Submitting your website to the directories
Part of the overall process of submitting one's website to the search engines is getting your site listed in the top directories. Directories are different from standard search engines in that a search engine will query a database of indexed websites before it produces results and a directory is a database of websites that have been arranged by subject. Directories do indeed have search functions but the websites are still listed in specific categories of which one may search by drilling through the various subjects the directory offers.
No Domain Price PRank
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www.01webdirectory.com F/$49 PR5(nc)
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www.123kidzarea.com F PR6(nc)
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www.19230.com F PR2(nc)
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www.2-surf.net F PR2(nc)
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www.4-every-1.ws F PR3(nc)
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www.4-fun.biz/directory/ F PR4(+1)
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www.4do.org F PR3(nc)
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www.4ppl.com F PR5(nc)
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www.777media.com F/$5 PR4(nc)
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www.a-free-directory.info F PR3(nc)
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www.a-web-directory.info F PR3(nc)
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www.a1directorysearch.com F PR2(+1)
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www.abifind.com F/$8 PR0(0)
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www.abilogic.com F/$19 PR6(nc)
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www.abizdirectory.com F/$10 PR5(nc)
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www.absolutedirectory.com F PR4(nc)
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www.accessweb.ws F PR4(nc)
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www.add-link.info F PR4(nc)
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www.addsite-submitfree.com F PR0(0)
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www.addurl-free.com F PR5(nc)
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www.addyourlinks.net F PR0(0)
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www.addyoursitefreesubmit.com F PR4(nc)
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www.agada.info/web-directory/ F PR0(-4)
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www.agreatdirectory.com F PR4(+4)
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www.aigam.com F PR0(0)
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www.aindabem.com.br F PR3(nc)
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www.airsysinc.com/_directory.html F PR3(nc)
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www.alldotnet.com F PR4(+1)
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www.allfreethings.com F PR4(nc)
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www.allinorder.org F/$20 PR4(-1)
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www.allthebizz.com F/$15 PR0(0)
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www.allthewebsites.org F PR5(nc)
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www.alphadir.com F PR3(+1)
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www.americasbest.com F/$10 PR6(nc)
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www.amfibi.com F/$3 PR0(0)
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www.amray.com F/$20 PR5(nc)
37 mkdir.anchorbase.com F PR3(nc)
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www.anglersmarina.com/links.htm F PR3(nc)
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www.anotherwebdirectory.com F PR3(+3)
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www.anthonyparsons.com F/$10 PR5(nc)
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www.anywhere.ca F PR4(nc)
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www.askfrank.info F PR4(nc)
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www.askrobo.com F PR4(-1)
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www.axelis.com F PR5(nc)
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www.best-websites.net F PR5(+5)
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www.bestbusinessdirectory.com F PR4(nc)
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www.bestsitedirectory.com F/$19/y PR0(0)
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www.bhanvad.com F/$20 PR4(nc)
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www.bigall.com F/$15 PR6(nc)
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www.biobidet.com/_directory.htm F PR4(nc)
Therefore, the submission process to a directory differs from that of submitting to regular crawler based search engines. With a regular search engine, one will submit their home page URL and then crawler will visit that site as well as follow other links it finds from the home page, forming its own title and description of each page. A directory does not work this way. They do not crawl your website and they are not able to decipher the content of the site. Rather one will select the most appropriate category related to the subject matter of the site and then submit, suggesting a title, description and any other information the directory may require. This is why it is very important to submit correctly the first time. Not only will if affect the way the site will appear when people are searching but it is often times difficult to get it changed at a later date.
