3.3. Find Themed Directories & Niche Hubs... More Good ROI
List with directories that are specific to your area of interest. These are themed directories and “niche hubs” that offer listings for little or no money. This is powerful because the incoming links are highly specific to your topic, and come from a resource that the engines regard highly... extra points for that!
SIDEBAR Some specific hubs may request a return link from your Web site.
Don’t feel obligated to do so. After all, it is the directories’
business to list sites. It is not your business to list directories.
As always... give an outgoing link only if you feel it provides real
value to your audience.
One resource provides every search you will ever need to find topical directories and niche hub sites. Here’s how to find themed directories, databases and niche hub sites.
Search It!
Here’s how to start mining for directory gems. You will be amazed at what you dig up.
STEP 1: Select Search Category drop-down menu -- click and select Specialty Hubs and Directories, like this...
Step 2: Select Search Type drop-down menu, click and select one of the options, like this...
Each search will find something new. I guarantee that you will dig up some absolute treasure here, putting you well on the road to a successful inbound link program. Be sure to review the “Click Here for Information...” help for each Search Type before you enter your keywords (Steps 3 & 4 in this case). Properly used, this is powerful kung-fu.
Next, click the Search It! button. The tutorials reinforce the material you read here, so if you know it all, just skip to the bottom for the Search Results.
You are on your way to establishing your site’s link popularity! Well, OK, you still have the work of verifying (the tutorial explains more about that) and listing with the best, most relevant directories and hub sites.
But hey...
... I have to leave
you with something to do, right?
OK, forward ho! Let’s talk about exchanging. No, not “link exchanging”... VALUE exchanging...
That is what the engines want.
MYLW: <<3.2. Second Tier Directories 3.3. Find Themed Directories 3.4 Value Exchange>>
