This is a straight-forward easy to understand internet marketing activity which can be done by any web site owner. However, if you wish to do it yourself, you will have to invest considerable time and effort, which you can instead invest in growing your business.
Professional Directory submission is a fast and affordable way to get one-way links with a one off cost and long term results while generating traffic at the same time.
Professional directory submission companies will do all the hard-work and you can reap the rewards! They will manually submit your website to search engine friendly directories. You get two core benefits: Additional targeted traffic from these directories and Quality one way links which improves your site ranking in search engines.
Their in-house teams of full-time internet marketing professionals will handle everything. You simply provide them the details and they will submit your website into the directories and give you a report with the list of directories where your site has been submitted.
The goal of a professional manual directory submission service is to have the pages of your website included in the directories with minimal editing by directory staff. Achieving this goal requires significant directory research and analysis which their marketing teams have.
Important to consider is that they do not submit to bad neighborhoods which might get you penalized by search engines. Also they don’t use automated submission software, which are not even half as efficient as manual submission by a real expert who has the capability to respond to the feedback of the directory.
Prices may vary but are fairly reasonable ranging from a low of about $50 for 150 directories and a ten day delivery time to around $200 for 500 directories in a 20 day delivery time.
One major benefit is getting improved rankings due to one-way links which are the most effective for improving website rankings.
While it may be simple enough to do directory submissions yourself, the cost involved for a professional service is so minimal that it makes good dollars and sense to consider a professional for this important task.