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www.bizunited.com F/$20 PR5(nc)
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www.blisswolff.com/directory F PR4(+4)
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www.bluefind.com F PR0(0)
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www.bluenoserlinks.com F PR3(nc)
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http://www.bramptonlistings.info F/$3 PR0(0)
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www.business-listing.com F PR0(0)
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www.businessdir.co.uk F PR1(+1)
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www.businessdirectoryofusa.com F PR0(0)
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www.businessplexus.com F PR5(+1)
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www.businesspowerusa.com F PR4(nc)
61
www.businessseek.biz F/$10 PR6(nc)
62
www.buy-modern-art.co.uk F PR4(nc)
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www.buzzle.com F PR6(nc)
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www.c2000.com F PR5(nc)
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www.c2000.com/links F PR4(nc)
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www.canadawebdirectory.com F/$20 PR5(nc)
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www.canlinks.net F PR6(nc)
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www.cantufind.com F PR0(-5)
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www.cash-for-surveys.com/dir F PR3(nc)
70 directory.cipinet.com F PR5(nc)
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www.clickey.com F PR6(nc)
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www.clothingwebdirectory.com F/$5 PR0(0)
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www.cluboo.com F/$15/y PR5(nc)
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www.clubspage.net F PR4(+1)
75 webmastertag.com F PR0(0)
76 wikidweb.com F PR3(nc)
77 internetmarketingwebsites.com/ F PR5(nc)
78 apexoo.com/directory F PR0(-4)
79 searchsight.com/Directory.htm F PR5(nc)
80 coolgrandma.com/odp/directory.php F PR0(-4)
81
www.commerce-directory.co.uk F/$37 PR3(nc)
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www.commercedir.com F/$16 PR0(0)
83
www.comoestamos.com F PR4(nc)
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www.completeonlinedirectory.com F PR1(-1)
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www.computer-remote-control.com F PR2(nc)
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www.consultant-directory.com F PR5(nc)
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www.content-directory.co.uk F PR3(nc)
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www.cyborginfo.com F/$10 PR4(+4)
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www.cyngoseek.com F PR3(-1)
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www.cypruspages.com F PR3(nc)
91 blue.daffodil.uk.com F PR3(nc)
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www.deep-directory.com F PR3(-1)
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www.depodirectory.com F PR3(+3)
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www.deregular.com F PR0(0)
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www.dhundo.com F PR0(-4)
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www.digitalseo.info/dir F PR3(+3)
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www.dir-submission.com F PR4(+4)
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www.direct-o-ry.com F PR4(+1)
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www.directory-active.info F PR3(nc)
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www.directory-business.info F PR3(nc)
The format for submitting will work with most directories but we will also look at some specific requirements of directories as well. While there are many directories on the Internet, we will only be exploring the top ones here which are Yahoo! (
www.yahoo.com ), Looksmart (
www.looksmart.com ), The Open Directory (
www.dmoz.org ), GoGuides.org (
www.goguides.org ), JoeAnt (
www.joeant.com ), Hotrate (
www.hotrate.com ), Wherewithal/Xoron (
www.xoron.com ) and Zeal (
www.zeal.com ). First let us look at how to properly submit in general and then look at some specific requirement at each directory listed above.
