Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Use news releases for exposure, not backlinks. Until fairly recently, common SEO guidance was to “Create backlinks from (press releases) to…supporting pages on your website. Use directories based on their relevance and value, but as with news releases—not just for backlinks.

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Directory SEO B2B Real Estate 196

Small Business Mavericks

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

You relied on article directories and bad business directories. You sent out low-quality press releases. Here’s why: You paid for links. You engaged in reciprocal link building. You tried tricking Google with link wheels. You thought blog comment spam would help you.

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Directory Press Release Journal SEO 98

Bill Hartzer

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

The company, in a press release today, says that they plan to phase out Business.com, primarily a national business-to-business sales and marketing operation and focus exclusively on the Dex One business. Tags: Search Engine Marketing business business.com web directory. Business.com is being shut down. Share this on Mixx.

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Directory Press Release Technorati StumbleUpon 127

Bill Hartzer

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

200 Manually Directory Submissions. 60 Article Submissions (1 Articles Submit in 30 Top Directories). 10 Press Release Distributions (1 Press Release submit in 10 Sites). 1 Press Release writing (350+ words). 200 Manually Directory Submissions. 1 Press Release writing (350+ words).

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Idaconcpts

JANUARY 4, 2012

That may be difficult to believe, but one solid, authoritative link from a website like BBC.co.uk (which you won’t achieve without a great deal of effort), is far more valuable than hundreds of low quality directory links. Link Building isn’t About PageRank. This Isn’t Rocket Science, But It Is Hard Work.

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Press Release Social Bookmarking How To Directory 132

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 21, 2011

Press releases – Write and publish a press release online every time your company does something remarkable. Claim your business – If you are a local business, claim your business in each of the search engine’s local business directories. Is this hard?

Small Business 161

Small Business Press Release Social Bookmarking How To 161

Kikolani

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Outreach –these are created by emailing bloggers or sites that are in your niche or similar to your niche (places that have something in common with yours), as well as submitting to directories. Do not forget directories for regular websites; while yours may be a blog the directories do not always discern the difference.

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Strategy Directory Press Release SEO 60

Kikolani

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Outreach –these are created by emailing bloggers or sites that are in your niche or similar to your niche (places that have something in common with yours), as well as submitting to directories. Do not forget directories for regular websites; while yours may be a blog the directories do not always discern the difference.

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Strategy Directory Press Release SEO 60

Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 4, 2011

The True Meaning Of Content » Why Article Marketing Will Never Die A couple of days ago I wrote about Google’s recent algorithm change and how it is beating down the article directories. I’m not willing to say that article directories are dead. Consider it safe to say that I don’t think it will ever die.

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Directory Marketing Case Study Press Release 98

The Social Media Incubator

AUGUST 9, 2011

Content marketing includes writing articles, blog posts, guest posts on other blogs, articles and content for your website, creating videos, creating podcasts, press releases … anywhere you can create and publish content online.

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 19, 2011

Google slapped the article directories hard, so hard that you might not want to keep putting your articles there. It’s been around since the earliest days of the Internet and Web-savvy marketers have been very effective in using article marketing to drive traffic to their websites and in closing the sale. They may work and they may not.

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Hubpages Marketing Case Study Press Release 156

Small Business Mavericks

MAY 5, 2011

’s local directories as well). This is why I think the No. 1 most important thing for any local small business to do is to claim their listing in Google Places (and in Bing’s and Yahoo!’s That should be your starting place for online local marketing. I’m with Frank on one thing.

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Small Business Google Case Study Press Release 170

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 13, 2011

I always recommend listing a business in a professional directory or search engine. Unless there are serious issues with the site, it’s usually a positive. In this case, I’d say it’s definitely a positive.

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Small Business Engineering Case Study Press Release 161

Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 24, 2012

– Develop and implement quality link programs and/ or directory listings. – Strong Research skills and ability to review articles, blogs, web discussion forums, press releases, etc. – Create and edit content for social media marketing initiatives. . – Experience with a B2C web-based start-ups.

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Engineering Press Release Marketing Directory 104

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Articles need to be “objective news” to lead a story cluster (op-ed, satire, press releases and subscription content are not eligible to lead clusters). Duplication and Novelty Detection – More credit is given to original sources of content. Google News uses “Citation Rank” to try to determine the original source (i.e.

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News Google Tips Press Release 158

Kikolani

DECEMBER 8, 2015

On one hand Link directories are an effective solution for generating quality back links but postings on insignificant directories is considered spam and should be removed at the earliest. To detect a spammy directory check in the footer if it is powered by phpLD or PHP Link Directory then it is a spammy directory.

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Kikolani

JULY 20, 2016

If you don’t want to go the guest post way, you can link to your website through other methods, like social media, Q & A forums and submitting press releases. 6: Submit to directories. Once your website is ready for public consumption, so to speak, you can submit your website link to blog directories. Conclusion.

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Google Directory Domain Name SEO 60

Kikolani

JULY 20, 2016

If you don’t want to go the guest post way, you can link to your website through other methods, like social media, Q & A forums and submitting press releases. 6: Submit to directories. Once your website is ready for public consumption, so to speak, you can submit your website link to blog directories. Conclusion.

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Google Directory Domain Name SEO 60

Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 12, 2011

There is no reason for certain directories on your web site to be crawled. Even if you decide not to have a blog or other fluid content on your web site, you should at least publish a press release once a month. Make sure that every image on your web site has a proper alt tag. No Robots.txt file.

