Although submitting a URL to web directories isn’t as effective as it was during the early days of the web, it is still an option to promote websites. But it is tedious, mind numbing work to do manually, especially for website owners who don’t really know what to do, and don’t have the time to … Read more
To get a good directory listing that will help build up the links and reputation for your website, you need to identify a decent directory, submit your site correctly and follow up to check that your application has been approved. Once you’ve narrowed down a list of suitable directories, the next step is to go … Read more
So it seems that the answer to whether web directories are still effective in the 2020’s as a website promotion tool is – it depends. For the vast majority of directories, it’s not worth the effort to submit your site. In fact, some marketers would recommend that you avoid them. It may be worth being … Read more
Directory submissions were a key part of most website marketing strategies in the early days of the web. Webmasters used to get their site listed in the major directories like Yahoo Directory (which closed in 2014) and use submit-a-site services to blast listings to hundreds of other sites. Since then, the web has changed and … Read more
Meta Tags are pieces of ‘meta information’ that are tagged to a web page or website. Put simply, they are words, phrases and sentences that are designed to help search engine robots (crawlers) understand what a web page/site is all about. You may be wondering – “If search bots can understand the words in meta … Read more
Writing a good article can be a painful, time consuming and soul searching experience. Especially if you want to do it well. We read thousands of words everyday and take it for granted how they were put together. We type bursts of instant messages that allow us to get away with disjointed sentence fragments that … Read more
Far too many articles regurgitate the same advice to use multiple channels (such as email, social media etc) when trying to promote your website. Far too few focus on providing compelling reasons why anyone should care about yet another site, and make the time to spare you a click. To get results, you need to … Read more