Free Site Submission to Directories

A guide to the best free web directories for SEO

But while there are many free web directories, quite a few having decent to good Pagerank, there are a handful that really stand out above the rest.

These top directories have earned a high degree of trust from Google due to their selectivity and quality human review process.

Therefore, it is definitely worth your while to get links from as many of these top free directories as possible.

One word of advice: make sure you have around 50 pages of quality content before you submit your site to major directories.

If your site is seed as too insignificant or has a poor design or broken links, you stand a good chance of being rejected by the editors of these directories.

The very best free directories

DMOZ - The most trusted of all directories, but also the most fickle. It's edited by volunteers and difficult to get into, but definitely worth the try.

Joeant A trusted second-tier directory that is free to submit to if you volunteer as an editor for your category (and becoming an editor is easy).

Skaffe - Also free if you volunteer to edit. A trusted European directory (but it accepts sites worldwide).

Gimpsy - Like Joant and Skaffe, Gimpsy is free to submit if you become an editor. One catch - your site must be interactive in some way (forums or polls count).

Those are the very best opportunities for free site submission to directories. There are many other free directories, which you can find here, but these are definitely the the ones you must apply to.