Directory Submissions

[Bjoern30]

Despite what you might heard - Submitting to directories still works..you can even find sites like http://www.web-directories.ws/ with more than 15.000 listed directories (that will keep you busy for a while LOL)But you need to check if they have some ip diversity - a free useful tool is this one here: http://adirectorylist.com/ just copy and paste your list of directories and you will see which of them are sharing the same IP address - let me tell you right now you WILL be surprised...I dont want to be accused of spamming so I am not recommending any submitter here but those submitters where you have to click each and every directory link with your mouse (and then the submitter fills in the details) are definetely a thing of the past...

[innominds]

I don't think there is any such tool that differentiates the directories based on the IP address.
Anyway directory submission is still considered to be a good technique for gaining one way backlinks.

[Bjoern30]

I just posted such a tool - check it out...

[boke]

Very nice, I'll have to try it out. Also for anyone else watching, theres a couple of firefox addons that you can get that will automatically add data in the data fields for you, making it much faster.

[GThomson]

I would agree that there is still value to directory submissions, but I think it really should be done as a manual process. Automating has its own problems.

[mjtaylor]

I would agree that there is still value to directory submissions, but I think it really should be done as a manual process. Automating has its own problems.

The kind of automation boke refers to is not problematic; it's just a way to fill in fields -- usually called autofill. Very different from software that submits to directories. I think that's the sort you believe has its own problems.

[GThomson]

mjtaylor - thanks - yes, I was indeed thinking about automated submissions software. As you say, a simple form filler won't cause any problems.