Tuesday, February 01, 2005
Trying To Get Listed Into A Directory
I feel it's time to try and get listed into a free directory for my website. I have 20+ pages, so that should be enough to start this process. Incoming links help you in search engine rankings. Site Build It provides many ideas and tips on how to do this in the action guide.
If you would like to get the action guide that SBIer's use to build their sites, you can download the action guide here for FREE. Check it out and see for yourself what's involved before you commit.
So I went to Zeal.com today to see how it all works. First they make you take a quiz. The quiz really just makes you learn all of their requirements for submitting a site.
You learn what they want for a title and description for when you have to write your own.
I flunked the test the first time but passed great the second time. I want to point out that Zeal.com is a pretty neat directory and if you want to get in, your site must look like a hobby site and not one only out to sell.
After passing the test, I had to decide which catagory my site should be in. After figuring that out by looking at the catagories, I clicked on the link to submit a site, added my url, title and description (which I now know how to write correctly with all my practice) and submitted it.
I also found out I can submit my site to more than one catagory. The more exposure the better I'm sure. I'll do that in a little later.
Now I just have to wait and see if they will accept me. Could take a couple of weeks to a couple of months. I'll just have to go back to what the action guide says: keep building more content.
I will update on how it goes.
Sucess to you,
Robin
If you would like to get the action guide that SBIer's use to build their sites, you can download the action guide here for FREE. Check it out and see for yourself what's involved before you commit.
So I went to Zeal.com today to see how it all works. First they make you take a quiz. The quiz really just makes you learn all of their requirements for submitting a site.
You learn what they want for a title and description for when you have to write your own.
I flunked the test the first time but passed great the second time. I want to point out that Zeal.com is a pretty neat directory and if you want to get in, your site must look like a hobby site and not one only out to sell.
After passing the test, I had to decide which catagory my site should be in. After figuring that out by looking at the catagories, I clicked on the link to submit a site, added my url, title and description (which I now know how to write correctly with all my practice) and submitted it.
I also found out I can submit my site to more than one catagory. The more exposure the better I'm sure. I'll do that in a little later.
Now I just have to wait and see if they will accept me. Could take a couple of weeks to a couple of months. I'll just have to go back to what the action guide says: keep building more content.
I will update on how it goes.
Sucess to you,
Robin
# posted by Robin @ 1:08 PM 
