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Local Search Guide Part 3 | List Of The Best Free Directories In South Wales & UK For 2013

by admin on December 16, 2012

Where Do I Get Back links?

1.Your Own Sites

This is a nice easy step. If you are trying to get one of your sites to rank for a keyword and need backlinks, the best place to start is with any other sites you might own. Add a link to the site you want to rank for. Include the link on any blogs you might own or any other business sites you have.

You don’t have any sites?

Go to free blog sites like WordPress.com, Blogger.com and create blogs. Create a blog on these sites and post an article that relates to your business. Include an anchor text rich link to your website. Anywhere that offers you the chance to build a free website or blog is a potential link. (Create free blog sites)

2. Reciprocal Linking

Reciprocal linking has become kind of a taboo word in link building these days. Simply trading links with people is not nearly as effective as it once was. Google caught on to this practice and having a page full of links that gave you a link – will not help your rankings. That said, you can trade links with sites that will actually drive traffic to your site. In this case even if the reciprocal link won’t help for your search engine placement it is still worth trading if the site you are trading with is going to send significant traffic to your site.

3.Web Directories

The internet is full of hundreds (probably thousands) of online web directories where you can post your link. The first directory to worry about is http://www.dmoz.org This is by far the most powerful of the free web directories. The first step to any back linking campaign should include a submission to DMOZ.

http://www.dmoz.org/

Just follow their posted instructions (to the letter, they are picky). DMOZ is moderated by volunteers so it may take a long time for your link to get approved. Do not submit every week, submit and check back in 3-4 weeks and if your link isn’t there you can resubmit. The other directory that is powerful is the Yahoo Directory - this is separate from the yahoo search results.

Yahoo Directory & Best Of The Web are probably the main directories I would suggest you pay for as they have a very high page rank. However if you have a large budget it may be worth submitting to few directories with higher page ranks - The higher the directories page rank (PR) the better… look for directories with PR of 2 plus. Although expensive one good high PR back link will be very valuable to your SEO efforts. If you have the money, go for it. If you can’t justify the cost, you can ignore it for now.

There are a lot of directories out there and I think you are best off focusing on the hundreds of free ones. But do not over do directory submission & be selective with your directory choices i.e. if you are based in Swansea find local Swansea or South Wales directories to submit to.

Also it is best to try & gain two non-directory normal links for every directory link to balance your link profile.

A lot of these directories will ask for a reciprocal link – as stated above that is not a great trade off. You can ignore the ones that require a reciprocal link or you can set up a free Blogger blog and just throw the link up there. Most of them will accept this, but some will require a link from the domain you are submitting – ignore these sites and move on.

Here are a couple of the most effective web directories that you can submit to for a local search listing boost.

Free Directories
www.freeindex.co.uk
www.quelp.co.uk

Paid For Directories (Worth Paying For)
www.botw.org - PR6 – (Best Of The Web – 1st submission £99 pa & 2^nd submission discount 20%)
www.uksmallbusinessdirectory.co.uk - PR5 – (£36)

These directories sometimes die, move to a paid situation or stop accepting new submissions – it is the nature of web directories. You can find relevant local directories by searching for free web directories in your area. Try searching for terms like ”free directories Swansea”

Best Free Directories For Local Search Listings For South Wales & The UK 2013 - (Lists 1 to 7) – Local SEO

(1) Swansea & Cardiff, Wales, UK

(more stars *** = most repeated & highest authority)

Swansea Directories

swansea.com

swansea.co.uk

swansealocalbusiness.com

swansea directory

swansea community directory.org.uk

swansea.gov.uk

guide2swansea.com

General Directories (Significant For Swansea Listings)

business-directory.org.uk **

burrows.co.uk

inuklocal

uksmallbusinessdirectory ** (£36 pa for link)

freeindex.co.uk ***

touchlocal *** (touch swansea)

laystar

city44.co.uk **

mysheriff.co.uk **

citylocal.co.uk

thesundirectory

duedil **

yalwa **

Cardiff Directories

cardiffbusinessonline.com

cardiff.co.uk

cardifflocalbusiness.co.uk

General Directories (Significant For Cardiff Listings)

business-directory.org.uk **

duedil **

britinfo.net

misterwhat

mysheriff **

c44.co.uk **

freeindex.co.uk ***

uksmallbusinessdirectory **

South Wales Directories

southwalesindex.co.uk

thisissouthwales

syob.co.uk

swdirectories.com

ukbusinessforums.co.uk

Wales Directories(PR 0- 4)

walesindex.co.uk – 4

walesdirectory.co.uk – 4

wetswalesindex.co.uk – 3

wales.org

wales-biz.co.uk

iwales.co.uk

finditwales.com – 0

General Directories (Significant For Wales Listings)

twistlocal

freeindex ***

wales.yalwa.co.uk **

goodbusinessdirectory.co.uk

businessmagent.co.uk

applegate.co.uk

b2index.co.uk

(2) Best UK Directories For Local Search Listings (PR 0 -7)

