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| Open
Directory |
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You must first find the appropriate category and
submit your site to it. It can take months for your website
to get listed and there are rumors about editors editting sites
in their own category and not listing competitors. If your website
is not listed within 8 weeks it is a good idea to email the
editor of your category and/or submit your website to a new
category if available. |
| LookSmart |
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You must become an editor of Zeal (who power LookSmart
results) to submit to their directory. |
| Yahoo! |
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You must first find the appropriate category and
then submit your site. There are free and paid options. If you
have a commercial site you must pay the $299 to submit unless
you are submitting to one of the regional directories in which
case the free option is available for commercial websites. |
| AltaVista |
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Submission through the Open Directory (above). |
| Excite |
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Submission through the Open Directory (above). |
| Lycos |
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Submission through the Open Directory (above). |
Directories
can play an important role in the life of your website both
as sources of great, qualified traffic and also in the part
they can play in a thorough search engine positioning strategy.
Only the major Internet directories are included in this list,
that is certainly not to say that these are the only directories
that can benefit your website. There are many topical and regional
directories that can provide both targeted traffic and relevant
links to your website.
