Directory Submission Guidelines

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Directory Submission Guidelines:

	In order to receive a high acceptance rate in web directories, ensuring following general guidelines that most directory editors would follow when deciding on whether to approve a site into their directory. URL: The general guidelines for URL as below: • Submit the URL in the correct format. Most directories accept a URL in the format of http://www.example.com while some directories accept it without the http:// • Do not submit domains that redirect to another site. • Generally, Many directories allow only the home page URLs and do not accept URLs of inner pages. example: http://www.example.com/this-page.html But,there are few directories called deep link directories are allow inner or individual page.so you can submit your inner page to only deep link directories. • Some directories are require adding a forward slash ‘/’ at the end of the URL. Remember this one where is need. • Very few directories accept domains hosted on free hosting services or domains that are not registered – avoid submitting these kind of domains. Title: Title is the headline for your listing. During the directory submission process you will be asked to enter your website's title. Most of time title acts as the anchor text that will be used to link to your website. so choose its perfectly regarding to SEO benefits. Each directory has its own criteria about title. There are many directories are allow titles with keywords to describe the site. But few directories do not allow the usage of keywords in the title and only allow for the company or website name. In such cases, you should only use the official name of your site without any keywords. The general guidelines for writing acceptable titles would be: • The title should be relevant to the purpose of the site. • Check that the lengths of title. (Generally it’s among 20 to 50 characters is fine). • The title should be meaningful and not just contain a list of keywords. • Avoid repetition of keywords. • Avoid any type of promotional language. • Avoid capitalize the first letter of every word and also do not use all caps in your title or description. Description: The Title and Description together must accurately describe what your site is about and Description is appears under the headline. There are a few points you should keep in mind when writing your descriptions: • All the points mentioned above for the title • Description should ideally just describe what the site offers:you may include features and benefits. • Do not mention any pricing details or any other promotional details that are subject to change with time. • Do not make the description sound too promotional. • Most directories would not want you to mention a phone number and address details in the description – so it’s best to avoid putting in those details. Keywords: Some directories require to specify the keywords to be associated with your listing. Guidelines about Keywords: • Do not use non-related keywords that has no relevant to your website. • Do not repeat any keyword more than once and also make sure you have the keywords entered the format required. • Some directories may require you to enter each keyword separated by a comma, e.g., keyword-1, keyword-2 • Some may require the keywords to be separated by a space. So just make sure you follow their guidelines. Category: A listing under a relevant category improves the link value of your site to search engines. There are a few directories are very particular about you choose the right category. Many people make the mistake of selecting the category too fast without checking if there would be a more relevant category. Take the time to go through the directory’s choice of categories and choose the most appropriate category. E-mail: An email address would enable the directories to communicate to you about acceptance or rejection of your website. provide a valid and working email address. To minimize spam trouble, you could set up a separate email account to receive mail from the directories. Others: Some other helpful tips as below: • Make sure that your website content is real content has written in English. • The website should be complete.Never submit a site that is under construction. • Make sure your site is fully operational before you have it submitted. • Some directories do not accept sites having just one page. It is preferable for your site to have a few pages. • Do not submit sites that have no content. • Look at the existing listings in different categories and find the category where sites similar to yours are listed • Keep the ads & affiliate links to a minimum. You will not likely get accepted to a directory if you have a site overrun with ads or affiliate links. • A few directories do not accept sites with ‘mirror content’, i.e., sites having the same content but different domains. Unique content is best. • Adult, hate-illegal and copyright-violating content Or that link to adult, hate-illegal and copyright-violating content are examples that many directories generally reject this type of websites. • Some directories will review your website within a few days of submission, other directories may take as long as 1 or 2 months so be prepared to wait. Hopefully, you have found these tips to be helpful with preparing your website for directory submission.

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