How You Register your site with the major directories

Registering With Directories

Register your site with the major directories and second-tier general directories.
Try to register with about a half-dozen to a dozen of the better general directories if
you are targeting Google. If you are targeting the other engines first and can wait
on Google, you may want to register with about twenty to fifty general directories.
Register with at least a couple local or niche-specific directories. Niche-specific
directories are findable via search engines and some are listed at
http://www.isedb.com, but you should check to ensure they provide static links before
spending money registering your sites, although directories that rank well may
deliver quality traffic even if they do not provide direct links.

Search for things like “<my keywords> + <add URL>” to find other niche
directories.

Oftentimes I do not mind spending hundreds of dollars getting links from different
sites (or directories) across many different IP ranges. Many of the second-tier
directories charge a one-time fee for listing, and some of them allow you to add
your sites free if you become an editor.

In my directory of directories, I have 50-100 general directories listed in the general
directory categories. Most top ranking sites in mildly competitive fields do not
have text links from fifty different sites pointing to them, so if you can afford it,
doing this offers a huge advantage to you for your Yahoo! and MSN rankings, but
you need to choose directories carefully when considering how TrustRank
(explained in the Google section of this e-book) may effect Google.

If you are in more competitive fields and rent some powerful links, these listings in
various directories can help stabilize your rankings when search engine algorithms
shift.

Some directories I highly recommend are Yahoo!, DMOZ, Business.com, JoeAnt,
Best of the Web, and Gimpsy.