I’ve spent several days submitting my site to various web directories, bookmarking my web pages, twitting.. The result is really terrible. I’ve been waiting much more stats than these:

This screenshot shows how many visits I had for the last week. Is that normal? I don’t think so..

Anyways, let me show you what I’ve been doing.

First of all, I’ve submitted my website to almost half of this list of web directories. Most of those web directories haven’t accepted my site yet.

Secondly, I’ve submitted my posts to my list of social bookmarking sites. I used about 80% of the list, because the rest sites didn’t fit with their categories.

Lastly, I’ve started twitting! As you can see from the screenshot, it gave me 20 visits. Ok, not bad. But wait, look at my twitter profile! It has 300+ followers! And only 20 visits.. Come on! What’s wrong with social media? Is it overfulled or what?

I have to figure it all out. Who can tell me what to do now?

Let me introduce this time the list of top web directories to submit your website or blog to. All of them are free (optionally) and very quality. This list is being updated already during several months, which makes it one of the best for you.

Now, below are 3 basic tips why you need to submit your websites to these directories:

1) Get you first traffic!
- Very common reason. There are lots of opinions about that. Most of them tell us that we need to write more often and more precious content. It’s actually right. But when we begin, we can’t wait. We need the result as faster as possible. I feel the same right now. I really want to see, that my website is being visited. One of the things, that can help it, is adding your website link to high-ranked web directories.

2) Top web directories will raise your PR.
- That’s it. But be careful choosing those web directories. Pick up only quality ones.

3) Mostly it’s all because of traffic.
- Don’t you think that only submissions will do your PR like 5-6 or more, right? So don’t. It’s just another way to bring you some targeted traffic.

List of 22 Web Directories

Updated on the 5th Apr. 2010

Scheme of the list: URL – Google Pagerank – Alexa ranking – note

• www.ipl.org – 9 – 11,279 – ipl2 is the result of a merger of the Internet Public Library (IPL) and the Librarians’ Internet Index (LII);
• www.dmoz.org – 8 – 597
• www.busybits.com – 6 – 35,234 – jumped from PR 3 to PR 6 on the latest Google PageRank Update
• www.gogreece.com – 6 – 131,317 – Greece directory, Alexa is falling down
• www.pegasusdirectory.com – 5 – 11,330
• www.somuch.com – 5 – 16,483
• www.canlinks.net – 5 – 18,118
• www.turnpike.net – 5 – 19,250
• www.tsection.com – 5 – 20,802
• www.cultuurtechnologie.net – 5 – 26,300
• www.businessseek.biz – 5 – 29,216
• (?)www.mavicanet.com – 5 – 35,171
• www.politicalforecast.net – 5 – 98612
• www.2yi.net – 5 – 104,821
• www.jayde.com – 4 – 3,888
• www.info-listings.com – 4 – 21,614
• www.wowdirectory.com – 4 – 56,874
• www.spheri.com – 4 – 133,969
• www.webworldindex.com – 3 – 15,415
• www.allthewebsites.org – 3 – 33,234
• www.freshtv.com – 3 – 46,755
• www.directory.vxbox.com – 3 – 417,158 – Alexa has greatly decreased

Updated on the 5th Apr. 2010

Some of the used resources:

1. Wikipedia’s article: List of Web Directories
2. Top Web Directory List
3. Top 10 Free Directories to Add Your Website to

PS:Don’t waste your time on submitting to thousands of web directories. That’s not worth it.. Focus on some hot web directories and just stop. Want to know why? Then watch Lisa’s video: Are Directory Submissions Worth It?.