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www.directory-directory.info F PR0(-3)
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www.directory-free.com F PR4(nc)
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www.directory-free.info F PR3(nc)
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www.directory-internet.info F PR3(nc)
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www.directory-link.info F PR4(nc)
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www.directory-list.info F PR3(nc)
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www.directory.kalius.net F PR3(nc)
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www.directory.ldmstudio.com F PR4(nc)
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www.directory.portalit.net F PR5(nc)
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www.directory.uquick.com F/$5 PR0(0)
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www.directory123.info F PR0(-3)
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www.directorydelux.com F PR4(nc)
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www.directorydirectory.info F PR0(-3)
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www.directoryforce.com F PR4(+1)
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www.directorygeneral.com F PR3(nc)
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www.directorygold.com F/$10 PR5(+1)
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www.directoryhi.com F PR3(nc)
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www.directoryone.info F PR3(nc)
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www.directorystation.com F PR4(+4)
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www.directorystorm.com F PR4(nc)
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www.dirone.com F/$15 PR0(-7)
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www.dirone.com F/$30 PR0(0)
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www.dirspace.com F PR5(nc)
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www.dmole.org F PR4(nc)
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www.dmoz.org F PR9(nc)
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www.dwff.com F PR1(+1)
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www.e-commerce-directory.com F PR0(0)
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www.earth-directory.info F PR3(+3)
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www.ecommerce-directory.org F/$15 PR5(nc)
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www.elib.org F/$65 PR7(nc)
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www.ettflorida.com/_directory.html F PR3(nc)
132
www.eurofind.biz F PR5(nc)
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www.exactseek.com F/$12 PR6(nc)
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www.explodesearch.com F PR0(0)
135
www.ezilon.com F PR6(nc)
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www.fabarooni.com F PR3(nc)
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www.familyfriendlysites.com F PR6(nc)
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www.fastpaths.com F PR3(nc)
139
www.favouritelink.com F PR4(nc)
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www.findhopper.com F PR2(-1)
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www.findhound.com F/$15 PR5(+1)
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www.finditfred.com F PR4(+4)
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www.findrex.com F PR4(nc)
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www.findwhatwhere.info F PR4(nc)
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www.firstdirectory.org F PR0(-2)
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www.foundya.co.uk F PR4(nc)
147
www.free-website-directory.com F PR3(nc)
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www.free.catalog.nasze.net F PR3(+3)
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www.freeclubs.net F PR4(+1)
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www.freewebdirectory.org F/$15 PR0(0)
Now before we begin, it will be assumed that you have already optimized your site for good positioning on the crawler-based engines. This will help us in category selection as well as what title and description to use when submitting. If you have not yet optimized your website, you'll need to do so.
The first step is to select the most appropriate category. For an example, we will use a site that we own and operate called "Arizona Builders' Zone" (
www.builderszone.com ). To select a category, you will first need to know which keywords or phrases (combination of keywords) are most important or relevant to your business. For our example site, the most important phrases that we want to target are as follows:
"Arizona builders"
"Arizona construction"
"Arizona contractors"