(more stars *** = most repeated & highest authority)

qype – 7

yelp -7

freeindex**** – 7

bizwiki 5

scoot** – 7

city-visitor.com

uksmallbusinessdirectory ***

moo-directory.com

redcog.net

localdata company

ratemyarea

upmystreet

vivastreet

accesplace

twistlocal** 5

mylocalservices.co.uk – 4

b2bindex.co.uk

bizdir – 5

businessdirectoryuk

welovelocal

business-network.co.uk

uk-local-search.co.uk

agentlocal

approvedbusiness

freebd.co.uk 4

yalwa.co.uk – 5 ***

hotfrog.co.uk -5

yell -

192 – (submit via bizzbuzz) – 7

192directory.co.uk

my118information.co.uk ***

touchlocal ***

bestofweb.co.uk – 4

thebestof.co.uk – 4

ufindus

smilelocal

bizwiki **

cylex.uk.co.uk – 6

tipped

bviw.co.uk

misterwhat **

yahoolocal – (submit via city visitor **)

touch local **

brown book

uk local business

local2me

thephonebook.bt.com

ukinternetdirectory.net -6

directory.thesun.co.uk -6

citylocal.co.uk -4

briishinformation.com – 5

thegoodwebguide.co.uk – 5

the-free-directory.co.uk – 4

britindex.co.uk

britishtowns.net – 4

greatbritishpagex.co.uk -4

verygoodservices.co.uk – 4

businessdirectory.co.uk – 4

tyloon.co.uk – 4

city-listings.co.uk – 3

places2b.co.uk – 3

uk-web-index.co.uk -3 (reciprocal link for photo)

(3) Recommended Directories By Distilled.Net Agency (SEOMoz Partners)

pegasus

freeindex ****

dmoz -5 ***

so much – 5 **

jayde – 5 ***

lii.org ** ( non commercial sites only librarians internet index directory)

illumirate *****

(4) Directory Aggregation Services (source of data for most other directories)

my118information.co.uk *** – (bing,yahoo, bt, touchlocal,scoot,192,sat-nav’s) – phone confirmation required)

yahoolocal – (infoserve submit via city visitor) **

localdatasearch.com

odovo.co.uk

getlisted.org – citation tool

marketlocation

(5) Most Important Data Sources For Local Search Directories

USA – Yelp, Acxiom, Localeze

UK – Local Data Companies, My118information.co.uk , Companies House, TouchLocal.com

(6) Good Directories USA (PR 5+)

exactseek **

web world directory **

mastermoz

virtual library

sms web

bubl

dmegs

bhonvad

qidirectory

arakine

chiff.com

(7) Directories Specifically For Web Design Firms

professional web design directory

einternetdirectory

theukwebdesigncompany.com

topdesignfirms.com

webdesigners-directory.com

ukwda.org

designfirms.org

website-design-directory.co.uk

bewebsitedesign.co.uk

1webdesigner.com

General Directores (Significant For Web Design Firms)

dracksi.com

aprrovedindex.co.uk

greatdirectories.org

quotebean.co.uk

smartbusinessdirectory.co.uk

m6.net

ukbusinessdirectory

a-flat.org

beastcatalog.net

marten.co.uk

b2b-directory.uk.co.uk

SEO Directories (Significant For SEO Firms)

dynamicseo.co.uk

seoco.co.uk

topseos.com

approvedindex.co.uk

quotebean.co.uk

cmseo.com

seodirectory

General Directories (Significant For Internet Marketing Agencies)

librariansinternetindexdirectory ** – ( lii.org – high ranking.edu links for non-commercial sites)

indexdirectory

jayde ***

maviconet directory

illumirate directory ***

canny link directory

ezilion

allthewebuk

killerdirectory

dmoz (ODP) ***

splut.com

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SEO Tips & The Penguin Update | Guest Blogging With MyBlogGuest.com

by admin on August 23, 2012

5 SEO tips to help your link building efforts after the Google Penguin update.

1: Use back link anchor text variations to appear more natural.
Use the URL name
Use your brand or company name
Use short-tail and long-tail keywords
Use synonyms
Use plural/singular forms
Brand Name only
Branded – The brand was included in the anchor text
Keyword Branded – The anchor text combined a keyword (exact/phrase/partial match) and the Brand Name
Exact Match – The anchor text exactly matches a keyword
Phrase – The anchor text contained a keyword phrase or partial match anchor text
Random – The anchor text does not contain the brand or any keywords
URL – There were no actual anchors, it was just a URL
Use keyword modifiers including with Local City
Combine keywords
Use natural language (e.g. stop words) – [We're an SEO agency]
Added brand
Misspelled brand
Personal brand
Personal + name brand
Click here”
Misspellings
Whole sentences

2: Create new websites/blogs using these free resources. Post unique articles on them with back links.

