Free Online Directories
Below is a list of free online directories that alow you to have free listings, some with a reciprocal links and some without. Some Directories allow for featured listings where a fee applies.
The biggest part of ranking well on the major engines has nothing to do with your website itself. It depends on outside elements or "Off Page Factors" as we talk about in the industry.
The most important of these is to have as many relevant incoming links from other websites to your website with your keywords in the anchor text.
For every link that you receive from another website that is relevant to your industry / website topic, you will receive a vote of confidence from the search engines. Every vote helps to establish your website as an "authority" on your topic and will help to rank your website higher accordingly.
Getting these links or "votes" is typically done through a reciprocal link exchange where you exchange links with other websites in your industry or related industries and getting one way links from internet directories.
Finding those link partners and directories and exchanging links with them is a full time job, and depending on how competitive your keyword is, you could need thousands of links just to rank on the first page.
I can tell you from experience if you want to rank on the first page for a competitive keyword you will need a lot of links, patience, time and elbow grease...
Sadly this is where most website owners fail. You need BOTH on page factors such as search engine friendly website design, fresh content AND off page factors such as relevant links to your website from other websites to have any chance of ranking highly in the natural search listings.
We have a list of free online directories to add your website, we can add your website to all of these directories for you.
