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Directory Submission Services: FAQ
Q. Do the directories on the list have the potential to boost my PR (PageRank)?
A. PR is no longer the dominant factors in search engine rankings. Higher PR sites often (not always) have better quality of content.
Here's the distributions of homepage PRs for over 220 directories we compiled. The list changes over time as we remove low approval rate directories and add more quality directories based on the the submission results.
| Homepage PR | # of directories |
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| PR7 | 1 |
| PR6 | 6 |
| PR5 | 28 |
| PR4 | 87 |
| PR3 | 50 |
| PR2 | 24 |
| PR1 | 6 |
| PR0 | 23 |
| Total | 220 |
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Q. How many directories on the list give static links, not redirect?
A. All of them give static links.
Q. Why should I use the service?
A. The service improves the quality of your submissions using less time. You can easily submit to 100 directories in 2-3 hours that normally you will need 10 hours or more.
- You can carefully plan the submission with 10 or more different titles and descriptions.
- Fill a submission form in one click.
- Track submission status in one click.
- and more.
Q. What is the approval rate of the submissions?
A. The approval rate ranges from 40% to 80%. There're many things that help you improve the accept rate.
- First of all, have a reasonably quality site.
- Write quality titles and descriptions.
- Submit right site to right directories in a right category. When submitting, think as the owner of the directory. If your site enriches the content of a directory, the reject is rare.
Q. How much does it cost?
A. We offer very flexible services.
- Free if you want to submit to about about 10 directories. Click here to create a new account, and start submission right the way.
- $15 to access another 200 directories and do the submissions yourself.
- $70 for 150 submissions if you want us to do the submissions for you. Send an email to support@4th-media.com, we'll do the job for you.
- $90 for 150 submissions plus reporting of subsequent listings. Eamil support@4th-media.com
- If you are working on competitive keywords, we'll develop a customized submission plan for you. We have a database of over 2,000 directories.
Q. How do you report on submissions?
A.
- You'll receive email notifications directly from some of the directories (about 30-40%) since the client's
contact email address will be used for submission. Not all directories will send notifications upon receiving
a submission.
- Login to your account, you'll see exactly the category page the site is submitted to each directory. Or we can
email you the status page upon the completion of the submission.
Q. How do you report on subsequent listings?
A. Reports of listings are available one month and three months after the submissions if you've ordered the service.
Q. Do you have any discount for bulk submissions?
A. Yes. You get one free submission for every nine paid submissions.
Q. I want to submit some of my inner pages, can this be done?
A. Easily. The system will only show a list of directories that accept inner pages if your URL isn't a top URL.
Q. My site isn't new, can I exclude some directories from submissions?
A. Yes.
Q. What are the requirements for using the submission system if I want to do it myself?
A. An IE browser on Windows plus cookie enabled. It doesn't work with Firefax browser or IE browsers on Mac.
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