Blog SEO Tip: Promote your blog by submitting to Directories
Published by admin on April 23rd, 2009 | Tagged Advertising and Marketing, Business, Internet Marketing, Internet and Web 2
Setting up a blog and publishing unique content is not enough for it to gain exposure. You to find have to find ways to promote your blog so that you build readership, get good rankings in seach engines and attract returning visitors.
Some Directories are paid whereas some of them are absolutely free. Some Directories have both free and paid/featured listings options.
Submitting your url to directories is one of the best ways to get backlinks and targeted traffic for your blog site. Users or readers can easily find your blog with the help of category wise listings. You can add keyword tags and blog description for better visability.
Please note some directories require a link back from your blog for your listing to be approved. Also, some directories allow entry only if the blog is a few months old or has a certain amount of posts.
Below you will find is a list if some free blog directories. The list is not exhaustive.
Indiblogger
Blog Catalog
MyBlogLog
Blog Flux
Blogged
Blog Listing
FuelMyBlog
Boing Boing
Blog Adda
Blogs Collection
Blog Collector
BlogRateDirectory
Blogville
Blog Seek
MyBlog2u
Blogadr
Top Blog Area
Blog Top List
Blog Search
Bloggernow
WeblogAlot
Blog Rankings
Blogarama
Bla.st
Blogotion
Blog Hub
Blog Explosion
Bloggernity
Top Blogging
My Blog Directory





May 3rd, 2009 at 10:23 pm
this is great idea….I does blogging but i never thought about this….
August 27th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
Ya it helps in increasing your PR… Writing blog is different but we need to submit in few blog directories so that our blog will have an exposure.
September 4th, 2009 at 3:20 am
thanks, you have given very good information for new blogger. thank you for your guideline
October 1st, 2009 at 7:11 am
[...] Bloggers simply ignore the significance of SEO. They don’t submit to blog directories nor do they do any keyword [...]
December 8th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Good advice. Submitting to directories is a great way to develop some backlinks. Just don’t expect great rankings from directory listings alone. Unless you are targeting very weak keywords, you will need many more links to rank well.