Sure we can target many others, but these are the most important in regards to this site. Also keep in mind that with a directory you are limited to having one page (usually your home page) included. There are rare cases where a directory will include other pages of your site in different categories but this does not happen often. It is also important to understand that in the search engine optimization (SEO) process, one can really only effectively promote two to three keyword phrases at the most for each page of the website.
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www.freewebdirectory.org F/$15 PR0(0)
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www.freewebsitedirectory.com F PR1(nc)
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www.freshdir.com F PR3(+1)
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www.friendly-directory.co.uk F PR5(+1)
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www.fx1.co.uk F PR5(nc)
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www.fxdir.com F PR4(nc)
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www.geeksonsteroids.com/directory F PR4(nc)
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www.geniusfind.com F PR0(0)
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www.gimpsy.com F/$40 PR6(nc)
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www.gloose.com/dir.html F PR3(nc)
161 directory.google.com F PR8(nc)
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www.google.com F/$0 PR10(+10)
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www.goongee.com F/$20 PR5(nc)
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www.greatnexus.com/directory/ F/$15 PR5(nc)
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www.greece.snn.gr F PR3(nc)
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www.grizzlyweb.com F PR4(nc)
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www.guide-directory.info F PR3(nc)
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www.haabaa.com F/$48 PR6(nc)
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www.hand-code-directory.com F/$5 PR4(+1)
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www.he-directory.com F PR3(+3)
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www.hedir.com F/$14 PR5(nc)
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www.hedir.com F/$25 PR5(nc)
173 english.hispanoempresa.com F PR4(nc)
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www.homedecorgiftshop.com F PR0(0)
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www.hotlinksdirectory.com F PR4(nc)
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www.hotvsnot.com F/$54/y PR0(-3)
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www.hrent.com/_directory.html F PR4(nc)
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www.iconcave.com/partners F PR4(nc)
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www.idorel.com F PR2(nc)
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www.idorel.com F/$2 PR2(nc)
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www.illumirate.com F PR5(nc)
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www.imegamall.com F/$60 PR6(nc)
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www.indexunlimited.com F/$29 PR5(-5)
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www.indexwebdirectory.com F PR0(0)
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www.infignos.com F PR5(nc)
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www.info-listings.com F PR6(nc)
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www.info-places.com F PR0(-3)
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www.infoclicks.net F PR5(nc)
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www.infopeek.net F PR3(nc)
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www.informationdirectory.info F PR0(-3)
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www.informativeinfo.info F PR0(-3)
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www.infosniff.com F PR0(0)
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www.infotiger.com F PR5(nc)
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www.infowebworld.com F PR5(nc)
195 directory.inmeres.com F/$28 PR2(nc)
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www.inneedof.co.uk F PR4(nc)
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www.iozoo.com F PR6(nc)
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www.iqair.us/_directory.html F PR4(+1)
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www.ir8.ne F PR0(0)
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www.itzalist.com F PR0(-5)
To select a category, simply go to the directory you want to submit to and conduct a search using your most important keywords or phrases. You will then see one or more categories displayed along with in some cases actual websites that are listed in those categories. If more than one category is listed, you can explore each one and view the websites that are listed there. If you have competitors listed there, then you most likely want to be listed as well. The bottom line is to submit to the category that is best related to your business.
