Create good content. Participate thoughtfully in communities throughout the Web. Submit worthy pages to Digg or Slashdot. Pass out business cards in person. Throw a contest. Write a blog. Share your site with friends and family. Be patient. Create additional good content.
Getting good links is, on the whole, something that doesn't happen overnight, but it's not intended to be a mysterious or arduous process.
The general concept is always similar: create good, GREAT content, initially promote it yourself - be proud of your work, and make sure your visitors promote it for you.
The ODP/DMOZ is currently down with technical issues, Microsofts bCentral just shut it's doors, Yahoo is $299 just to examine your site... Directories are getting picky :-) -- which is a good thing if your site has something great to offer. For some great directories, you might want to check Bob Mutch's http://seocompany.ca/ , he also has a directory submission service that's really worth it (not like those semi-trained monkeys that just copy + paste into submission forms to useless directories).
softplus wrote: > The ODP/DMOZ is currently down with technical issues, Microsofts > bCentral just shut it's doors, Yahoo is $299 just to examine your > site... Directories are getting picky :-) -- which is a good thing if > your site has something great to offer. For some great directories, you > might want to check Bob Mutch's http://seocompany.ca/ , he also has a > directory submission service that's really worth it (not like those > semi-trained monkeys that just copy + paste into submission forms to > useless directories).
> John
Hi John,
..when you say its really worth it, I assume you have some experience of his work increasing traffic. So may I ask, does his submission to the directories list increase traffic to your site in terms of - Direct traffic from the directories or - Improve your ranking in Google/otherSEs or - A bit of both
..and what sort of percentage improvement would you expect...
