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Guidelines while submitting to directories
What is a Directory?
A directory does not use robots to index a site.
All sites that are indexed are directly done by people. You need
to submit your web site under a particular category, after which
an editor will review your site and then accept or reject your
site according to its quality.
Guidelines while submitting to Directories
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Make sure your site is
100% up and running, with no
"under construction" signs. Good site design, fast loading
pages, and content are important, especially for Yahoo.
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From the homepage of a directory take your time
and find the appropriate category
your site fits into. You can do a keyword search using
your most important keywords or key phrases and note the
category that lists these sites. That will probably be the
best category for your site. You may also have multiple
categories, in which case you must submit under all the
suitable categories.
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Once you have found a suitable category, look
out for a "Suggest a site" or an
"Add URL" link. Click on this link to submit your site.
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Before rushing off to submit your site,
carefully read their suggestions on how to submit. They REALLY
mean it. Follow their instructions
to the absolute letter.
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Since Directories do not use robots, everything
indexed into a directory is done by
people. No META tags, ALT image tags, HTML comments or
image maps will help your performance here. Your best bet is
to describe your site accurately and the final decision of
adding your web site to a directory's database rests with the
editor who reviews your web site. Best of luck!
Top Directories
Yahoo is without a doubt the single most important index on the
Internet. Make sure you follow the guidelines given above and
Yahoo's submit page instructions while submitting your site. The
effort you put in now will reap huge benefits in the long run.
Submit carefully!
Submit to Yahoo
Lycos, AOL Search, AltaVista and HotBot feature
Open Directory categories within their results pages. As ODP is
now the directory listing source for many search engines, it is
in the "big leagues" and is a must to submit to.
Read their instructions and submit
Refer to the site submission FAQ to learn more about the
selection criteria and get answers to other submission
questions.
Read their selection criteria here
Go/Infoseek lets you submit in two ways: by their add URL form,
or by creating a list of all the URLs on your site and mailing
it to them. ). Infoseek is currently way behind on indexing, so
your pages may take weeks to show up in their index. Very
important: never submit the same URL more than once per day. If
you do, that page may never get indexed, and you might find it
difficult to get other pages listed as well.
Submit to Go here
Netscape Search's results come primarily from the
Open Directory and Netscape's own "Smart Browsing" database,
which does an excellent job of listing "official" web sites.
Secondary results come from Google. Use the following link to
find out how to submit your URL.
Find out how to submit to Netscape Search
AOL Search allows its members to search across the web and AOL's
own content from one place. The main listings for categories and
web sites come from the Open Directory and Inktomi. Your best
bet is to get listed in Open Directory.
HOW TO SUBMIT
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Find the most appropriate category or
subcategory within the AOL Directory.
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Click on the category and from that category
page, submit your site information from the Submit a Site link
in the green Open Directory Project box at the bottom of the
page. In this way, you are determining where your site fits
best, and then sending it to the correct place.
Note: If you have already submitted your web site to the Open
Directory Project you don't need to submit from here.
Submit
to AOL here
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