Once you locate a category, log it somewhere. This is so you can go back at a later date and see if your site was listed or not. With some directories you will receive an email response on whether your site was listed or not providing that you supply a valid email address when submitting. With others, you will have to manually check to see if your site is listed which is why it is a good practice to make a note of which directories you submitted to as well as to which categories.
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www.jayde.com F PR6(nc)
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www.jimac.co.uk F PR4(nc)
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www.jlinternet.co.uk/directory/ F PR4(nc)
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www.joeant.com F/$40 PR6(nc)
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www.jtrotta.com F/$10 PR5(-1)
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www.kabooli.com F/$20 PR4(nc)
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www.keralaclick.com/dir F PR0(0)
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www.kingbloom.com F PR5(nc)
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www.kingoftheweb.net F/$4 PR3(+3)
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www.knowbe.com F PR3(nc)
211
www.kwikgoblin.com F PR5(nc)
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www.l10s.com F/$29 PR7(nc)
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www.lambshead.com F PR3(-1)
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www.landoflinks.com F PR0(-5)
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www.link-pimp.com F/$20 PR5(nc)
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www.linkcentre.com F PR5(nc)
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www.linketeria.com F PR5(nc)
218
www.linkland.info F PR0(-2)
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www.linkop.com F/$10 PR4(nc)
220
www.linksmatch.com F PR5(nc)
221
www.linksnavigator.com F PR0(0)
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www.linkwith.us F PR4(+2)
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www.list-directory.info F PR0(-3)
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www.look4business.org F PR4(nc)
225
www.lybot.com F PR4(-1)
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www.mammoth-directory.com F/$30 PR4(nc)
227
www.massivelinks.com F/$10 PR5(nc)
228
www.maxpromo.com F/$12 PR5(nc)
229
www.megri.com F PR5(nc)
230
www.monkey-directory.com F PR3(nc)
231
www.morrison-directory.com F PR3(-1)
232
www.mostpopularsites.net F PR5(nc)
233
www.mywebspider.com F PR4(nc)
234
www.nationaldirectory.com F PR7(+7)
235 directory.nawigator.biz F PR4(nc)
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www.netinsert.com F PR6(+1)
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www.netkushi.com/directory/ F PR3(nc)
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www.network-room.com F PR4(nc)
239
www.nintra.com/directory/index.pl F PR4(nc)
240
www.one-way-link.com F PR5(+1)
241
www.onebigindex.com F PR5(nc)
242
www.onemission.com F PR4(nc)
243
www.online-shopping-directory.net F PR4(+4)
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www.opendirectory.in F PR3(+1)
245
www.openhere.com F PR0(0)
246
www.osy-directory.com F PR4(nc)
247
www.pawnt.info F PR0(-3)
248
www.pedsters-planet.co.uk F PR5(+1)
249
www.perfext.com F/$5 PR3(-1)
250
www.pharos-search.com F/$26 PR4(nc)
251
www.phatlinks.com F PR4(nc)
252
www.pileiton.com F PR3(nc)
253 directory.planetonline.com F/$40 PR0(0)
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www.platinax.co.uk/directory/ F/$19 PR5(nc)
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www.pleaseretrieve.com F PR5(nc)
256
www.poddys.com F PR5(nc)
257
http://www.point-directory.com F PR0(0)
258 dir.portprophecy.com F PR2(nc)
259
www.pr3.co.uk F PR4(nc)
260
www.primodirectory.com F/$10 PR0(-4)
261
www.product-pages.com F PR2(+2)
262
www.putmyfinger.co.uk F PR3(nc)
263
www.qango.com F/$50 PR6(nc)
264
www.qango.com F/$50 PR6(nc)
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www.qettle.com F/$5/y PR0(0)
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www.querycube.com/ F/$2 PR4(+4)
267
www.ranked1.net F PR4(nc)
268
www.rankingdirectory.com/ F PR4(+1)
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www.rankland.com F PR0(0)
270
www.rdirectory.net F PR4(nc)
271
www.redjuniper.com F PR4(nc)
272
www.refrozen.com F PR5(nc)
273
www.relevant-links.com F PR3(-1)
274
www.relevant-links.com F PR3(-1)
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www.resourcehelp.com F PR4(-1)
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www.rkdirectory.com F/$5 PR0(0)
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www.rlrouse.com F/$30/y PR6(nc)
