List of Top 50 Directories

1. http://www.freesubmissiondirectory.com/
2. http://www.hitwebdirectory.com/
3. http://www.yekey.com/
4. http://www.web-design-directory-uk.co.uk
5. http://www.sitepromotiondirectory.com/
6. http://www.cultuurtechnologie.net/
7. http://www.cyandir.com/
8. http://www.imadec.com/
9. http://www.jjhx.com/
10. http://www.londovor.com/
11. http://www.marketingwebdirectory.com/
12. http://www.root-b.org/
13. http://www.sabuco.org/
14. http://www.sh-ed.com/
15. http://www.vision-iq.com/
16. http://www.xfoksite.net/
17. http://www.zicosur.org/
18. http://www.submissionwebdirectory.com/
19. http://www.a1whs.com/
20. http://www.a2dir.info/
21. http://www.agrieducation.org/
22. http://www.alitu.com/
23. http://www.batfox.com/
24. http://www.californiadir.com/
25. http://www.casioe-100.com/
26. http://www.ccwos.com/
27. http://www.cglegend.com/
28. http://www.d-i-r.com/
29. http://www.directory.intellspire.net/
30. http://www.egtheatre.com/
31. http://www.jaborwhalky.com/
32. http://www.jadoyc.com/
33. http://www.jhucr.org/
34. http://www.kk-club.com/
35. http://www.kuzink.com/
36. http://www.lambusango.com/
37. http://www.myanmardir.com/
38. http://www.nadrealizem.com/
39. http://www.netwerker.com/
40. http://www.pmdip.org/
41. http://www.poezii.info/
42. http://www.ribcast.com/
43. http://www.seoseek.net/
44. http://www.smallwebsitehost.com/
45. http://www.sudanow.net/
46. http://www.svguia.com/
47. http://www.thalesdirectory.com/
48. http://www.yepnew.com/
49. http://www.zinatel.com/
50. http://www.zqnyj.com/

