Useful tip on submitting to blog diretories

[Rehoboth1]

Here's a tip when submitting to blog directories...

A blog directory is NO USE if they use a "link-off redirect" or counter to link to your site. Why? Because you do not get any "link juice" or pagerank passed to your site if the link is a redirect. 90% of the blog directories out there use this technique and require you to put their link on your site, thus passing them one-way "link juice". Always hover over the outgoing links and see if they are direct before submitting.

The best directory I know of, totally free and passes you at least two backlinks is

Blog Rate Directory (http://www.blogratedirectory.com/)

This one is going to be at least PR6-PR7 in the Q4 Google update, and it passes serious "juice" and Google seems to love it because I submitted my newest blog to only that site and was indexed in Google in 24 hours.

[RobM]

Google indexes blogs pretty quick in general as google is on the lookout for new content...always

[DBQ]

Just another advertisement... Not a bad directory though.

[RobM]

I posted in it but havent seen much of a difference as of yet...but time will tell...I hope that it does something for me

[Greg]

I don't look for link juice from the directories. What I like is they syndicate my blogs for me and get them all over the web in a matter of hours.

[DarinU]

I just added my blog to that site, current PR is 4. We'll see how it goes hopefully i get indexed. I think i screwed something up though it says, error getting updates. Do i have to do something special im using blogger (w/ Atom).

[billnad]

I am not really happy over the last few months with the quality of the backlinks that I get from directories. It seems that unless you are paying for some good quality ones it may not really be worth it.

I know if you are interested that on Digital Point Forums there is a few people that will do directory submissions cheap.

I think the best really is to just write better content and submit ot Stumbleupon or use Onlywire for more backlinks of some quality.

[Jim B]

I also added my blog to that directory, did not install their tracking thing, as I do not wish to create any sort of reciprocal link type thing.

[rainier]

really helpful, thanks for the information.