Comments on: A second look at blog directories

By: Blog Traffic

Blog Traffic — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:14:24 +0000

You should combine the backlinks from blog directories with the backlinks from the articles you submit (on topics closely related to your blog's most important keywords).

A properly developed backlink program will deliver far more targeted traffic to your blog due to its impact on the search engines than due to the actual directory links themselves.

Try to submit to 3-5 directories PER DAY. This discipline will pay big dividends over the long run.

I maintain a list of The Top 101 Blog Directories & RSS Submission Sites on my blog at:

Blog Directories

Since I update this list weekly there are now 331 entries listed with NO DEAD LINKS.)

Best of success,

Robert A. Kearse

By: Ari Herzog

Ari Herzog — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 06:57:43 +0000

I never heard of Toluu; will have to check it out. Thanks, Daniel!

By: Mark Dykeman

Mark Dykeman — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:28:51 +0000

I think they tried a number of months ago but I don't think it worked very well.

By: AdamSinger

AdamSinger — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:39:06 +0000

I am surprised Technorati hasn't do some new things with their site to build interest/traffic/subscribers. They have the biggest opportunity of everyone.

By: Mark Dykeman

Mark Dykeman — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:49:29 +0000

I've never thought of either FriendFeed or Toluu as blog directories, but they are certainly a means to a similar end.

By: Daniel J. Pritchett

Daniel J. Pritchett — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:38:18 +0000

My favorite blog directories right now are FriendFeed and Toluu.

Find some interesting bloggers who are already on FriendFeed. Flip through their newsreader shares. Pick up the good stuff. Compare your profile to theirs on Toluu and find potential interest overlaps within their feeds.

I know all-encompassing directories have their own use but I prefer a people-based approach.