Directories that Pass PR or Page Rank

Google Penalties for Selling Links. In late 2007 Google penalized directories that were selling links for the purpose of gaining PR (Page Rank) by dropping those directory's PR and causing them to not even rank for their own name until they made some changes on their websites. Thus some that had submitted to those directories found their PR drop also. Since then Google has steadily dropped the PR on most link pages on the internet. It is rumored this is a result of Google trying to devalue PR as it is too easily manipulated.

Directories No Longer Pass PR. Since then there are very few directories with PR on their link pages unless they are also using rel="nofollow" on the links (which Google recommends but which also means that page will not pass PR even if it does get some PR in the future). So finding directories with PR on their linking pages doesn't help any.

Link Trades Devalued. Google has also penalized sites for getting involved in traingular linking and other link schemes and has devalued link trades in general. Blog and forum links don't count for much anymore either.

What does that leave us? Google recommends that you provide pages of interest to your visitors that they will want to link to without being asked and that is about the only safe method of gaining links that pass PR anymore.

Directory Submissions. If you still want to submit to directories try the following directory list. I have personally checked all these directories and they all appear to be clean directories that don't have 302 redirects on the links (or they are search engine friendly redirects), they don't have nofollow on their links and they don't have the links in frames. They also don't have other means to prevent the link from being indexed as far as I can tell. However, I can't guarantee this won't happen in the future.

The PR has been left off the chart below because of so few directories having PR. I have also left off directories that require a link trade although that option is usually available for the following free directories. Don't submit to directories that accept submissions from gammmmmbling, Poorrrrrrrnoo, Pharrrrmaseutical (misspelled on purpose) and other bad neighborhood sites. I have not set up direct links to the following directories in case they get penalized in the future (which would reverberate to this page).

Free Submit Directories with no link trade

Directory	Comments
www.dmoz.org	free submission is human edited, can take up to 1-2 years to be approved but feeds Google Directory and a plethora of other directories.
www.dir.yahoo.com	Free to Non-profits only. Yahoo provides Trust Rank.
www.lii.org	Librarians Internet Index. They do not accept submissions from stricly commercial sites unless they also provide valuable information. Reviews submissions within 48 hours
www.IllumiRate.com	They have very pickey rules so be sure to follow them carefully.
www.joeant.com	Puts site in several categories. Must be an editor to submit sites for free.
www.finest4.com	Very uncluttered and original design. Categories arranged alphabetically. Family friendly directory. Can only submit official site name and only home page. Sites arranged by PR. Accepts only quality sites but within a few days.
www.craigs-directory.com	They don't have very many sub categories yet as its a new directory. They send an acceptance email within 3 days usually.
www.home-directory.biz	A home improvement directory. Sites are alphabetically arranged and they provide a thumbnail of website. Has more info page and puts title in title plus category word so don't use this one if your site is brand new.
www.viesearch.com	This is a new directory so short on sub categories. Sites are arranged by PR with a thumbnail. Takes 1-2 days.
www.webnetclick.com	A General directory with alphabetical listings. Have to use official site name. They don't send email when accepted.

Free Submit Christian Directories with no link trade

Directory	Comments
www.christiansproducts.com	They require the site must be a Christian site or you'll have to trade links.
www.actschristian.com	They send email when accepted.
www.kingdomheartsonfire.org	Can use alternate title and 2 categories. Lists sites by category and state/city and also provides a map for the location.
www.fishthe.net	Must register.
www.christiansunite.com	Takes 4 days to a few weeks. They have javascript links so you probably won't get value from the link but it may bring you traffic.
www.christian-websites.org	have to register. They have a "more detail" page but no title in title which is good.

The reason the Christian directory list is so small is because most Christian directories have one or more of the same problems as other directories one should avoid: putting your title in their title, 302 redirects, pages in frames or over 100 links on page. Most of them are also way behind the times and think link trades are still the way to go. And practically ALL of them charge a fee for submission or force you to trade links. That doesn't say much for "Christian Charity"!

For more information on this topic see:
Directories to Avoid that Don't Pass PR
Keyword Strategy
Getting good Backlinks

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