Directory submission is one of the easiest way to boost your website traffic. There are two major benefits of directory submission! First you will get direct traffic from the directory that you submitted too! Second your Search engine ranking will increase. So, both ways help bring traffic to your site. You may wonder if directory submission is that simple then any one can use directory submissions to their advantage. The answer is No! To get the desired results, (which is traffic) you have to submit to SEO friendly, High PR and High traffic directories.
Two type of directories.
(1)Free..In free directories you can submit your website for no cost or any exchange of links. The main disadvantage of free directories is that it will take a lot of time to increase your PR (page ranking) and get heavy trafic! There are over 3500 (plus) free directories that you can find on the Internet and increasing weekly.
(2)Paid directories...Paid directories are manually administered (also some free directories). An editor will review your website/blog before entering into their directory. So if you have the budget, paid directories are a good place to start promoting your website/blog. There are several paid directories on the Internet and can be found from doing a search! Before submitting to paid directories, check the PR and Traffic of the directory. You can check pagerank of any website by using a free tool available at checkpagerank.com. To check traffic use alexa.com. The PR of the page, is rated on a scale of 1-10. Alexa displays the rank and traffic of the website according to their stats.
In Search engine optimization (SEO) and Internet marketing "directory submission" are important, if used properly!
