What is a blog directory? A blog directory is basically a catalog of blogs. Some give you a direct link and most will allow you to enter some kind of descriptive text and a category for the blog. Many directories will also track statistics and may even offer ranking based on visitors. Of course, many directories offer a community where you can join groups and leave comments.
I don't spend a lot of time registering for directories. 1) it takes a lot of time that I could be writing, 2) different directories have various rules for inclusion, 3) I think the search engines are aware that directories are a type of link exchange and discount them, 4) I have participated in several directories on various blogs and none of them ever sent me much in the way of visitors.
There are a few directories that I have registered with that have sent me some traffic. A few of those are blogrush (which is more of a widget thingie than a directory), blogflux, blogcatalog and blogarama. Most of these I registered for a long time ago. I know some people who swear by directories and spend a small part of each day registering with them.
Regardless of that, I found a list of directories that seems to include most of the main sites. That would be RSS - Blog Directories.
Do you use directories? If you do, which ones have been successful for you?
LewisC
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Blog Directories
Friday, September 28, 2007
Getting hits on your blog
Everyone wants to get more hits on their blog. I am trying a new service as an experiment. You may have heard of it, Blogrush.
With Blogrush, you sign up and add your blog. They give you some javascript to add to your blog. The widget will display 5 links related to the subject of your blog. Each time someone views your blog, you get a "credit". That means that for each page view, your blog will show up in someone else's widget.
I've already gotten a few hits from the service. I plan to give it some time and see if it's worth the real estate it takes up.
If you want to sign up, do me a favor and please use my referral link. You will still get your credits but I will get additional credits each time your page is loaded. My referral link is http://www.blogrush.com/r32050784
Thanks,
LewisC