Best Paid Web Directories For SEO
Written on 16 Aug 2011 by Barry Reynolds
Web directories are a very good way of gaining strong one way backlinks to help with your SEO campaign. These directories will push your website up the search results on Google and Yahoo when combined with effective onsite optimisation
There are many thousands of directories available charging anywhere from a few dollars to several hundred however only a handful of these are authoritative directories.
Google doesn’t like paid links but they do accept directories charging for editors to review a website to ensure the website is to a good standard. Google used ‘Trust Rank’ to judge the quality of these directories, those with high trust rank will give the biggest impact, unfortunately google doesn’t make this information available to the public.
Below is a list of my top paid web directories that can help you with your SEO campaign.
These are directories I have personally used to great effect on many websites, the directories are on a sliding scale of value. I suggest submitting your website to the DMOZ directory and 1 or 2 other directories a month.
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PR: 8
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DMOZ Directory – Price: FREE The King of web directories, seen by Google as an authoritative directory. A significant rise in your website ranking on Google and Yahoo is likely, although it can take a while to get into. |
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PR: 8
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Yahoo Directory – Price: $299 / Year Expensive but worth buying from the strong effect it has website ranking on Yahoo and Google. This is seen as the second best directory after DMOZ. Websites take 7 days to review. |
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PR: 7
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Business.com – $299 / Year Business.com is a well respected business web directory that also offers advice on common business topics in the form of how-to guides. They are quite expensive but a worthwhile link. Promo code: ADI50 – $50 Off |
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PR: 7
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Best of the Web – $149.95 / Year Best of the Web (BOTW) is the oldest directory on the web. They have good editorial integrity and well priced. Links take up to a week to be accepted. Promo code: clickz15 – 15% Off |
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PR: 7
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Joeant.com – $39.95 Lifetime JoeAnt is a human edited directory and offer very good value. Each site is given an editor ranking of 1,2 or 3 bars with the best sites starting at the top. You can also signup as an editor. Free for Editors! |
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PR: 6
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Hot vs Not – $60.00 / Year Hot vs Not is a general directory that reviews all websites before acceptance. They have been going over 8 years and offer a very good SEO newsletter. Highly recommended. Promo code: RD20 – 20% Off |
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PR: 6
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Go Guides – $39.95 Lifetime Respected web directory, been around for a long time. Well worth submitting to this directory as part of your SEO campaign. |
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PR: 6
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Dir Journal – $59.99 / Year General human edited 2nd tier Directory. Reasonably priced and also offers resources, how-to guides, marketing articles etc. Promo code: Reynolds – 20% Off |
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PR: 6
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Family Friendly Sites – $59.90 / Year One of the oldest web directories. Each site is checked to make sure they are Family-Friendly. Emblems can be added to your site to show your website meets their criteria. Many pages have high Pagerank |
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PR: 6
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Uncover The Net – $59.00 / Year Search engine and web directory providing a hand reviewed catalog of the web. Also offers news, free email and a toolbar. Promo code: retail4780 – 15% Off |
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PR: 6
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Adirect2z – £6 Lifetime Cheap high Pagerank searchable directory of websites organised into a wide range of categories. Offers excellent value. |
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PR: 5
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AbiLogic – $15 – $35 Lifetime Well designed and easy to navigate directory that offers a unique rating system and thumbnail screen shots of website listings. All websites are reviewed before being accepted ensuring only quality sites are included. Highly recommended. Promo code: RDIGITAL15 – 15% Off |
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PR: 5
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Gimpsy – $49 Lifetime This is a unique directory in that it lists categories by the actions the websites offer. If your site is an interactive website, this is the ideal place to submit to. |
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PR: 5
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v7n Directory – $49.95 Lifetime V7N Directory is one of the most popular and well maintained directories on the web – a part of the internet marketing hub V7N.com offering excellent resources and SEO advice. Promo code: SPRING2012 – 25% Off |
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PR: 5
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Incrawler – $49.95 Lifetime Internet Crawler features a General web directory. Good PageRank of some pages in the directory, which is not crowded. Human edited, also offers a cheaper option using only your web |
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This is a good list, I also have a few in my list and looked at the domain authority metrics for each directory:
http://www.garethjames.net/authority-directory-list/
I have found this to be a great source of information, and appreciate what it has done to help my site (http://www.davidwegwartphotography.com) be seen in the searches. I am now getting seen by about 20x the traffic.
Thanks again.
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