What is Directory Submission?

What is Directory:

Directory is a source where list of links will be stored based category. There are different types of Categories available in Web. For example, your site is representing Education, then you can submit your site under Education Directory, like wise your site is representing Health, you can submit your site under Health Directory category.

There are lot of Directory Categories available in Web 2.0. Some of those list including:

1. Education
2. Health
3. Business
4. Transportation
5. Forums, etc...

Types of Directories:

There are different types of Directories available based on Webmaster choice. Type of Directories including:

1. Free Directories
2. Reciprocal Directories
3. Paid Directories
4. Niche Directories
5. Article Directories, etc...

1. Free Directories:

In this type of category, webmaster can submit his / her website link with free of cost. If site administrator would accept to post into his / her site, the webmaster (who posts links into sites) will get  a backlink (a link from other site).

2. Reciprocal Directories:

This is two way link exchanging method i.e., webmaster will post his / her web site link into administrators site, and the webmaster will take administrators site link and posting into webmasters site. In this case, both parties i.e., Webmaster & Administrator will get backlinks. This is one the finest way to increase backlinks.

3. Paid Directories:

In this type of category, the name itself is representing i.e., if you want to post your website link into Administrators site, you need to pay certain amount to the administrator based on Administrator conditions for one year, two years, or lifelong.

4. Niche Directories:

In this type of Directories, Webmaster can post inner pages also into Administrators sites.

5. Article Directories:

Articles can post into Article Directories.

Why Is it important to Submit website into Directories:

Yes, it is important to submit your site into list of directories based on webmaster choice. Based on Backlinks only search engines can know your name, your ranking. Search Engines will decide your website based on list of back links. Directory Submission is the main source to generate many back links, it's one of the finest & oldest way to get more back links to your site.

What is SEO (Search Engine Optmization)?

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is the process of improving and promoting (to display your website / blog in different places including Social Networking sites) your website to increase the number of visitors (customers) to your site from Search Engines (Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc...)

Why Do I need SEO for my Web Site / Blog:
Because Search Engines (Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc...) don't know who you are, where you are in Web exactly. To make sure to understand who you are to these Search Engines, you should follow certain rules or guidelines. Those rules & guidelines includes SEO (Search Engine Optimization). With the help of  SEO (Search Engine Optimization) you can submit your website / blog to number of search engines, and list of other submission sites, so your site / blog can be able to get in first page of search engines. Then what will happen, visitors will come automatically to your website / blog, then web traffic will increase, your web site will get more sales, you will get more customers.

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) includes different steps or processes.

• On Page Optimization
• Off Page Optimization

On Page Optimization:
In this type of process you can work on your web page i.e., adding or deleting meta tags, meta description, meta key words, alt tags, redirection of web pages, etc... This process is called the heart of SEO, because based on this process only Search Engines will understand who you are exactly. Different steps including in On Page Optimization:

1.  Title tag
2. Meta Tags (Keywords)
3. Meta Description
4. ALT Tags
5. Redirection of Web pages, etc...

Off Page Optimization:
In Off Page Optimization, you are going to visit number of websites to submit your site, includes (Directory Submission, Social Book Marking, Classifieds Submission, Article Submissions, Press Release Submission, and other part of Off Page Optimization process including). This is also important thing, but the above thing (On Page Optimization) is important compare with Off Page Optimization. From this process your site / blog will be able to traffic from other sites, back links, etc... Different Steps including in Off Page Optimization:

1. Submit site to list of Search Engines
2. Directory Submissions
3. Social Bookmarking
4. Article Submissions
5. Classifieds Submissions
6. Press Release Submissions
7. Blog Creation
8. Blog Commenting
9. Guest Blog Postings
10. Video Submission (You Tube Video Promotion, other video sites)
11. PPT Submissions
12. PDF Submissions, etc...