I know that when I started out with my first website, I had no money.  I mean, I had to scrounge up the cash just to set the site up.  Now, a few years later, I do have more money to pay to promote my sites, but in the early days, I needed to be a little more resourceful.

For those of you out there that are just starting out and have no budget to promote your site, hang in there.  In the meantime while you are building your site’s link popularity, you can submit your site to as many free directories as you can.  The trick with this is consistency - by submitting your site to a free general directory a couple times per day each day, you will be increasing the backlinks to your site, increasing your traffic, and in turn your income should increase.

I have a resource for you that can help you out finding directories that you can list your site on.  If you take a look at these 8000 web directory listings, you will find that many of them are free and are great places to submit your sites.  Just follow the following mantra when promoting your sites:

Submit your site to a links directory or two each day,
And you will find traffic heading your way.

Well it is official - I have decided that it is time to start promoting my site.  You see I have a site about home plumbing repair and it is not getting a lot of traffic.  That is sad because I know that there is very little competition for that topic and it should be more popular than it it.  So, instead of complaining about it, I have decided to do something about it.

Specifically I have been doing a bit of free directory submission, you know, submitting my sites manually to free directories.  But, let me tell you, it is perhaps the most tedious thing that I have ever done - and my hands hurt from sitting here typing all day.

I was talking to one of my friends that is also a webmaster and he suggested that I could use a directory submission service and they would do all the work for me.  He suggested a couple that he had used in the past, and for the price, I don’t know why I was wasting my time doing it myself.

So, I have placed an order, and it is supposed to be completed in the next couple of days.  I know that the increase in traffic won’t be immediate, but I cannot wait to see the difference it will make.  Well, now that I have all this free time, maybe I should start another site…

I am very thankful for those webmasters that run free link directories. Basically, they are offering free backlinks to your site at their expense (time, hosting, etc.) with the hopes of making money off the ads and featured listing sales on their sites. With that being said, check out the following free link directories:

A Free Directory is a newer site (about a month old) that uses a customized version of a free template. The result? Eye-catching and unique. You can get a free or paid featured link and the sites are approved within 24 hours – talk about service. I talked to the owner of the site and he says that Google goes crazy - which means your link will be indexed faster.

The Best Damn Links Page is just that – pretty damn good. This one is an example of what you can do with an older site to make it great again. They offer both free and paid featured listings on the site for just five bucks. Approval on this site is a little slower, but definitely worth the wait.

Tower Promote Free Web Directory is the oldest directory of the bunch. Search engines tend to rank links from older sites as more important than newer ones, so a listing here is a must. You have three choices of links including free and reciprocal as well as paid featured listings. Approval time is slow as well as it is a popular site - be patient.

So that is the three sites I would recommend to list your site on - bear in mind there are thousands of other link directories on the net. Just remember to follow the submission guidelines - you will be doing a favor to the webmaster that is giving you the free link.

In my quest to promote my websites, I am constantly looking for new web directories to list my sites on.  Today, while I was searching I came across 4169.info.

What I like about the site is the easy to follow layout – my grandma could list her site on there.  I also like the price – at this moment listings can be free or you can pay to list your site.  Being that the site is an SEO friendly link directory, I can be sure that the search engines will love that I have my links there.

What I didn’t like is that the site uses a template that many other sites use – how come no one takes the time to be original anymore?  Otherwise I have no other problems with the site.

Check them out at: 4169 - Free Link Directory

I am glad there are niche directories out there. There seems to be so many out there on the net. Many that have tons of categories. But I am glad to find there are a few out there with one specific goal or vison in mind.

Directories Only is a directory with not just a category for certain subjects. But the catorgories are dedicated to other directories that are specific. Such as auto, games, sports, hosting and more such kind of directories. So if you have a specific directory feel free to come and submit a link at Directories Only.

I have found another great Word Cloud Directory. Zippy Directoryis the website. I always love going to these sites and see what websites lay behind the word. I almost feel like I am in a game show or something. Sometimes I will get a great deal or resource or will just get a piece of Junk. But what may be junk to me, may be someone elses treasure.

So stop in to Zippy Directory. The pricing to advertise is great. Links for any Word Cloud can be bought as low as $1.00. And Zippy Directory will only take up to 100 word clouds. So hurry on over and get your word, or check out someone else’s word.

I appreciate the value of directories. And the time and effort directory owners put into managing their diretories. I especially like simplistic and easy to navigate directories as well. Which is why I am going to mention Business Directory NorthEast.

Business Directory NorthEast is appeasing to the eyes with the color scheme and using shades of green. The “how to add a URL” is easy to use to add your website to this directory. One may even suggest a category if there is not one listed already. Business Directory NorthEast already has approximately 2101 sites submitted.

I always like seeing whats new and whats not in the linking(link building) world. I have to admit quite honestly, that I have subscribed to quite a few websites that have a twist in linkage idea area. And in my opinion they do do work. As in reqards of advertising/marketing, traffic and quite possibly a boost in PageRank to your website.

One such website with a twist in the linkage idea/world is Topz Directories. Topz Directoy is a novel idea at best using what I would call a cloud generator. What I liked about this niche idea is for several reasons. First, Topz Directories will keep your link up for 2 years. Second, the pricing is incredible. $1.00 to a little over $30.00 if you go for the entire package. Thirdly, Topz Directories is just dedicated to directories. The other features of the Topz Directories are the direct links to your website. No follow directive or redirection is quite helpful in any SEO for incoming links to your website. Topz directories will also only allow up to 100 words/websites. So you need to catch it quick before it’s sold out. I sooooooooooo bought myself a link for my website directory.

Webs Passage?is a directory listing quality hand-picked websites to its index daily. Webmasters may purchase a listing in a relevant category for $2.00 per year. Or feature their website for $10.00 per year. Webs Passage has over 1539 website listings, 14 main categories and 440 sub-categories.

Webs Passage has many other great features as well other than their great Page Rank of 5. They have a Site of the Month?feature which is listed on the right hand side of the page. Webs Passage also has an arcade which is fun to see and play. The arcade has over 2106 games listed. Webs Passages also has an area for sponsers and featured website areas.