A B2B directory is fundamentally different from a search engine, even though it also presents a list of links to a certain topic. Search engines look for sites on the whole B2B based on the keywords one has entered, whereas a B2B directory has a set amount of links, usually entered by the owners of the corresponding site, which are sorted according to topic, usually not more than one or two per site, and always referencing the whole site, not simply subpages of it.
Directories may vary in size and scope, some only dealing with a small amount of topics or being specific to a small geographic region, where as others might be extremely large. Examples o the latter are Yahoo! Directory and the Open Directory Project (ODP), which is huge and open for search engines and other directories to use.
There are several different types of directories and ways they treat listing. Some offer their service free of charge, some demand a one time or recurring fee, some even let you bid or pay for the best positions within the directory. Some directories, especially the free ones, put restrictions on their listings for example they could make it impossible for search engines to follow the links behind the listing. In addition, some might require a link back to the directory on every page they add to their listing.
B2B directories basically work like a telephone book for the internet, all you need to know is the starting address for the directory and what
you want to find.
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Monday, November 22, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
10 ways to get links to your site
Getting links to your site increases traffic and boosts your rankings in the search engines queries.
Here are the 10 methods I used for getting links to one of my directories:
1. Directory submission
If you don't have time to do it your self, you should hire some one to do this for you, as this is the best and the safest way to increase your back links.
2. Link Exchange With Other Webmasters
This is a slow process and not always reciprocal linking is a good idea, cause search engines place more importance on one-way links than two-way links. Still, it can bring you valorous links, if you have what to exchange with.
3. Build A Network Of Websites And Interlink Them
Building multiple websites is always a good idea, but be careful to host them on different ips, not on the same server, as the search engines will believe you are manipulating their results and will most penalize your sites.
4. Write articles like this one. You can see in the footer my bio-box, that has 3 links. as you see, I am not writing the article for nothing.
5. Build a reciprocal directory
If you build a niche directory related to your site, many people with similar sites to yours will want to submit a link to it, and, in return, you could ask for a link to your site.
6. Build a theme / template for used scripts
Like Wordpress, or phpld. Put in the footer of the theme, your link, as in "Designed by yourlink.com". If you can't do one, you could always buy it from people that can. The catch here is to advertise it well.
7. Post on forums that allow you tho have a signature
You won’t get a great deal of of page rank, as most forums do not have a high page rank for their threads, but you will build up a good number of links, and as forums are generally very crowed by search engines, bots will follow the links to your site and and crawl your site on a regular basis.
8. Leave Comments On Blogs And Guest books
Don’t abuse it and start spamming other people’s blogs or guest books. Make comments to the subject, and make it look like you actually have something to contribute.
9. Write Good Testimonials
By writing and submitting testimonials to websites that you have previously purchased products or services from, you can get high-quality links to your site.
10. Buy Links
This can have a dramatic effect on your page rank and subsequently your search engine rankings if you can get links from PR6+ sites, however the only problem with this is that most links for sale are often for a set period of time, usually a month, and so you have to keep buying them to maintain your higher page rank and rankings.
Here are the 10 methods I used for getting links to one of my directories:
1. Directory submission
If you don't have time to do it your self, you should hire some one to do this for you, as this is the best and the safest way to increase your back links.
2. Link Exchange With Other Webmasters
This is a slow process and not always reciprocal linking is a good idea, cause search engines place more importance on one-way links than two-way links. Still, it can bring you valorous links, if you have what to exchange with.
3. Build A Network Of Websites And Interlink Them
Building multiple websites is always a good idea, but be careful to host them on different ips, not on the same server, as the search engines will believe you are manipulating their results and will most penalize your sites.
4. Write articles like this one. You can see in the footer my bio-box, that has 3 links. as you see, I am not writing the article for nothing.
5. Build a reciprocal directory
If you build a niche directory related to your site, many people with similar sites to yours will want to submit a link to it, and, in return, you could ask for a link to your site.
6. Build a theme / template for used scripts
Like Wordpress, or phpld. Put in the footer of the theme, your link, as in "Designed by yourlink.com". If you can't do one, you could always buy it from people that can. The catch here is to advertise it well.
7. Post on forums that allow you tho have a signature
You won’t get a great deal of of page rank, as most forums do not have a high page rank for their threads, but you will build up a good number of links, and as forums are generally very crowed by search engines, bots will follow the links to your site and and crawl your site on a regular basis.
8. Leave Comments On Blogs And Guest books
Don’t abuse it and start spamming other people’s blogs or guest books. Make comments to the subject, and make it look like you actually have something to contribute.
9. Write Good Testimonials
By writing and submitting testimonials to websites that you have previously purchased products or services from, you can get high-quality links to your site.
10. Buy Links
This can have a dramatic effect on your page rank and subsequently your search engine rankings if you can get links from PR6+ sites, however the only problem with this is that most links for sale are often for a set period of time, usually a month, and so you have to keep buying them to maintain your higher page rank and rankings.
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