Nowadays webmasters are using different methods to build links and drive traffic to their website. The methods which are commonly used are article submissions, reciprocal link exchanges, traffic exchanges and directory submissions. In this article you will read about directory submission as the method of promoting your site on the world wide web.

Web directory is a site which is organized according to different categories and subcategories. All the links which are submitted to a web directory are classified according to their categories. If you want your website to be accepted by a web directory then you have to submit it under most appropriate subcategory.

If your website is accepted in a web directory then you will get a quality one way link pointing towards your site. Greater will be the number of one way links pointing to your site better will be your rank on the search engine result pages.

You can submit your website to different web directories with the help of various methods. A website can be submitted to web directories manually or with the help of a semi automatic software. Some SEO companies also offer directory submission services. If you want to submit your site to several directories you should pay attention on the quality of directories. If you are submitting your site to a web directory then first of all you should check it`s google page rank. Sometimes you have to pay if you want your link to be included in a web directory and most of the directories also need a reciprocal link to be placed on your site.

By: Jitesh Arora

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