Traffic Tips: The Power of an Adult Directory Listing
by J. Del Prete
Marketing an adult website online isn’t always easy and finding good relevant links can be a challenge for any webmaster. Fortunately, there are quality web directories where webmasters and site owners can list their sites, and in turn, positively impact their rankings in the major search engines.
A web directory is a search engine powered by humans that is organized into subject terms that are topically grouped. This natural breakdown of subjects is perfect for obtaining relevant inbound links, and helps drive targeted traffic to your website. Not only can a directory listing send direct traffic, but it will ensure that crawler-based search engines find your site quickly and easily. Search engines like Google, Yahoo and MSN use directory links in their relevancy algorithms to help rank your website(s). Their crawlers will find your site listed in a relevant category, surrounded by search-friendly keywords and other similar quality resources. Typically, these types of relevant authority directory links help boost your rankings in major search engines for the keyword-driven queries.
There are many adult directories on the Web and they all vary in quality. Most search engine marketing professionals recommend submitting to the Best of the Web, the Open Directory Project, or DMOZ as it is commonly known (which feeds the Google Adult Directory), and of course the original Yahoo Adult Directory, because they are the oldest human-edited directories of their kind and each continues to list and review quality adult resources. These adult directories also receive high levels of search engine traffic because of their natural linking patterns and general directory topical structure.
Most quality adult directories charge a submission or review fee to be listed, so adult webmasters should be selective when choosing to submit. Both Yahoo and the Best of the Web adult directories offer fee-based express submission services that ensure your website is reviewed quickly and listed in a relevant category. A good way to identify quality web directories that fit your niche is by searching for directory-related keywords that apply to your adult theme. For example, "adult web directory" OR "adult image gallery" OR "adult submit site" queries in each of the major search engines will typically uncover a handful of opportunities for adult directory listings.
The name of the game in search engine optimization is link popularity and themed relevancy. Building quality, relevant, and topical incoming links to your website or webpage is the single most important thing you can do to increase your organic search engine rankings. So if you like cost-effective search engine traffic, make submitting to relevant web directories a fundamental element of your online marketing and link building strategy today.
Jared Del Prete is COO Best of the Web. Jared got his start as an entry-level editor after he graduated from the University at Albany with a BS degree in Information Science and Policy. With his knowledge of taxonomy and Internet usability, he quickly advanced through the ranks, and currently oversees the daily operations of the Best of the Web Directory - http://botw.org.
