This is the first of a series of Directory reviews (mainly paid) that I am planning on writting mainly because a very common question is what directories is it worth submitting to. The first directory in this series will be dirSpace.
DirSpace is a general web directory that accepts free listings for non-profit websites and paid listings for commercial websites. A model that is quite common and I believe one of the best ways to create a directory. Regular listings cost 6$ and Premium listings cost 40$ per year. The prices in my opinion are very reasonable and even cheap.
Let’s take a look now at my usual checklist when I submit to paid web directories.
1. Indexed Pages: dirSpace has over 17.000 pages indexed by Google which a sign of very good search engine saturation.
2. PR: Dirspace has a PR6, very good since all directory owners know that it is really hard to get high PR for directories since very few people will link to a directory. PR has passed in the categories nicely as well and most of them if not all have some PR
3. Design: It has a unique design which for me it means that the owner has spend time and effort on this directory and it is not just one of the many directories that many people create now days promote them for a few weeks and then sell them to make a quick buck.
4. Category Structure: Very comprehensive category structure, really nicely done.
5. Traffic: The only way that I can assess traffic is Alexa stats which are quite inaccurate but at least they give me an idea of the traffic. According to Alexa DirSpace has a rank of 36,569 at the time I write this review which is really good. You may ask why do I care about traffic, the reason is simple traffic to a directory means clicks for the listed sites and this is one of the main reasons I submit to directories. I know that a lot of people submit just for PR and SEO reasons but traffic is equally important to me.
Conclusion: dirSpace is a very good directory and very reasonably priced and is a very good choice for anyone looking to spend some money in paid directory listings.
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