You overlook local websites and business directories. Online directories, review sites, and local blogs are great sources of local traffic and can significantly boost your visibility on local SERPs. MORE
A lot of these search engine submission services submit your website links to old directories that Google doesn’t even crawl any more. In fact, some of those directories may even be penalized, and if you are associated with them, it could hurt your website to have a link from them. Ordinarily, I wouldn’t tell people not to buy SEO services. MORE
Content creation, optimization, distribution and sharing results in five types of measurable online presence: Press Presence (news release pickups, news articles, product reviews, publication-sponsored directories, etc.). MORE
Since the Channel Directory listings are in alphabetical order this offers an advantage to names that appear earlier in the alphabet, at least among browsing users. MORE
There’s a search engine optimization company out there that is requiring that you pay for removal if you want your link removed from their directory. If you have a link on one of these directories, then expect to pay $25 for each link to be removed: miriblack.com. MORE
Verify Your Business on Local Directories. Make sure you’ve set up verified accounts with all local directories. Each site will give you the option to register your business, so that you can manage your online directory. MORE
On Twitter, search for hashtags relevant to your industry, or peruse Twitter directories like Twellow and WeFollow. Social Media Marketing AllTop American Idol amplification case studies content Content Marketing ebooks elements of b2b social media marketing success Field of Dreams infographics key influencers LinkedIn Groups presentations reports Twitter directories Twitter hashtags video viral video webinars white papers MORE
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. MORE
The world is up in arms about how the mobile application Path, which I covered here as one of the next social networks to watch, has been sending users' phone directory data back to the service. MORE
Relevant, high-quality industry directories. This post originally appeared on WPOinc. The web presence optimization (WPO) framework includes tracking and measuring online marketing metrics for five key channels or disciplines: Press (PR), Social, Website (SEO), Paid, and Industry. MORE
Let’s first take a look at this ‘article directory’ website: If you look at the screen shot, you’ll see that it’s an “article directory” that’s similar to the what Matt Cutts talked recently talked bout. Oh, the irony. MORE
Blog Social Media CNN Odesk Template tools WordPress WordPress Plugin Directory WordPress.com WordPress.org Entering the world of WordPress for the first time, you may feel like Dorothy walking through the farmhouse door into the colorful world of Oz. MORE
Social Media Marketing Tips Twitter Getting ReTweets hashtags marketing for small business more retweets Retweets social media Twitter directories twitter marketing twitter networking twitter tips WefollowTwitter has been growing tremendously. In 2010, Twitter had 75 million user accounts. In 2011 (and the year is not over yet), there are 100 million active user accounts, with 50 million active users and 230 million tweets every day. MORE
I added the location (oops) and got the only local franchise listed in a number of directories but no specials. How many times do you think one wrong number in a local directory has had a similar effect on your business? Look your business up and check the information in the local directories. Local Internet Marketing controlling local listings local directory local listings local search Well, it happened again. MORE
Yet another proven method is to submit your website URL to web-directories with decent Google page rank, ex: Yahoo and D’moz. This latter (directory submissions) link building method is a painful and tedious process…best done manually! MORE
Is it still worthwhile to get listed in blog directories, and if so, which ones? to RSS directory posting, infographics and guest blogging. Active RSS and Blog Directories List by Buzzkeep. MORE
Twylah Directory. On the landing page of Twylah, you will find a directory of influential people from different industries throughout the world that have their own Twylah branded pages. Twylah is a blog of your own tweets arranged by your most influential topics. MORE
Top 50 Free Business Listing sites Free business listing directories will facilitate your web site seo, rank, and back-links. Gain traffic with Business List Directory for a free listing. Hear the list of business listing sites that help you in SEO, and for you website - getting ranking, links etc. MORE
Mass Directory Submission. Mass submission to directory sites used to be one of the methods most commonly used by SEOs in the past. Instead, you should focus on local and well respected directories with strict admission guidelines. Obsolete SEO Techniques It’s Time To Forget. MORE
