: Adding your website to free web directories as a link building strategy It's been two months since I've launched a website. I recently ran into some websites which list directories of other
It's been two months since I've launched a website. I recently ran into some websites which list directories of other websites. Some examples of the web directories can be found at web-directories.ws.
I was talking with my colleague and he says adding the URL of my website to these kind of websites will negate the effect of other organic real links.
Does Google consider positive/negative points for these links from web directory websites?
Do you have any source for your answer to refer to?
I found this question asked before on webmasters.SE, but I am asking about many links from a website.
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IMO no! What you have done is fine although I'm not sure how often a search engine indexes other search engines, especially the results... In fact, that would be quite an achievement (although there is a comment further down in my answer about directories like DMOZ).
Any way, the consideration is what benefit does it bring more than if you get any negative. EG, why submit to NoOneKnowsAboutThisSearchEnginge.com (made up name of course) when no one has heard of it or use it!?
On the flip side, it only takes one person to use a lesser known search engine to find your site and then post it on a forum which can be indexed by all! Or, to make an enquiry/lead/purchase etc.
It's a common thing, people SEO for Google and seem to forget MSN/Yahoo (or now Bing... I don't think there are any others (even Yahoo is now powered by Bing).
Adding to the index of sites like dmoz is advisable IMO (or any Open Directory / human-edited resource/directory).
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