Montreal SEO - Local Search Engine Optimization

by Montreal's SEO specialist, Gabriel Goldenberg aka Bookworm-SEO.

Montreal translucent city skyline graphic

Montreal SEO's city skyline graphic part 3

Sunday, September 03, 2006

One Way Links: Directory Submissions

Everybody loves one-way links (also called non-reciprocal links). Search engines give them more weight, and they mean you don't need to send traffic back to the source, but can keep it on your site or network. So here's a little encouragement on submitting to directories and other places you can get one-way links from.

First, I'm adding this to Technorati. I had a link here to Technorati, but have since removed it.

The link was necessary to have Technorati list City SEO. Once they verify it, I can delete the link and have a one-way from Technorati.
Next, I evaluate what type of site I'm running. There are blog indexes, forum indexes, and even directories of directories! Doing a quick Google search for 'your type of site" + "directory" will usually return some good things. Technorati is a "blog directory."
Further to that, I search for directories on my topic. I do the same thing as in the previous point, but change the type of website I'm running to the type of content (i.e. keywords) I have.
Finally, and this is actually a trick I picked up from Ralph Wilson, who himself got it from Bill Hartzer, search for "your topic" + "add URL." Then search for "your topic" + "submit site," and other variations. This will help you find the little places off the beaten path.

Take 30 seconds to subscribe to my free newsletter.

Related articles are archived in the topical categories SEO tips, link building.
Go back to City SEO's homepage

One Way Links: Directory Submissions posted by Bookworm SEO @ 7:19 PM

0 Comments on this SEO article:

Montreal SEO Newsletter

The Montreal SEO newsletter and RSS feed share great SEO tips!

SEO - Search Engine Optimization:

Bringing search engine traffic to a website by making it rank high in the engines (Google etc.) for its keywords.

Publications, Citations etc.

Quoted in Marketing Sherpa's Marketing Wisdom for 2007? (PDF)
Look at tip #27.

Published on Sitepoint: The 5 Most Common SEO Mistakes

Published by Pandia: Linkbait's Characteristics

Published on BrandCurve: Best Practices in Search Engine Reputation Management

Optimized and Ranking: Montreal SEO Archives

Related Specialists:

1. Freelance copywriting specialist Bill Hilton

2. Politics and the Web by La Presse's Tristan Peloquin

3. Google Maps and Yahoo Local by Mike Blumenthal, local search specialists

4. Legal Marketing Blawg by popular speaker Larry Bodine

5. SEO by the Sea by patent guru Bill Slawski

6. Brand Curve and Marketing Blurb by marketing expert Susan Gunelius

7. Mike the Internet Guy by Denver local SEO pro Mike Belasco

8. Here's What I Think by professional socialite ~~Paris H~~ Muhammad Saleem

9. Phil's Blogservations by blogosphere expert Phil Gomes

10. SEO Specialist Brent David Payne.

11. Gabriel Goldenberg

12. Gab Goldenberg

Best of Montreal SEO:

Google Maps Ranking Factors
Google Sucks
Political Campaigns: Slacker Marketing
Local Search Engine Submission

Google Maps and Local SEO:

Google Maps Mania
Google Maps API blog
Google Maps Advertising
Bill Slawski on Local SEO
Sharon Fling, Local SEO

Resources for SEO specialists:

1. Aaron Wall's SEO research extension for firefox.

2. Google Adwords keyword research tool.

3. Nichebot Multi-Engine Keyword Research Tool

4. SEOMoz's PageStrength Tool

5. The 80/20 of SEO - my first readings on the topic.

Request a Quote!

Visit my new site, SEO ROI Services to hire me.

About Gab, aka Bookworm-SEO

Qualifications, prices, services...

About SEO Montreal

SEO Montreal is a Montreal-based local Search Engine Optimization consulting company. Nous sommes une agence spécialisée dans le référencement. It is part of the SEO ROI family.

Le blogue partage des conseils sur le référencement et surtout sur le Local SEO.

My SEO Consulting

1. Established Websites For Sale

#7 Google, #5 Yahoo: Established Websites for Sale.
#11 Google: Websites for Sale.

SEO Consultant in Summer '06.

2. Montreal Hotel

#1 Yahoo: Downtown Montreal Hotel #3 Google, #8 Yahoo: Hotel Montreal.
SEO Consultant Since November 06.

3. Montreal SEO Specialist

#1 on Google, Yahoo and MSN: Montreal SEO.
#2 Google, #1 MSN, #3 Yahoo: SEO Montreal.
#1 MSN, #5 Yahoo: SEO specialist.

SEO Consultant since May 06.

4. Dogs for Sale - October 2007 1 Hour SEO Consultation

5. Dental Seminars - My dad's dental CE site.