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www.san24.com F PR0(0)
279
www.search-group.com F/$40 PR2(+1)
280
www.search-the-world.com F PR4(nc)
281
www.search.able2know.com F PR1(-1)
282
www.searchave.com F PR3(-1)
283
www.searchcity.biz F PR3(nc)
284
www.searchpole.com F PR0(-5)
285
www.searchtheweb.com F PR5(nc)
286
www.searchtwentyfour.com F PR4(nc)
287
www.searchwarp.com F PR5(nc)
288
www.searchwebworld.com F PR0(0)
289
www.searchwiz.com F PR6(+1)
290
www.searchwiz.org F PR4(nc)
291
www.searchworth.com F PR3(+1)
292
www.secrethole.net F PR2(nc)
293
www.sedsearch.com F PR4(+1)
294
www.seekabove.com F PR4(nc)
295
www.seekon.com F PR0(0)
296 dir.seo7.net F PR4(+1)
297
www.seolinking.com F PR3(+1)
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www.sezza.com F PR5(nc)
299
www.sgtsearch.com F PR4(nc)
300
www.sharedirectory.com F/$25 PR4(nc)
301
www.shoula.com F PR4(nc)
302
www.simpledir.com F/$44 PR4(-1)
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www.sitefolders.com F PR2(-1)
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www.siteinclusion.com F PR5(nc)
305
www.sitelibrary.net/directory F PR1(-3)
306
www.sitesondisplay.com F PR5(nc)
307
www.sitetutor.us F PR5(nc)
308
www.skaffe.com F/$40 PR6(+1)
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www.skaloosh.com F/$2 PR3(+3)
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www.smallerbizz.com F/$10 PR0(0)
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www.smartfind.org F PR2(-1)
312
www.socengine.com F/$7 PR5(nc)
313
www.software-pointers.com F PR4(nc)
314
www.softzdirectory.com F PR4(nc)
315
www.somuch.com F PR6(+1)
316
www.sonicquest.com F PR5(+1)
317 directory.sootle.com F/$20 PR6(+1)
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www.sootle.com F PR6(nc)
319
www.sorve.com F PR4(nc)
320
www.speedydirectory.com F PR0(-4)
321
www.spheri.com F PR5(nc)
322
www.splatsearch.com F PR6(nc)
323
www.stopat.com F PR3(-1)
324
www.stormer.net F PR5(nc)
325
www.Submiturlhere.com F PR0(0)
326
www.sumwd.com F PR4(nc)
327
www.sunnydating.com/dir F PR1(-2)
328
www.surfsafely.com F PR5(nc)
329
www.synergy-dti.com F PR5(nc)
330
www.the-free-directory.co.uk F/$5 PR0(0)
331
www.thebusinessdir.com F/$9 PR4(nc)
332
www.thelanka.com F/$10 PR6(+1)
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www.theorangepages.com F PR4(+1)
334
www.thermokarst.net F PR2(+2)
335
www.theseoking.com F PR3(+3)
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www.thewebis.com/directory/ F PR2(-1)
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www.thewebknot.com F PR0(-4)
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www.thommo.info F PR0(-3)
339 directory.ticketretriever.com F PR5(nc)
340
www.toponlineshopping.com F PR5(nc)
341
www.trafficportal.co.uk F/$49 PR0(0)
342
www.tsection.com F PR5(nc)
343
www.turnpike.net F PR6(nc)
344
www.tygo.com/dir F/$20 PR6(nc)
345
www.uk-web-index.co.uk F PR4(nc)
346
www.ultisearch.co.uk F PR5(nc)
347
www.uranus-directory.info F PR3(+3)
348
www.urlcan.com F PR3(nc)
349
www.uudir.com F PR4(nc)
350
www.uuiq.com F PR3(nc)
351
www.velendi.com F PR4(+4)
352
www.verticaldirectories.com F/$20 PR4(nc)
353
www.virgils.biz F/$13 PR3(nc)
354
www.vxbox.com F PR6(nc)
355
www.wallydrag.com F PR2(nc)
356
www.wamchu.com F PR4(+1)
357
www.web-beacon.com F/$40 PR5(-1)
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www.web-central.info F PR4(+1)
359
www.webdesigncorp.com F PR4(nc)
360
www.webdirectory.co.in F PR3(+1)
361
www.webs-best-directory.com F/$20 PR5(nc)
362
www.websavvy.cc F PR5(nc)
363
www.websearches.info F PR4(nc)
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www.websitetop.com F PR3(nc)
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www.websmadeeasy.com F PR2(nc)
366
www.webworldindex.com F/$25 PR6(+1)
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www.webxperience.org F PR5(nc)
368
www.wholesalepimp.com F PR4(-1)
369
www.wholesalespotter.com F PR3(nc)
370
www.world-click.com/dir F/$10/y PR0(0)
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www.worlddirectory.in F PR4(+4)
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www.worldhot.com F PR7(nc)
373
www.worldsiteindex.com F/$13 PR5(nc)
374
www.worldsiteindex.com F/$5 PR5(nc)
375
www.worldwidesearchengine.com F/$299 PR4(nc)
376
www.wowdirectory.com F/$25 PR6(nc)
377
www.wowyellowpages.com F/$20 PR4(nc)
378
www.xeoweb.biz F PR0(-4)
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www.xland.info F PR4(+1)
380
www.yeandi.com F/$10 PR5(nc)
381
www.yourfreelink.com F PR2(-1)
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www.yourwebloghere.com F PR6(+1)
383
www.z5-directory.com F PR0(0)
384
www.zeal.com F PR8(nc)
385
www.zeezo.com F PR5(nc)
386
www.zerovis.com/dir F/$10 PR3(nc)
Note: This list was originally compiled by Bob Mutch. It should not be distributed without having legal permissions from the original author.