If your website has been hit by any of the Google Penguin algorithm updates, then most likely you have links pointing to your website from a low quality directory. One of those low quality link directories is shown below, in a screen shot. MORE
Just came across Press Pass , a directory of journalists on Twitter categorized by media outlet , by beat and by region. You can of course also use various Twitter directories, but those will also pull in anyone who has journalism keywords in their bio. MORE
Top 10 Blog Directories 2011 by SEO Wizardry. Writing that “Blog Directories add an important element to your web site traffic generation and search engine optimization programs,” Peter Hollier lists and links the top 10 blog directories along with their Alexa ranks. MORE
jasonyormark.com Home About Me My Videos My Resume Contact Me Browse > Home / Social Media / 9 Twitter Directories You Should Be Listed On | Subcribe via RSS 9 Twitter Directories You Should Be Listed On December 21st, 2009 Posted in Social Media Tweet Share There are a variety of ways that you can build a strong following on Twitter, and one of those ways that is to take advantage of a few key Twitter directories that have established themselves quite well. MORE
and don’t go more than three folders/directories deep. Sitemaps – A sitemap is a directory of your web pages. Robots.txt – This is a text document you upload to your website’s root directory. Search engines love on-site SEO , especially if leads to better relationships with your site visitors. Here are 4 uncanny ways to increase your on-site SEO. Permalinks – Your URL structure is very important. Shorter permalinks are better. MORE
One way to gain visitors is to get noticed on blog directories. Photography, cooking, gardening, cycling, travelling, meditating and more, there are thousands of directories out there each catering to specific niches and interests. MORE
Don’t overlook smaller blog directories and RSS syndication sites that can collectively drive notable traffic (as well as providing valuable links for SEO purposes). Every blogger wants more traffic. How to get it? MORE
Article Writing and Article Submissions, as well as Directory Submissions, are now considered to be spam techniques, and should NOT be done. Have you received an email (usually an unsolicited email) from someone offering to get your site on Google’s front page? MORE
I recently spoke to someone who is very excited about her new job — and part of that job is carefully monitoring the local directory listings of various clients. Local Internet Marketing controlling local listings local directories local directory mistakes Some folks would not be excited about sifting through all the places a business is listed on the Internet. It’s a painstaking task and not one that I’d be excited about. MORE
Use directories based on their relevance and value, but as with news releases—not just for backlinks. In early 2013, Google devalued general directory links for search rankings. That does not mean, however, that all directories are worthless. • MORE
For sites in Google News, separate sponsored content from your main news articles if possible (such as hosting it in a separate directory) and exclude it from Google News via either robots.txt or a meta robots tag. MORE
Article directories have a big job—every day, thousands of authors and want-to-be authors submit their articles to these directories. Many of the articles that are submitted to these directories are not articles at all, but rather blurbs of nothingness with little content and usually lacking readability. This Spam and plagiarism scam is the bane of article directories and the editors that run them. MORE
» EzineArticles Says Keyword Density Is Important If you’ve been paying attention to the Google Panda update, you’ve noticed that EzineArticles – the largest article directory online – was hit and suffered a huge traffic loss. About Us What’s a Maverick? MORE
5 Responses to “Directory of All Things Twitter – Finally!&# MORE
The amazing benefits of this site are: Web articles directory is a SEO friendly portal and all URLs are easily crawled and indexed by the search engines. If you submit articles to the directory, you increase your website traffic and link popularity. Your article submission is analysed by one of their representatives and if it meets the quality guidelines (no dead links, original content, no errors), it is added in the directory. MORE
Web directories – Remember when Web directories were all the rage? Everyone wanted to be listed in even the most obscure directories just for the coveted link back to their website. Now, few people want to be listed in directories. But some directories–like Yelp and Angie’s List–are incredible. They serve a type of business that can bank easy money long term off of one good directory listing. MORE
Better yet, Would you want to distribute that data for free to online and mobile directory publishers? UniversalBusinessListing.org (UBL) and Locationary have announced a strategic partnership to manage and distribute business profile data free to online and mobile directory publishers. MORE
