The benefits of listing in a business directory

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The Benefits Of Listing In A Business Directory

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The Benefits Of Listing In A

Business Directory

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1.Faster indexing10 Ways to Get a Website Indexed Fast

•Ping your website and individual pages using free tools like Ping-o-matic or Pingoat•Stumble it on Stumble Upon or other social discovery sites•Tweet it on Twitter•Syndicate the RSS feed to Friend feed, and other RSS & blog directories. A great list of blog and RSS directories can be found here.•Bookmark it on Delicious or other social bookmarking sites•Link to it from well established website or blog•Hook the URL up to Feedburner•Include the URL in your a forum signature•Send out a press release•Submit the XML site map to Google

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2.Higher Page Rank10 Ways To Improve Your Google Page Rank1.Pool your votes2. Provide testimonials3. Offer discounts4. Donate to charity5. Volunteer your services6. Locate references without links7. Book speaking engagements8. Create a superior product or service9. Sponsor photo contests10. Target the right keywords

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3.More pages indexed

5 Tips to Getting More Pages Indexed1.Have a smart XML sitemap2. Make sure your pages are inter-linked3.submit to index4. Fix any duplicate content and crawl errors5. Add rich snippets

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4.Quality directory traffic

10 Ways to Get Traffic for Free•Optimize your site for search engines.•Frequently update the contents of your site.•Take advantage of social bookmarking sites.•Use your Twitter and Facebook accounts.•Get links with other sites in your niche.•Use any chance to promote your site for free.•Create a free product or service.•Use viral content.•Use offline promotion.•Include your URL in your signature.

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5.Brand building

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6.Higher link popularityink popularity is a term that refers to how many other links point towards a particular website. The term link popularity also has two different forms, Internal and External, which refer to the links coming from the websites own web pages and from other websites.

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7.Better rankings

How to Improve Your Website's Google Ranking•Keyword Phrases•Density•Name Your Pages•Links•Social Networking•Make Your Graphics Search Friendly•Good Design Is Popular Design

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8.Effective Keyword Targeting

10 Places to Target Keywords1.URL2. Page Title3. Inbound Links (with Keyword Anchor text)4. Outbound Links (Avoid!)5. Header6. Bold Text7. Body Text8. Meta Description9. Image ALT Text10. Image File Names

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9.Social media sharing

Most directories have social sharing buttons allowing directory users to share your link with others.

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10.More customers

How to Get Customers to Your Business Web Site•Online optimization•Offline promotion

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