One Way Link Building

There are hundreds of web site directories on the internet.A Link Directory is simply a large web site database broken down into categories and sub-categories. Most of these web site directories allow you to chose a specific category and offer a free or paid link placement within that category.

All though directory link placements is not so useful as it used to be for Search engine optimization purposes, there are still a few web directories that can provide your web site a high-quality and authoritative link that makes a difference.

Your first directory submission should be to Yahoo. Yahoo is one of the largest and most visited web sites on the Internet. Yahoo Directory offers a free inclusion for non-commercial web sites and paid option for commercial web sites. The cost for evaluation and inclusion is 299$ per year. Inclusion is not guaranteed but an evaluation is guaranteed within 7 business days.

The Best of the Web directory found at BOTW.org started in 1994 is one of the oldest directories. It offers a free category sponsorship for 60 days and provides options for you to get listed for a fee. Yearly fee for a listing your web site is $79.95 or $239.95 for life time. Bulk discounts for more than 20 Westside is available.

The open directory project called DMOZ.org is one of the oldest and most respected web directories on the Internet. You can submit your web site into any one category for free for lifetime. But the evaluation is driven community of strict editors and there is no guarantee about the feedback for the submission. For some it takes years and for some few months.

Recently tag based directories or web2.0 style directories have also started to appear on the Internet. India Directory which offers tag based submission is a good candidate. In a tag based directory you choose the words that best describe your web site.

Indiatags.com is Directory for India Web sites. The submissions are all human edited and approved. There are three type of submissions exclusive tags, shared tags and free tags. Exclusive tags and Shared tags are paid ones, which costs a dollar or two which the free tags are free.

Though Indiatags.com claims it is exclusive directory of Indian web sites, I have noticed web sites from other countries, so I guess you can give a try.