Now every time someone adds a new profile photo, they get asked if they want to add a frame - yours will be one of the first in the directory! MORE
But two great sources are blog directories and RSS syndication sites. To give credit where it’s due, both the TopRank Online Marketing Blog and Robin Good have provided nice lists in the past, but as changes in the blog directory world can be challenging to keep pace with, both now include dead links and directories that have significantly changed their policies (e.g. 100+ Blog Directories and RSS Submission Sites. Blog-directory. MORE
but because some local directories are open source and anybody can change the information, even if they are mistaken. The way you go about taking charge depends on the process each directory has in place. It’s a good idea to look your business up first and see what is there, then check that listing for accuracy and find out how to claim that listing in the directory’s procedures. Local Internet Marketing local local directories local listings local search MORE
Local directories and high-quality industry directories. as well as online yellow pages and other similar directories. GetListed.org , a site that evaluates your business presence and directly connects to more than a dozen such directories, is a great place to start. MORE
LEARNING TOOLS DIRECTORY. DIRECTORY OF. DIRECTORY OF SOCIAL NETWORKS FOR. Directory of Social Networks for Learning. Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies. Knowledge, Skills and Tools for the Learning 2.0 CONTACT. GUEST MAP. JANE HART. WRITING & SPEAKING. CONSULTANCY. LEARN TECH NEWS. LEARN TECH LIBRARY. 100 TOOLS. TOP 10 TOOLS LISTS. 25 TOOLS. NEW TOOLS FOR LEARNING CLUB. LEARNING PROFESSIONALS ON TWITTER. LEARNING PROFESSIONALS. SOCIAL LEARNING. MORE
Directories – Directories are still an important source of traffic for many websites. List your business in directories like Yelp and Angie’s List to get found by local people searching for you, and your customers can leave reviews of your business, which are important for generating more website traffic. Small Business Internet Marketing blogging directories generating traffic online marketing SEO Social Media targeted traffic website traffic MORE
Directory Related Topics Bill Hartzer
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
If your website has been hit by any of the Google Penguin algorithm updates, then most likely you have links pointing to your website from a low quality directory. One of those low quality link directories is shown below, in a screen shot.
Small Business Mavericks
MARCH 5, 2015
I recently spoke to someone who is very excited about her new job — and part of that job is carefully monitoring the local directory listings of various clients. Local Internet Marketing controlling local listings local directories local directory mistakes Some folks would not be excited about sifting through all the places a business is listed on the Internet. It’s a painstaking task and not one that I’d be excited about.
Bill Hartzer
FEBRUARY 6, 2014
There’s a search engine optimization company out there that is requiring that you pay for removal if you want your link removed from their directory. If you have a link on one of these directories, then expect to pay $25 for each link to be removed: miriblack.com.
Bill Hartzer
FEBRUARY 3, 2014
Let’s first take a look at this ‘article directory’ website: If you look at the screen shot, you’ll see that it’s an “article directory” that’s similar to the what Matt Cutts talked recently talked bout. Oh, the irony.
Webbiquity SMM
FEBRUARY 17, 2014
Is it still worthwhile to get listed in blog directories, and if so, which ones? to RSS directory posting, infographics and guest blogging. Active RSS and Blog Directories List by Buzzkeep.
Webbiquity SMM
OCTOBER 25, 2010
But two great sources are blog directories and RSS syndication sites. To give credit where it’s due, both the TopRank Online Marketing Blog and Robin Good have provided nice lists in the past, but as changes in the blog directory world can be challenging to keep pace with, both now include dead links and directories that have significantly changed their policies (e.g. 100+ Blog Directories and RSS Submission Sites. Blog-directory.
Small Business Mavericks
APRIL 7, 2011
» EzineArticles Says Keyword Density Is Important If you’ve been paying attention to the Google Panda update, you’ve noticed that EzineArticles – the largest article directory online – was hit and suffered a huge traffic loss. About Us What’s a Maverick?
yMarketingMatters
NOVEMBER 2, 2011
Social Media Marketing Tips Twitter Getting ReTweets hashtags marketing for small business more retweets Retweets social media Twitter directories twitter marketing twitter networking twitter tips WefollowTwitter has been growing tremendously. In 2010, Twitter had 75 million user accounts. In 2011 (and the year is not over yet), there are 100 million active user accounts, with 50 million active users and 230 million tweets every day.
