2. When you are attempting to better the placement of
your site in the search engine rankings, you often go
crazy trying to get links. Time is money, and attempting
to place links on your own, eats huge amounts of time
that could be better spent modifying the content and
strategic direction of your websites. Outsourcing the
tasks required to allow your site to function properly is
crucial to your success as a webmaster in today's
Internet environment. And perhaps the most important
aspect of websites today is link management. The best
search engine optimizers in the industry know that links
make up eighty percent of a websites positioning in the
search engines, and the other twenty percent is
4. Manually going into directories, searching page
structure, positioning, and the presence of no- follow
indicators, will exhaust the average webmaster. And
even when you find a great directory to list your site in,
you still may have to pay for an editorial review of your
site. And then you have to wait to see if you get
accepted. If you are dealing with free directories, then
you often times have to wait even longer to see if you
get accepted. Additionally, you need to develop a system
that allows you to track your submissions to directories
to follow up on the rate of acceptances and denials. All
of this eats tons of time, and delays the crawling of links
leading to your sites.
5. Savvy companies have realized that they could offer
directory submissions at reasonable rates if they catered
to the masses. Many companies and individuals have
developed amazing automated systems that will make
the process of getting links seem effortless when
compared to manual placement. Search engines crawl
good web pages often, and if you want links leading to
your site to be recognized and credited quickly, you need
to find these respected link repositories. One of the
easiest ways to find directories yourself is to go into
Google and type add url followed by your keyword and
the word directory. Or you can do this same search by
using add link with your keywords. Often times,
6. building a relationship with other webmasters in your
niche is a good idea for placing appropriate links on each
others sites. This personal relationship will facilitate the
proper placement of your links and help you get them
approved much more quickly. However, for most people
who want to see quick results, and don't have much
time to be a social butterfly on the Internet, some type
of paid directory that guarantees placement is the way
to go.
7. Recently, individuals and companies have developed a
new link acquisition mechanism known as a bidding
directory. These sites allow you to enter a bid for where
you would like your link placed on the page of a high
ranking website. The higher you bid, the better the
placement of your website anchor text. Entries toward
the top of the page will receive more exposure to the
human eye, and will be given more weight by the search
engine spiders. This is truly an intriguing concept in the
world of directories that can help you get links with
good page positioning immediately. Using these sites
will allow you to concentrate on content instead of
wasting hours finding good links.