Social Bookmarking Sites

Here is the List of Major Social Bookmarking Sites

1. http://www.facebook.com/


2. http://www.myspace.com/


3. http://twitter.com/


4. http://www.blogcatalog.com/


5. http://www.reddit.com/


6. http://www.propeller.com/


7. http://www.bebo.com/


8. http://www.Friendster.com/


9. http://www.hi5.com/


10. http://www.orkut.com/


11. http://www.zorpia.com/


12. http://en.netlog.com/


13. http://www.perfspot.com/


14. http://www.i89.us/


15. http://www.listal.com/


16. http://gnolia.com/


17. http://buzz.com/


18. http://www.belysio.com/


19. http://delicious.com/


20. http://www.mixx.com/


21. http://www.jumptags.com/


22. http://badoo.com/index.phtml


23. http://multiply.com/


24. http://www.myheritage.com/


25. http://www.mylife.com/


26. http://www.meetup.com/


27. http://www.gaiaonline.com/


28. http://www.xt3.com/


29. http://calumbrannan.com/


30. http://www.yelp.com/


31. http://www.xing.com/


32. http://www.xanga.com/


33. http://www.wiserearth.org/


34. http://home.spaces.live.com/


35. http://www.wer-kennt-wen.de/


36. http://uk.wasabi.com/


37. http://wakoopa.com/


38. http://www.viadeo.com/en/connexion/


39. http://www.tumblr.com/


40. http://www.tuenti.com/?m=login


41. http://www.tribe.net/welcome


42. http://www.travellerspoint.com/


43. http://www.travbuddy.com/


44. http://www.teachstreet.com/


45. http://www.taltopia.com/


46. http://lafango.com/


47. http://www.stickam.com/


48. http://www.sonico.com/


49. http://www.socialvibe.com/


50. http://www.sneppi.com/explore/explore.aspx


51. http://www.skyrock.com/


52. http://www.shelfari.com/


53. http://www.sharethemusic.com/


54. http://www.scispace.com/


55. http://sciencestage.com/


56. http://www.ryze.com/


57. http://www.reverbnation.com/


58. http://www.researchgate.net/


59. http://onlinesocialbookmarking.com/


60. http://slashdot.org/


61. http://b2blocal.net/home.php


62. http://www.diigo.com/


63. http://www.humsurfer.com/


64. http://faves.com/home


65. http://www.folkd.com/


66. http://www.newsvine.com/


67. http://sphinn.com/


68. http://blinklist.com/


69. http://aaigg.com/


70. http://connotea.org/


71. http://bibsonomy.org/


72. http://www.a1-webmarks.com/


73. http://www.care2.com/


74. http://activesubmit.com/


75. http://activitysocial.com/


76. http://add2this.info/


77. http://www.citeulike.org/


78. http://oyax.com/


79. http://getboo.info/


80. http://againlinks.com/


81. http://agilemarks.com/


82. http://b2blocal.info/


83. http://bizonsocial.com/


84. http://www.simpy.com/


85. http://weblinkr.com/


86. http://www.searchles.com/


87. http://clip2net.com/


88. http://www.gather.com/


89. http://searchles.com/


90. http://listyourlink.info/


91. http://megabookmarks.info/


92. http://www.startaid.com/


93. http://socialogs.com/


94. http://tagza.com/


95. http://megaroll.info/


96. http://kirtsy.com/


97. http://shoutwire.com/


98. http://votetags.info/


99. http://unitsocial.com/


100. http://urlbookmarker.com/

Directory Submission

A Fast and effec tive wayt to increase your page rank.

Submission can be done manually and automatated also.

For automated there are several free tools available.

For list of free directories wait for my next post.. :)

Keyword Density

After the successful selection of the required keywords for your site. The next step required is to embed that keyword in the content of your site and make your site keyword-rich to have a good Keyword density of your selected keyword.

What is Keyword Density?
Keyword density is the percentage of times a keyword or phrase appears on a web page compared to the total number of words on the page. In the context of search engine optimization keyword density can be used as a factor in determining whether a web page is relevant to a specified keyword or keyword phrase.

Generally, the idea is that the higher the keyword density, the more relevant to the search string a page is. The recommended density is 3-7% for the major 2 or 3 keywords and 1-2% for minor keywords.

Tool to determine the keyword density of your site
1. Keyword Density Checker
2. Professional SEO Tool

What, How and Why of a Keyword

What is a Keyword?
Keyword as the term itself defines, a main word used to retrieve an information for the user. In simple terms a word used by a person while searching an information is called a keyword.

Role of a Keyword in SEO:
Keyword plays a vital role in SEO, as it helps the search engines to drive the traffic to your site. This not only enables the people to drive the target customers or user to their website but also generates a mojor source of publicity over internet.
While selecting a Keyword first thing that one must consider is a keyword that clerly describe the content or the purpose of your website and also it has to used by users to find you. ideally the best idea of the keywords are derived by keeping in mind the targeted audience.

To get the analysis of the keywords that fits into the theme of your website one can make use of online Tool for instance Google's Keyword Tool

Tip: Using a synonym of a keyword is also a good idea. One can go for 1 or two at a time. As now Search engines have the algorithm to include the synonym of the word while displaying the result of the keyword match.

What is Robot.txt

The Robot Exclusion Standard, also known as the Robots Exclusion Protocol or robots.txt protocol, is a convention to prevent cooperating web spiders and other web robots from accessing all or part of a website which is otherwise publicly viewable. Robots are often used by search engines to categorize and archive web sites, or by webmasters to proofread source code. The standard is unrelated to, but can be used in conjunction with, Sitemaps, a robot inclusion standard for websites.

Read the Complete details here

Major HTML Tags for SEO

Major HTML tags consider by Search engine crawler in a web page are:

1. URL (domain name) of the site: Always try to book the domain name with the keyword required for the site.
2. Page Name : Every page of the site must have relevant keyword specified.
3. Title of a page: Title of the page must have a proper name of the page, using if possible specific term.
4. Meta Title: Provide relevant title to the page.
5. Meta Keyword: keyword field must define only keyword separated by the Comma.
6. Meta Description: Description field should have only description about the site a proper description of about 50-100 words.
7. H1 Tags (H1, H2, H3.... H6) : Properly define H1 and other title tags for the page.
8. Links: Every link on a page must be properly define along with a Alt and Title tag.
9. Image Alt: Every page on a page have an Alt tag define for it, it helps in SEO building as Crawler won’t see the image but always read the Alt tag defined for the image.
10. Text of the Page: Last but not least the best part of the SEO is to provide your page a well drafted and a referenced text by using proper keywords. Always remember to follow the Keyword Density check for your text.

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