Google No 1? – I Suggest Directory Link Submission.
Any person who has any idea about SEO and the importance of off-page factors will definitely suggest directory link submission as a major weapon for your website ranking methods arsenal.
Google, Yahoo and MSN the three major search engines and a host of other smaller search engines have been tweaking their algorithms to make their searches more relevant and useful to their users.
Over the decade or more of their existence despite large scale changes to the way they present their links and changes in the weight-age given to various on-page and off-page factors – one aspect that has retained its prime position is ‘inbound links’.
The inbound links have always been valued. At various times different types of links – one-way, reciprocal, links from authority pages, advertising links, links from high pr sites, links from related websites have been deemed to more valuable than others. But one-way links have always been more valued than reciprocal and authority links more than links from ordinary websites.
Experts suggest directory link submission to get quality, themed one-way links from authority web directories.
Is this enough for a Google No.1 position?
SEO experts not only suggest directory link submissions, but also on-page optimization for keyword density, keywords in title and meta tags, keyword rich description, good quality content, clean navigation, clear internal linking structure and off-page factors like inbound links of various types including those from the directories.
Too many links with same title and description and keywords may attract penalties from the search engines.
Also, try to get links from the bigger, authority websites in your niche. This will give a big boost to your website rankings.