Submit quality sites

This one seems simple enough until you start to get everyone’s different definitions of a quality site. 

Here are a few things that are not quality:  Made for ad-sense sites, mirror sites, links that land on doorway pages, sites with pop ups, sites that re-direct, sites that won’t let you leave and any spam sites.

Quality sites have content and/or tools relevant to the niche they serve that is unique, informative and visitor’s value.

Submission guidelines

The submission guidelines are there for a reason.  If you read them prior to submitting it could mean the difference between getting accepted or rejected.

Site Descriptions

Write a description for your website that is unique and relevant to the content of your site.  Unique means unique and not the same one you have used on the previous ten submissions.  Unique content will give your link more weight.  You’re right, this does rule out automated submissions.

Keep the wording simple and don’t use sales jargon.  Do use proper grammar.  You can use a few in context keywords but don’t stuff it with keywords or use capital letters out of context.  Again, use proper grammar.

Writing Link Titles

If your business is called Maui Surf Shop with a url of mauisurfshop.com then a good title for the link would be “Maui Surf Shop”. 

A bad title for the link would be “James’s Maui Surf Shop That Sells Surf Boards, Rents Wave Runners and Takes You on Boat Rides.”  That is not a good description that is keyword stuffing.

Use your correct email

If you are submitting to a quality web directory they will not spam you.  By1by.com Web Directory will never spam you with email.  We only send emails that are related to your link posting status.  It is important that you actually receive those emails as not receiving can affect your link status on the site.

Some things you can look for on directories that can indicate higher chances of spam are:  Web directory is free, has ad-sense all over it or runs banner ads in several places.  The more of these signs you see on a web directory the higher the chances for spam.

Submit to the most relevant category

There are usually several categories within a web directory that your website could fit into.  Make sure to choose the one that most closely relates to the content of your site.  For example, if you have a web directory and it only accepts links on a pay for review basis, that site should be listed in the paid directory category.