Submitting to various directories

The process of actual submission of your website details on web directories is fairly simple as described below:

• First step is to keep ready your site details like Title and a short description. The important thing to note here is that the description should give adequate information on the key elements of the site/blog as well as be interesting enough to entice the visitors to click it.
• A typical directory website consists of a list of categories. The directory accepts sites under these categories only. The second obvious step therefore, is to locate the appropriate category that best describes your website/blog. If there are sub-categories, then drill down to the appropriate sub-category.
• When your reach the sub-category page, all directories contain a link which says "Submit Link" or "Suggest a Site" or something to this effect. On clicking this we are taken to a page where you will be asked to enter website information such as Title, Description etc. Here you should use the Title and Description you wrote in the first step.
• Some directories ask for email address also, you should use a separate email address than your regular address as you would get a lot of spam whenever you submit to a Directory listing.
• On submitting the information entered above you will get a confirmation page that your website has been entered and it will take so much time for it to be reviewed and formally accepted into the directory.
• Some directories ask for a fee for accepting websites, you should first evaluate the directory before agreeing to pay for submission. If for example it is Yahoo, you should definitely consider it seeing the reach Yahoo has. If on the other hand the directory in question is not so well known then excercise your discretion.
• After all this your site may still be rejected. The reason could be poor content, or being too region specific or it also might be a ruse to extract money. Look for directory guidelines before you consider particular directories for submission of your website/blog.

I hope the above information will help you in getting your website/blog listed in various web directories resulting in high traffic for your website.