Avoid Directories That Redirect
What is the main purpose of directories and submitting your website to directories? I would say the number one reason is to generate backlinks to your site. You are welcome to submit to directories that redirect, but there are few benefits from this.
In order to have backlinks from a directory, and any site for that matter, it needs to be a direct link and not a redirect! Let me explain the difference for those that are not sure.
Firstly, a direct link is a link that shows the direct path to your website. For example, this is a direct link:
<a xhref=”http://www.the100lists.com” >www.the100lists.com</a>
Notice how the href value is your own domain name (well in this case we have used ours).
Now in a hyperlink that redirects to your site, you will see similar to this in the code:
<a xhref=”http://www.redirects.com/site.php?id=123″ >www.the100lists.com</a>
Notice in this case how the link first goes to another of their pages and then is directed to yours. This is a redirection and provides no value to your site other than people actually following the link. Search engines provide little rank to these types of links and are not counted as backlinks.
This is a basic SEO topic and something to look out for…