http://www.blogger.com

http://wordpress.com

http://www.insanejournal.com

https://www.livejournal.com

http://www.weebly.com

https://www.wikispaces.com

http://www.webnode.com

http://www.tumblr.com

http://www.350.com

http://posterous.com

http://www.beep.com

http://blog.com

http://multiply.com

Bookmark these unique articles that you have newly created at

http://www.delicious.com

http://www.stumbleupon.com

http://digg.com/

http://blinklist.com

https://www.google.com/bookmarks

http://www.google.com/notebook

http://www.youdoze.com

http://www.reddit.com/

http://www.panamatop.com

Remember to syndicate your newly created unique articles to social sites like

Facebook, Twitter, Friend feed, Identi.ca, You Tube, Google plus, Linked in, Pingomatic, Pinterest & Networkedblogs

3: Use Guest Blogging. Create unique blog articles & post on weekly basis to get back links from guest blogs related to your websites topic of interest - One of the best resources for this is myblogguest.com

4: Use academic, charity or government sites. Get links from ac.uk & .org.uk & .gov.uk

5: Use niche forums. Use forums related to your website subject material to get links

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Local Search Guide Part 4 | Getting Local Search Terms Visible In Google

by admin on August 17, 2012

4: Blog Commenting

There are a plethora of blogs today and most of them offer you the chance to post comments. You can gain backlinks by leaving relevant comments that actually mean something. Much like forum posting this isn’t something to do recklessly. You need to actually read the blog posts you are commenting on and then drop a thoughtful response.

Creating the links on these blogs is pretty simple, when you are filling out the comment section “Your Name” will end up being the anchor text to your link. Some blogs will not allow people to put keywords as their name, but a lot do if the comment is well thought out.

Some blogs will also let you put an HTML link in the body of your comment, but usually only if that site is relevant to the discussion at hand. To find fresh blog posts, search twitter for “new blog post” and you will have enough to stay busy for awhile.

5 Social Media & Bookmarking

There is a whole world out there based on social interaction over the web that is primed for backlinks. It has probably become the most popular back linking method. First there are Social Bookmarking sites like Digg and Delicious that offer profiles which allow you to add a link, or have an about me section that allows you to place an HTML link.

You can google “social bookmarking sites” to find hundreds of sites that may allow you to place an anchor text rich link in your profile. There are also a ton of blogging or micro blog type sites out there.

Sites like Squidoo, Blogger, WordPress,com etc… offer people the chance to create a blog type web page. These blogs and pages can easily have links added to them that point to your site. If you use these sites, try to create some original content for each of them – even if it is a quick 250 word article.

Online profiles are one of the hottest places to get backlinks. Almost any site that has some sort of “community” offers a profile section that you can use to add a link. Facebook, Twitter & Linked In are all good places to build profiles with back links to your website.

In 2011 we saw the arrival of a a new social network called Google +… I strongly recommend you set up a Google + profile with back links to your site.

Links from Google + are ‘do follow links’ that can pass page rank to your site. In 2012 as search becomes increasingly more socially & semantically based the influence of Google + will become more important in search terms.

However this is not limited to a certain type of sites, basically any site you can create a profile on. I would suggest focusing on the high PR sites. For example a lot of newspapers offer user profiles. Other sources include forums like SEOMoz & 4Networking.com etc

6: Article Writing

Article writing can also give you decent back links. Just write an article on your topic and there is no shortage of sites to submit that article to. Most sites allow a link (or two) in the body of the article, but even if they don’t, they all offer a profile that you can get a link on and an author resource box that will be posted along with your article. The resource box can be a perfect opportunity to sell yourself or website…plus of course the ever valuable back link.

Some of the most popular article sites are:

http://www.ezinearticles.com

http://www.searchwarp.com

http://www.goarticles.com

You can also save all of your articles as PDFs (with anchor text rich backlinks in it) and upload to document sharing sites like Scribd and Docstoc.

7: Guest Blogging

Guest Blogging has become perhaps the most effective way in 2012 to get high quality white hat one way links
This involves submitting articles with links back to your site to a blog owner or syndicate who may host your article if its deemed newsworthy

Some popular guest blogging resource sites include

http://myblogguest.com/

http://blogcarnival.com/bc

Conclusion

If you want to get seen in your local search engine rankings , then these fours steps will ensure you do that.
Researching and picking a great local keyword (e.g Swansea Hotels). The key here to remember is to combine your location with your product and/or service.

Make sure your keyword is in your title tag. This is the first thing Google sees, it has to include your keyword.

Frequently updated websites are rewarded by Google. Remember that migrating your website to a WordPress platform, or adding a blog to an existing website is the easiest way to make your site dynamic. Google will reward you for fresh content.

Get Backlinks. You need to get back links to your website. Remember you want your keyword to be in your anchor linking text as much as possible. This is the golden rule for helping keyword terms rank well.

If you cannot be bothered to do all of this yourself then consider our link building service.

Our SEO packages start from £160 pcm…

http://www.powebdesign.co.uk/seo-swansea-cardiff/seo-packages/

Chris Billingham - Page One Web Design Swansea

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SENuke | SE0 Nuke & Google’s Penguin & Panda Updates

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