High PR Directories Help Sites Rank Higher at Search Engines

Web directories are directories where websites are listed by their content rather than their keywords. Web directories are not search engines. In a search engine a person submits a query and the keywords pull those websites specifically chosen for their keywords and not for their overall content. While search engines list websites based on key words a web directory lists websites by their category and sub category. Website owners petition the given web directory to go over their website. If the web site meets the standards of the directory the website is included in the listing.  Being listed in a directory is beneficial for your website. By nature web directories list websites by their category and sub category and not by their keywords; this means that whenever a person is looking at a listing they will find your website more helpful and will more likely use the service. Since websites are only included into a web directory after it passes a review by the web engine’s personnel your website will appear in a more specific section that is tailored to meet the needs of the user. Whenever a website is submitted by a web directory, website owner have to pay a fee or make an agreement with the web directory. Sometimes the only requirement that a website owner needs to meet in order to be listed in the web directory is that the website owner should post a back link. The back link helps the site re route traffic from the web directory to the website. The more popular a web directory is the more traffic it gets and the more exposure a website that has a back link with the web directory gets as well. The popularity and the reputation of the web directory can be transferred to the website since the website passed the review and it was shown to meet the directories standards. A PR is a score made up by Google in order to track the popularity of web pages. Link popularity helps increase the popularity of your page. If your page is linked to a page with a PR of 7 then that is better than being linked with many pages with a page ranking of 1. The higher the PR of the pages your page is linked with the higher the ranking of your page will be. A web directory helps you target a more specific group of people. Web directories bring exposure and traffic to your website by using links that link your website or web pages to the web directory and the web directory to your page. Linking with web pages with high ranking is very important since these pages can increase the PR of your page.