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Engineering Press Release URL Domain Name 154

Absolute PA

AUGUST 21, 2010

Many article marketing directories are free to use making it an ideal choice for start ups or small businesses where marketing budgets are small. Sign up with an online article directory. Make your article informative and share your expertise, do not submit promotional sales copy or a press release.

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Directory Press Release Marketing Engineering 45

ProBlogger

JANUARY 23, 2012

Submit press releases to top press release distribution sites. Make sure your releases include links to your main site and relevant sub-pages. Submit articles to at least five article directories. Get links from authority sites like.edu and.gov sites, news sites, or high-PR sites.

SEO 45

SEO Social Media Press Release Directory 45

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Press Releases. Press Clippings. Directory. Academic Programs. Faculty & Research. Executive Education. Corporate Connection. About MIT Sloan. Newsroom. << << Newsroom Home. Expertise Guide. Publications. MIT Sloan Spotlight. News Briefs. MIT Sloan Background. Cisco Executive Thought Leadership.

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Products Project Press Release Research 190

ProBlogger

OCTOBER 15, 2011

Just because I manage to get 500 visitors a day from an article I submitted to article directories doesn’t mean you can get that much traffic doing the same thing. Submit your blog to directories relevant to your niche, like InsLink.com (an SEO/webmaster directory). What works for me might not work for you, and vice versa.

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Directory Press Release RSS URL 55

Kikolani

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Business Promotion: If your business is doing something for the Haiti relief efforts, such as proceeds from the purchase of a certain item is donated to the Red Cross, add the #Haiti tag to your announcement or link to your press release. Twitter Directories. Don’t forget about Twitter directories.

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Twitter How To Directory Trends 150

Writtent Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Pointless Press Releases. Submitting Content to Article Directories. Let’s take a walk back to 2009, when optimizing your website for guaranteed SEO results could typically be achieved with the following factors: Reciprocal Link Exchanges. Purchasing Backlinks. Article Spinning and Low-Quality Content. Ignoring User-Experience.

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SEO Content Marketing Press Release 95

Kikolani

APRIL 28, 2010

How to Write Better Press Release Headlines. Owner Mark Thompson ’s recent product launch is the Link Builder’s Toolkit – a spreadsheet full of resources to help you build links, from blog directories to forums to classifieds plus a section on search operators and how to use them to find link opportunities.

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Sample Samples Journal SEO 155

Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 20, 2011

I’d rather see you start a blog or list your website in local directories. I mean, for example, Twitter is a great marketing tool. As you know, I use it. But for SEO, I wouldn’t recommend it. That makes more sense from an SEO perspective.

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Real Estate SEO Case Study Small Business 79

ProBlogger

MAY 19, 2022

Send out press releases. Contribute to article directories. Article directories are still good sources of targeted traffic, mainly because of their authority in a lot of topics. I’ve written about content filtering and keeping up with industry news in previous post. They have to be news-worthy.

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Marketing Blogger Forums Syndication 35

Social Media Network Marketing

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Below am sharing some tactical pointers that would enable you to work towards a Social Media strategy so as to achieve your Brand's objectives: Setting Of 'Alerts' To track your brand and your competitors To enable us to understand the positive and negative mentions online Blogging Online Community Management Networking on Social Network Sites Like (..)

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Social Media Brands Press Release Directory 63

ProBlogger

MAY 19, 2022

Send out press releases. Contribute to article directories. Article directories are still good sources of targeted traffic, mainly because of their authority in a lot of topics. I’ve written about content filtering and keeping up with industry news in previous post. They have to be news-worthy.

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How To Marketing Blogger Forums 26

Writtent Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Blog categories or an on-site article directory are excellent for this. Send out a press release or feature article and get your logo on the team uniforms. Send out press releases for each organization and/or time you donate. List your business in local business directories. Sponsor a local sports team.

Small Business 98

Small Business Marketing Compete Directory 98

ProBlogger

JANUARY 11, 2012

Additionally, since they were taking care of the mundane SEO tasks (technical tweaks, press releases, etc.), Besides other competitors, the number of directories that include our industry is limited to around five. which required more effort, more time, and an actual expert knowledge of the industry.

SEO 42

SEO Directory Industry Sites 42

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Action Alerts Press Release -- SLA Strongly Opposes Budget Cuts to U.S. Membership Directory. Membership Directory. Department Head, Information Services & Resources Librarian/ Archivist Library Account Executive. SLA-IT Conference pictures. Information Division EPA on Library Feedback. Industry Events Calendar.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 2, 2011

Article directories? And for the record, EzineArticles was not the only article directory affected by this algorithm change. Here are others: HubPages Buzzle Associated Content Articles Base Find Articles These are all sites that can be referred to as “article directories&# under the traditional definition of article directory.

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Small Business Google Directory Hubpages 164

Viper Chill

OCTOBER 28, 2009

You could simply buy directory links, sponsor blog posts, and even have Wordpress themes developed which included a link to your site in the footer. I didn’t focus on directory submissions, forum links, paid links, article directories, or anything of the sort. These days however, things are very different. That was it.

SEO 75

SEO Directory Yahoo Domain Name 75

Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Fortune 500 Business Blogging Wiki Maintains a directory of Fortune 500 companies that have active public business blogs. A Minimalist’s Guide to Using Twitter Simply, Productively, and Funly From Zen Habits: Advice regarding different ways you can use Twitter without spending too much time doing it.

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Case Study Wiki Software List 99

Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Fortune 500 Business Blogging Wiki Maintains a directory of Fortune 500 companies that have active public business blogs. A Minimalist’s Guide to Using Twitter Simply, Productively, and Funly From Zen Habits: Advice regarding different ways you can use Twitter without spending too much time doing it.

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List Social Media Case Study Wiki 96