Free Directory Listings

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Updated: May 13, 2009

The following is a list of free directories where you can list your website. All these directories are free (some require that you link back to them or a partner site). Some of these directories have paid submission options.

I have submitted (or attempted) to each directory and will update this page as information and experience is gathered. Since I link back to all directories (for review purposes). I will note my experience on not linking back to "Link Required" = "Optional" directories based on client site submission results, when available.

This page is a continual work in progress, listings are entered as I review the directories and are not in any particular ranking order. Notes and credits are at the bottom of the page.

I posted a short article at my blog on Free Directory Listings 101, a "How To" guide with tips to get your free directory listing accepted on the first try. Also, check out my new "Free Directory Listings Quick Start Guide" to get up and running quickly.

Update: 04/15/06: Check out my directory interview on eMarketing Talk Show! Good stuff there.

Key to listings:

Link Required	Static Link	PR™	Register	Time Frame	DL	IBL Shown
Yes	Yes	5	No	3 weeks		G, Y!,M

Link Required: Is a reciprocal or partner link required?
Static Link: Is the link static (passes PageRank™) or redirected (type of redirect)? §
PR™: What is the PageRank™ of the directory's home page? Green background denotes a PR1 or better on interior pages two levels down (note: some sites do not show interior PR on the Google Toolbar, but they do an various PR Tools).
Register: Are you required to register or submit an email address?
Time Frame: Actual time for a verified submission or site stated time frame, if this site is not listed yet.
DL: Does the directory allow submission of interior pages (Deep Linking)?
IBL Shown: Does search engines show back links from this directory (see notes below).

www.treatment-centers.net/ - A niche directory that lists treatment centers for Drug Treatment, Alcohol Rehab and Addiction Recovery. However, they also have a section for other kinds of links. The site is very new and doesn't have a lot of links yet. Submitted my site 4-27-09.

There were a few problems getting my site listed, but after a few emails from the site owner, we finally got my site listed after a week. Since the site is new, I don't expect these problems to be continuous. Once he got the issues fixed, I was listed within a couple of hours.

Link Required	Static Link	PR™	Register	Time Frame	DL	IBL Shown
Yes	Yes	6 for home page, 0 for links page	Yes	one week	yes	Y!, M, G

List 'n Click.me - IA niche directory that lists only Web-related topics. The site is very new and doesn't have a lot of links yet. Deep linking is allowed provided title and description match inner page. Submitted my site 4-17-09. Was notified in 1 hour that I was accepted

Link Required	Static Link	PR™	Register	Time Frame	DL	IBL Shown
No	Yes	0	No	not known	yes	Y!, M, G

NicheLister - A directory of niche directories. I submitted a directory and it was accepted in 5 days. There are 34 categories, 30 of them free. The remaining 4 categories are $2 per listing. The site has 0 page rank right now, but it is still fairly new.

Link Required	Static Link	PR™	Register	Time Frame	DL	IBL Shown
No	Yes	0	Yes	5 days	not known	Y!, M, G

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Best Seo Solutions - has switched to pay only and was moved to paid directories (08/13/06). Thanks to Peter Jensen of Birkenstocks for Less for the heads up!

Pride Creations - has switched to pay only and was moved to paid (08/13/06)

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Credits: There are numerous "Directories of Directories" on the internet, but most are not very useful. I would like to thank the two that I have found invaluable in compiling my list of reviews.

http://info.vilesilencer.com/ - An excellent compilation of SEO Friendly Free Directory Listings. Thanks Dan!

http://www.seocompany.ca/directory/free-web-directories.html - another good resource that provides some additional information, such as the link popularity, page saturation and IP address sharing. Thanks Bob!

Notes:

G, Y!, M - (IBL Shown) Denotes search engine shows directory as a back link to either this or a client's site. G = Google, Y! = Yahoo!, and M = MSN. Note: Yahoo! is known to show the largest sample of back links, Google only shows a very small sample and MSN shows something in between. The fact the an IBL (inbound back link) is not shown in Google or MSN is not very significant.

§ - There is some debate on whether a 302 scripted redirect passes PageRank™, but due to possible problems the directories that use 302 redirects have been moved to "Duds".

۩ - These directories share the same Class C IP address (/24) block as other directories
(# denotes directories that share same IP address - example = ۩2)

* - See information within the description/review for further details

Directory home page Toolbar PageRank™ updated as of 07/26/2008.

Effective 10/20/05, I am adding a + or - to the PR value and the update note so it's easier to see which direction the directories PageRank is moving. If there is not a + or -, there isn't any change from the previous PR export.