Webbiquity SMM
FEBRUARY 21, 2012
On Twitter, search for hashtags relevant to your industry, or peruse Twitter directories like Twellow and WeFollow. Social Media Marketing AllTop American Idol amplification case studies content Content Marketing ebooks elements of b2b social media marketing success Field of Dreams infographics key influencers LinkedIn Groups presentations reports Twitter directories Twitter hashtags video viral video webinars white papers
Small Business Mavericks
AUGUST 31, 2015
Directories – Directories are still an important source of traffic for many websites. List your business in directories like Yelp and Angie’s List to get found by local people searching for you, and your customers can leave reviews of your business, which are important for generating more website traffic. Small Business Internet Marketing blogging directories generating traffic online marketing SEO Social Media targeted traffic website traffic
Social Media Network Marketing
AUGUST 29, 2007
Article directories have a big job—every day, thousands of authors and want-to-be authors submit their articles to these directories. Many of the articles that are submitted to these directories are not articles at all, but rather blurbs of nothingness with little content and usually lacking readability. This Spam and plagiarism scam is the bane of article directories and the editors that run them.
Webbiquity SMM
AUGUST 23, 2011
Don’t overlook smaller blog directories and RSS syndication sites that can collectively drive notable traffic (as well as providing valuable links for SEO purposes). Every blogger wants more traffic. How to get it?
Harp Interactive
APRIL 20, 2010
Yet another proven method is to submit your website URL to web-directories with decent Google page rank, ex: Yahoo and D’moz. This latter (directory submissions) link building method is a painful and tedious process…best done manually!
Almost Savvy
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
5 Responses to “Directory of All Things Twitter – Finally!&#
Buzz Marketing for Technology
OCTOBER 11, 2008
LEARNING TOOLS DIRECTORY. DIRECTORY OF. DIRECTORY OF SOCIAL NETWORKS FOR. Directory of Social Networks for Learning. Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies. Knowledge, Skills and Tools for the Learning 2.0 CONTACT. GUEST MAP. JANE HART. WRITING & SPEAKING. CONSULTANCY. LEARN TECH NEWS. LEARN TECH LIBRARY. 100 TOOLS. TOP 10 TOOLS LISTS. 25 TOOLS. NEW TOOLS FOR LEARNING CLUB. LEARNING PROFESSIONALS ON TWITTER. LEARNING PROFESSIONALS. SOCIAL LEARNING.
Unspoken
AUGUST 15, 2013
Blog Social Media CNN Odesk Template tools WordPress WordPress Plugin Directory WordPress.com WordPress.org Entering the world of WordPress for the first time, you may feel like Dorothy walking through the farmhouse door into the colorful world of Oz.
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.
Bill Hartzer
DECEMBER 6, 2010
Better yet, Would you want to distribute that data for free to online and mobile directory publishers? UniversalBusinessListing.org (UBL) and Locationary have announced a strategic partnership to manage and distribute business profile data free to online and mobile directory publishers.
Social Media Network Marketing
APRIL 7, 2008
The amazing benefits of this site are: Web articles directory is a SEO friendly portal and all URLs are easily crawled and indexed by the search engines. If you submit articles to the directory, you increase your website traffic and link popularity. Your article submission is analysed by one of their representatives and if it meets the quality guidelines (no dead links, original content, no errors), it is added in the directory.
Stay N' Alive
MARCH 1, 2017
Now every time someone adds a new profile photo, they get asked if they want to add a frame - yours will be one of the first in the directory!
The Realtime Report
NOVEMBER 21, 2016
Mass Directory Submission. Mass submission to directory sites used to be one of the methods most commonly used by SEOs in the past. Instead, you should focus on local and well respected directories with strict admission guidelines. Obsolete SEO Techniques It’s Time To Forget.
Webbiquity SMM
SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
Use directories based on their relevance and value, but as with news releases—not just for backlinks. In early 2013, Google devalued general directory links for search rankings. That does not mean, however, that all directories are worthless. •
SocialFish
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
Just came across Press Pass , a directory of journalists on Twitter categorized by media outlet , by beat and by region. You can of course also use various Twitter directories, but those will also pull in anyone who has journalism keywords in their bio.
Stay N' Alive
FEBRUARY 8, 2012
The world is up in arms about how the mobile application Path, which I covered here as one of the next social networks to watch, has been sending users' phone directory data back to the service.
