Exposure is the key to increasing readership, followers and ultimately revenue for your blog. One of the fastest ways, albeit not that quick of a process, to generate an increase in traffic to your blog is submissions to directory listings. A directory can get new people to your blog, but it is up to you to ensure that it is filled with quality content that will keep them coming back day after day.
What Is A Directory?
A blog directory, web directory or link directory are lists of websites that specialize in linking to other web sites on the World Wide Web. The directories are said to provide good “link juice” to a site as opposed to “key word stuffing” which is frowned upon by the search engine spiders. You don’t want to make the Google spiders angry.
What Can A Directory Do For Your Website?
Directories are great for both the blog owner and readers who are looking for new sites to follow or research. These directory lists provide “backlinks” to your blog. This type of linking is vital to the growth of your site because Google places more value on sites with the greatest number of backlinks.
Backlinks are incoming links to a webnode (also called a website, blog, directory or domain) from another web node. These connections between the two sites ultimately enhances the SEO (search engine optimization) of the site. Backlinks, also known as inbound links, incoming links, inward links and inlinks, provide one view of the popularity or importance of the site or blog.
One of the fastest ways to lose your backlinks and Google rating is to change your domain. That is why I stress buying your domain name now before you wake up one morning with a PR5 and decide you are into blogging for the long haul and need to buy your own domain. The moment you buy your domain, your rating becomes a big fat goose egg…ZERO and you lose all the backlinks. Yes, I know how this feels because that is my scenario, so go buy your domain today.
in which opportunity is buried.”
What Is Needed To Submit To A Directory?
It doesn’t take too long to submit your blog to a directory. Usually, the most time consuming part is determining which category to list your blog.
The most common information needed for submission to a directory:
- URL of the blog
- Blog RSS feed address
- Name of the blog
- Email address
- An account created on the directory
- Placing a reciprocal link or badge on your blog
Submitting your blog to a directory is an excellent way to get a lot of free promotion, as well as a means of finding other interesting blogs. Reading sites that are content rich on your topic can inspire and give you new ideas for posts. It’s definitely a win-win for the directory and blogger.
120+ Top Google Ranked Blog Directories To Submit Your Blog
Below is a list of blog directories in order of Google PR ranking. I will update this directory resource, so let me know if you find a link that no longer works or want me to add another one. Sometimes directories disappear just like blogs.
PR8
PR7
Bloggernity
Best of the Web Blog Search
Best of the Web
Business.com
Galaxy
PR6
Blog Explosion
Blogging Fusion
Bloggapedia
BusyBits Web Dir.
Globe of Blogs
Blog Catalog
Family Friendly Sites
Joeant
Blog Search Engine
Blogged.com
Uncover The Net
EatonWeb Blog Directory
WhatUSeek
GreenStalk
HotVsNot
PR5
Blog Universe
Brit blog
OnToplist.com
oneMission
CannyLink
Chiff.com
V7N Directory
Clickey
SearchSight
Azoos
SoMuch.com
Cluboo
IllumiRate
123world
Bhanvad
iBrain
Web World
TopSites
InfoListings Directory
InCrawler
GoonGee.com
GoGuides.org
ThisIsOurYear
DirectoryWorld
SiteSnoop.com
Qango
MavicaNet
SunSteam Search
Gimpsy
Internet-Web
AbiLogic
Master Site
Search Turtle
World Site Index
PR4
Blogio
Fuel My Blog
URL Broadcast Daily
Bloglisting
Blogflux
Spillbean
Bigger Blogs
Websavvy
RubberStamped
Ozami
Zerg Directory
Thales Directory
Anthony Parsons
Really First
NetInsert
Sootle Web Directory
01Web Directory
GMDir
Abboo
BigAll
1st-Spot.Net
Net Zoning
Free Website Directory
Skaffe.com
Alive Directory
WoW Directory
Xtlinks
Massivelinks
AbiFind
SeekZap
Yeandi
Human Ranked Dir.
HomepageSeek
SevenSeek Directory
LinkoPedia.com
Octopedia
Global Weblinks
Directory Gold
Add Your Site Free
SEO Works
Kwik Goblin
Webxperience
Perfext.com
Arakne Links
F3 Free Directory
Web Beacon
Big Web Links
SmartLinks.org
Add URL-Free
Link Now Directory
AzListed
SightQuest.com
SEOMA
Ajdee Directory
EarthLook
Apahcinc
Free Advertising Directory
Web 10
Tygo
One Way Link
One Big Directory
Directory-World
Umdum
Ask Directory
PR3
Bloggeries
Super Blog Directory
That should keep you busy for a while.
Woo Us To Your Blog
The last “Woo Us To Your Blog” post was about how to make people follow your blog which is something I’m pretty sure you want to happen. Otherwise you would just be writing in a paper diary and stuffing it under your mattress!
As always, attached is the weekly Linky to enter either the main URL to your site or add each post you publish throughout the week. You don’t have to do anything special, just drop your link in and get a little extra exposure to your site.
Until next week’s wooing post, I hope you have a great week and experience enjoyable blogging! 
Thank you for this and all your helpful advice on here and Blog Frog! I'm not sure I'm ready for the "Big Time" yet, but I need to learn. I really appreciate it!
Red, you rock.
I LOVE your blog tip posts. You have helped me so much.
I have a kid free day tomorrow, guess what I'll be doing???
Going through your list and putting my little blog out there.
xx
+Hey Precious! Great Post! Now if I can just come up with the money to buy it! I am wondering. Do you take requests for your post topics? LOL! I would love to learn how to get into the advertising side of it. I tried pay per post, but I don't like to "write about stuff I know nothing about, i.e. car insurance or repair shops. I am wondering how you got started in your advertising. Are sponsors and advertising the same thing? I like the way you have yours arranged on your blog. Anyway, IF you take post requests, I would really appreciate some guidance in that area. I've been "toying with the idea long enough. I was just hesitant because I don't want to advertise condoms on a spiritual blog, ya know? LOL! Anyway, thanks for letting me go on and on and on and on…. LOL!
Love ya Bunches!
PJ
Kerri and Simoney,
It took me FOREVER to gather these links!!!! So I'm glad that you are going to take advantage of the information.
I was so sad when I lost my PR5 and hoping that as soon as I am finished with my redesign that I will have the time to actually redo all my directory listings with my new domain name.
PJ,
What are you trying to do, buy me dinner? LOL
You do not have to pay to list your blog in at least half, if not more, of the links that I listed in my post.
So the question you are asking me about advertising was answered in the post….advertise in every free directory that you can list your blog. It is FREE ADVERTISING.
AFTER you enter them in the directories, then we will discuss sponsors. One step at a time! I wonder if you will even read this response LOL I better go hunt you down!
thanks for sharing info blog directories, like with your article.
Thank you Mempawah Creation and you're very welcome!
Thank you so much for this post. I am actually looking for ways how to increase the traffic feed of my blog. Good thing that I stumbled upon your site.
Welcome Misalyn,
I'm glad you stumbled upon my site too. I hope you find many posts to help you increase traffic to your own blog as well as other things of interest.
I'm going to try to submit to some of these, I don't know how much time it would take to all of them. I wonder why they require the rss link instead of the url. I guess I'll have to figure out what mine is… I've been away from blogging over a year, it's a little overwhelming trying to remember everything when my memory is failing me at a steady pace.
What is a PR5? Page rank? I've had this domain for over 4 years. Does that make a difference? I got tired of my first domain name.
Hi,
You can submit your blog in http://blorner.com as well. It is free blogs directory with hundreds of blogs.
Thank you.
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