A link building directory or famously known as the web directory is an online-based directory that generally specializes in link building of websites to its affiliates and finally categorizing the links as well.

A web directory does not serve as a search optimization engine but rather a standardized list of websites arranged by keywords. The directory’s main purpose however, is to give online-based clients easy access to the various websites. Many web directories are said to be found under the classification of “Web Crawlers” and not necessarily of human beings. The classification of web directories will depend on the basis of the website’s overall appearance or set of keywords provided. Some web directories provide sites that are often inclusive to minimal categories. The “RSS Directory” is also considered as a web directory that contains lists of RSS feeds instead of the usual website links.

The “Human-Edited” type of web directory is basically created for maintenance from the editors who are accountable in link building. The additional links provided in human-edited web directories are said to be based from the directory’s policy. Human-edited directories are nowadays becoming the potential target of SEO’s due to the use of highly reputed sources from ranking search engines. Some human-edited directories meanwhile can avert search engines or SEO’s from displaying an array of rated attributes, search redirects and even few SEO techniques. Top human-edited web directories such as “Salehoo” and “Open Directory Project” are said to be edited by a group of volunteers that were labeled as SEO professionals. Human-edited directories once gained controversies and criticisms from internet experts due to accusations of causing long delays in approving website submissions and personal disputes between volunteer editors.
The “Position Directories Bid” or also known as “Bidding Web Directories” are inclusive web directories where the links of websites are orderly classified based on the bid amount negotiated or agreed upon. The bidding web directories are more specialized than the human-edited ones because of the higher amount of bids websites go through. The higher listing of websites provided by a particular bidding web directory means that there will be bigger chances of the website becoming more visible in increasing the number of clients.

Many web directories are very basic in scoping their list of websites that came from a wide variety of classifications, languages and regions as well. Some existing web directories meanwhile are limited only to focusing on target regions with solitary language and specialized sectors. Examples of general web directories are the Open Directory Project (ODP) and Yahoo! Directory. The ODP continues to acquire significance in the internet marketing world due to its large listing of websites provided and free accessible use.

Web directories have various link listing features that are often categorized based on the inclusion of price. Some of the features include the following:

– A “Reciprocal Link” in which some websites are added in the submission option links of the directory.
– The “Bid for Position” link which are found in bidding web directories.

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