Ranging from the most high-profile platforms to local directories, these websites cover a range of audiences. The flow is pretty much the same – you submit your website's URL, as well as additional information about your business or organization. These sites, in turn, incorporate your info to their data banks, ensuring that your link is there when users are searching your content categories. In addition to direct display of your content, adding your links to these directories improves your site's Search Engine Optimization, gradually improving your website's ranking on search results.
- Google My Business
- Bing Places
- Yellow Pages
- eLocal
- Submit Express
- Super Pages
- MapQuest
- EZ Local
- Merchant Circle
- Local.com
- Entire Web
- Manta
- Insider Pages
- Moo-Directory
- SubmitX
- Simply Worthy
- So Much
Social media and user-generated content
Social media has plenty to offer website owners. You've all heard of Facebook, of course, but are you using it correctly to promote your site? Have you considered the advantages of Pinterest, for instance? What about user-generated content like guides and tutorials on sites like WikiHow? The links below can all prove extremely useful for promoting your website. All you need to do is explore the ways in which they do.
- Facebook Page for businesses and brands
- Google+
- Yelp
- Buzzfeed Community
- Yahoo Answers (User Level 3 and upwards allows you to post URLs in answers)
- WikiHow
Social bookmarking and curating
While these websites also operate on the basis of link-submission, the emphasis here is on content. You could submit a link to the main page as well as to individual pages, products, posts, images etc. These platforms then circulate your content to their audience base and drive traffic into your site, while also helping to boost your SEO by connecting your links to textual descriptive content.