Small Business Mavericks
MAY 1, 2013
and don’t go more than three folders/directories deep. Sitemaps – A sitemap is a directory of your web pages. Robots.txt – This is a text document you upload to your website’s root directory. Search engines love on-site SEO , especially if leads to better relationships with your site visitors. Here are 4 uncanny ways to increase your on-site SEO. Permalinks – Your URL structure is very important. Shorter permalinks are better.
Idaconcpts
JANUARY 29, 2013
You overlook local websites and business directories. Online directories, review sites, and local blogs are great sources of local traffic and can significantly boost your visibility on local SERPs.
Small Business Mavericks
MARCH 27, 2013
A lot of these search engine submission services submit your website links to old directories that Google doesn’t even crawl any more. In fact, some of those directories may even be penalized, and if you are associated with them, it could hurt your website to have a link from them. Ordinarily, I wouldn’t tell people not to buy SEO services.
Bill Hartzer
FEBRUARY 6, 2014
Article Writing and Article Submissions, as well as Directory Submissions, are now considered to be spam techniques, and should NOT be done. Have you received an email (usually an unsolicited email) from someone offering to get your site on Google’s front page?
Small Business Mavericks
AUGUST 28, 2015
Web directories – Remember when Web directories were all the rage? Everyone wanted to be listed in even the most obscure directories just for the coveted link back to their website. Now, few people want to be listed in directories. But some directories–like Yelp and Angie’s List–are incredible. They serve a type of business that can bank easy money long term off of one good directory listing.
Unspoken
SEPTEMBER 11, 2011
Twylah Directory. On the landing page of Twylah, you will find a directory of influential people from different industries throughout the world that have their own Twylah branded pages. Twylah is a blog of your own tweets arranged by your most influential topics.
Small Business Mavericks
AUGUST 5, 2014
but because some local directories are open source and anybody can change the information, even if they are mistaken. The way you go about taking charge depends on the process each directory has in place. It’s a good idea to look your business up first and see what is there, then check that listing for accuracy and find out how to claim that listing in the directory’s procedures. Local Internet Marketing local local directories local listings local search
Small Business Mavericks
OCTOBER 27, 2014
I added the location (oops) and got the only local franchise listed in a number of directories but no specials. How many times do you think one wrong number in a local directory has had a similar effect on your business? Look your business up and check the information in the local directories. Local Internet Marketing controlling local listings local directory local listings local search Well, it happened again.
Convince & Convert
FEBRUARY 10, 2016
Verify Your Business on Local Directories. Make sure you’ve set up verified accounts with all local directories. Each site will give you the option to register your business, so that you can manage your online directory.
Social Media Marketing
JULY 3, 2013
Top 50 Free Business Listing sites Free business listing directories will facilitate your web site seo, rank, and back-links. Gain traffic with Business List Directory for a free listing. Hear the list of business listing sites that help you in SEO, and for you website - getting ranking, links etc.
Adam Sherk
FEBRUARY 14, 2012
Since the Channel Directory listings are in alphabetical order this offers an advantage to names that appear earlier in the alphabet, at least among browsing users.
Webbiquity SMM
OCTOBER 29, 2012
Content creation, optimization, distribution and sharing results in five types of measurable online presence: Press Presence (news release pickups, news articles, product reviews, publication-sponsored directories, etc.).
Adam Sherk
APRIL 3, 2013
For sites in Google News, separate sponsored content from your main news articles if possible (such as hosting it in a separate directory) and exclude it from Google News via either robots.txt or a meta robots tag.
Webbiquity SMM
APRIL 26, 2016
Relevant, high-quality industry directories. This post originally appeared on WPOinc. The web presence optimization (WPO) framework includes tracking and measuring online marketing metrics for five key channels or disciplines: Press (PR), Social, Website (SEO), Paid, and Industry.
Webbiquity SMM
JANUARY 16, 2012
Top 10 Blog Directories 2011 by SEO Wizardry. Writing that “Blog Directories add an important element to your web site traffic generation and search engine optimization programs,” Peter Hollier lists and links the top 10 blog directories along with their Alexa ranks.
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