Get Your
Blog Noticed and Get Back-Links at the Same Time
Blogging is one of the
many ways to build traffic back to your Website. A blog can
do several things for you:
- Provide a link in and of itself to your site for search
engines (if it is not hosted on your site.)
- Provide direct traffic back to your site or to other pages
on your site, from your blog visitors.
- Provide another place to put affiliate or product links
to enhance sales
- Writing articles in your blog creative material for your
Website and other marketing efforts
- Getting listed in the blog directories provides many
new back-links for search engines to follow.
It is
this last point I want to address in this article. In order
for your blog to help boost your site traffic, you'll need
to promote your blog and get back-links to it and thus to
your site.
One important
point I want to make about this is that it is best to have
your blog right on your site - not on a separate blog server.
That way, all the links you generate in the blog directories
are not just back-links to your blog, but back-links to your
domain, which will help you with your search engine popularity.
Did you catch how critical
this is? If your blog is part of your Website, you will list
your blog in dozens of blog directories and each link in them
is a reference (a back-link) to your Website, which is important
to search engines when they decide how relevant your Website
is.
But if your blog is only
hosted on a blog site, then all those back-links only link
back to the popularity of that domain. The only value to your
own site is indirect, such as a place to make affiliate sales
or as a single link back to your site.
Having said that, I will
now assume you have a blog and you have it running on the
site you wish to promote. Your next step is to list that blog
in the many blog directories.
I have not tested every
entry in the following list, but it is a list of blog directories
where you may wish to submit your blog, in order to get several
new back-links to your site. I also do not pretend this list
is complete. If you have a favorite directory not on this
list please let me know so I can add it.
Here the list of blog
directories you can submit your blog to, to generate back-links
to your site. (Note: This list was generated from a search
at dmoz.org and is not my own composition. In other words,
when you find errors or entries that don't make sense don't
blame me, I warned you.)
• AL
Weblogs Directory - Thematic weblogs directory.
• Best of the Web Blog
Directory - Categorized directory of internet weblogs.
• Blog Catalog
- Blogs are listed by category and can also be searched. Five
blogs are selected as top blogs, along with a spotlight blog.
• Blog
Directory - Directory, indexed by topic.
• Blog Flux Directory
- Blog directory based on tagging with related blogs.
• Blog Hot or Not
- View random blogs and rate them from 1 to 10.
• Blog Resource
- Categorized database for blogs and podcasts.
• Blog Search
Engine - Search engine and directory listings of blogs
and blogging tools.
• Blog Universe
- Directory of blogs as submitted and categorized by the blog
owners.
• Blogarama
- Lists blogs by category. Users are invited to post reviews.
• Blogchild
- Human-edited weblog directory.
• BlogExcerpts.com
- User-contributed directory, with excerpts. Sites are listed
with no wait. Promotion method ensures the best (most viewed)
excerpts get noticed.
• BlogFinds.com
- Sorts sites by category or by nation of origin. Many different
categories; users can submit their own sites.
• Blogging
Ecosystem - Regularly updated link-based ranking of a
number of weblogs and related sites.
• BlogHop - Weblog
portal, matching blogs with readers. If you're searching for
a blog, you can tagsurf to blogs that match your interest.
Searchable and grouped by categories.
• BlogRunner
- Track breaking news stories and related weblog commentary
as they develop across the web.
• blo.gs - Provides update
notification via the web, email, and instant messenger.
• Blogs Rating
- Categorized by subject with ability for users to rate and
post their comments about listed blogs.
• BlogStreet
- Blog profiles, RSS ecosystem, blog "tops", search
and directory.
• BlogThat
Blog Directory - Human edited directory of weblogs.
• Blogwidow.com
- A resource and reference site for web logging and weblogs.
• Blogwise -
A directory of blogs, grouped by keyword and country. Intends
to be a guide to blogs around the world.
• Bloogz - Search
for blogs by typing in a keyword. You can choose from five
languages.
• Blurt it! -
Free blog directory. Self moderated.
• BrowseBlogs.com
- Topical listings with hit counters.
• Creative
Weblogging - A network of blogs catering to executives
and individuals.
• Diarist.net:
Registry - Directory of journals, diaries, and personal
weblogs.
• Eatonweb Portal
- Searchable directory of blogs which are initially grouped
by category, language and country.
• EdBlogger
Praxis - Educational blogs from K to Graduate School.
• emarketingblogs.com
- Index of blogs related to internet marketing.
• Featurette
Guide - A set of links to some of the more enduring content
in bloggerland, including the 12 days of blogging, voice mail
directories, and cams.
• Globe of Blogs
- An index of weblogs as submitted by their authors.
• Guardian
Unlimited - Weblog Guide - A "best of" selection
of blogs grouped by category.
• Kmax Blog
Links - Alphabetical list of blogs. Links to web log related
resources. Top 20 ranking of the most popular and frequently
updated blogs.
• Library
Weblogs - Directory categorized by geographic location,
compiled by Peter Scott.
• Mefeedia - A directory
and aggregator for videoblogs.
• The
Octopus Files - Alphabetized listing includes excerpts
from posts to give the reader an idea of what they're like.
• Organica - A site
that crawls weblogs and provides statistics on what's popular
right now, related sites, who links to who and which tools
are being used.
• Popdex - Crawls
over ten thousand news and blog sites daily. Ranks and updates
the top links hourly.
• Research
Blogs - An annotated list that can be used by researchers
and academics.
• Root Blog Directory
- Web blog directory and RSS feed aggregator.
• 9rules Network -
Blogging network containing content from independent authors.
• Sports Blogs
- A directory of weblogs on sports.
• 5 Star Blogs
- Human edited directory and search engine. English-language
sites only, and no adult or illegal sites.
• Start4all:
Weblogs - Startpage with links of webloggers. This page
contains bloggers all over the world with interesting stories.
Also links of famous webloggers and weblog tools, media, portals
and meetings.
• Top Blogs
- A toplist-style ranking tool, where readers vote for their
favorite blogs.
• Weblog
Madness - Resources for bloggers.
• Weblogs
Directory - Shows highlights from blogs using the RSS
and RDF feeds.
• Weblogs, Inc.
- Creating trade weblogs across niche industries in which
user participation is an essential component of the resulting
product.
• Wutzle - Allows users
to rate listings in the directory.
• Your Weblog
Here - Multinational directory of weblogs.
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