Comments on: Become a BOTW Reseller And Get 25% Off Your Own Submissions! http://www.seorankings.com/botw-resellers-get-25-off-submissions Improve Your Search Engine Ranking Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:26:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: Wesley LeFebvre http://www.seorankings.com/botw-resellers-get-25-off-submissions/comment-page-1#comment-53 Wesley LeFebvre Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:51:27 +0000 http://www.seorankings.com/?p=416#comment-53 Hi Gil, The ways the search engines determine if you pay for a link and whether they will penalize you for it is not cut-and-dry. A good rule of thumb is only paying for links if your goal is to get visitors from that specific directory, and you believe the reward will be worth the cost. With that said, there are several major "paid" directories out there which Google appears to turn a blind eye. Take Yahoo! Directory for example. This directory appears to pass Google PageRank, and is recommended by most SEOs. However, I rarely, if ever, get any direct traffic from there. Make no doubt that Google is aware of this directory, and that people are paying top dollar to be in there. My advice would be to use caution. Submit to relevant directories, and make sure the directory doesn't appear spammy. Also, check to see if PageRank is being passed down to the sub-directories. You can check PageRank with the Google toolbar, or one of the free SEO toolbars I have listed here. Ideally, you want to see PageRank on the page you are submitting too, but don’t count on it very often. Hi Gil,
The ways the search engines determine if you pay for a link and whether they will penalize you for it is not cut-and-dry. A good rule of thumb is only paying for links if your goal is to get visitors from that specific directory, and you believe the reward will be worth the cost.

With that said, there are several major “paid” directories out there which Google appears to turn a blind eye. Take Yahoo! Directory for example. This directory appears to pass Google PageRank, and is recommended by most SEOs. However, I rarely, if ever, get any direct traffic from there. Make no doubt that Google is aware of this directory, and that people are paying top dollar to be in there.

My advice would be to use caution. Submit to relevant directories, and make sure the directory doesn’t appear spammy. Also, check to see if PageRank is being passed down to the sub-directories. You can check PageRank with the Google toolbar, or one of the free SEO toolbars I have listed here. Ideally, you want to see PageRank on the page you are submitting too, but don’t count on it very often.

]]> By: Gil http://www.seorankings.com/botw-resellers-get-25-off-submissions/comment-page-1#comment-52 Gil Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:14:40 +0000 http://www.seorankings.com/?p=416#comment-52 Wesley, I have never purchased any directory links, although I have lots of links to directories. I have always been curious how the search engines determine if you have or have not paid for a link, when many no-pay directories later convert to pay only directories. Some will drop your listing when they convert to pay only, but most do keep the links acquired at no cost. You have a good SEO Blog. Wesley,

I have never purchased any directory links, although I have lots of links to directories. I have always been curious how the search engines determine if you have or have not paid for a link, when many no-pay directories later convert to pay only directories. Some will drop your listing when they convert to pay only, but most do keep the links acquired at no cost.

You have a good SEO Blog.

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