth it is that they are just “too good to be true.” All these people are doing is using a software program that essentially spams directories and search engines. You could probably download a similar software package for free or buy one very cheaply, but most of the submissions will get automatically rejected and the ones that do get accepted are probably from sites that you don’t want a link from anyways ;-). There are only so many good directories out there…
Ah excellent. Thanks for the tips. Will take that on board when choosing who to do this work.
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