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Old January 3rd, 2005, 01:13 AM
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Many sites like www.gimpsy.com, www.GoGuides.org and www.skaffe.com come highly recommended, but have a $40 fee if you wish immediate submission. If we have the budget, should we pay to get included?
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Old January 3rd, 2005, 01:58 AM
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Gimpsy charges? Wow... I didn't know that. I was gladly surprised a couple of months ago when I got an email from them saying that my site had been added to their directory... and I didn't even submit it!
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Old January 4th, 2005, 01:30 AM
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If they pass PR and there is good PR for the page you are submitting too and not too many other links then I say "go fo it". It's a good way to start getting quality BL's.
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Old January 4th, 2005, 01:04 PM
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The current GoGuides & Skaffe were "born" out of the old GoGuides directory. They have both been around for a long time.

Gimpsy has also been around for several years. IMO, all three will likely be around for the long haul. IMO, a one time review fee is probably a worthwhile investment for them.
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Old January 4th, 2005, 01:40 PM
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I also submit to some other smaller quality directories. For example I use these 2 (incrawler*com and linkopedia*com) in a "package" a lot. It costs me $25 for both, and they all have decent PR that is nicely propagated to subcategories, just a few links in categories, good customer service, very nice design, they all been around for at least a year, google spiders them very often and submission price is acceptable.

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Old January 5th, 2005, 12:07 PM
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I got one of my sites listed in Gympsy and Skaffe for free and I never submitted to Goguides. I did pay smaller fees (less than $30) for some smaller directories including some of those Lici mentioned in his tread.
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Old January 5th, 2005, 12:17 PM
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Make sure the sites pass PR. some directories use redirects.
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I own a directory and submit to just about all the directories I can for my other sites. Take my directory for example, most of my categories are a PR5 or a PR4, get cached frequently by Google, MSN and Yahoo. I offer a one time fee currently $24.95.

Where else but a directory can you get a one-way text link? For the price of most directories it is worth it. Think about the potential income of your site and what it is worth to promote it.

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Some directories are worth the fee but I would not submit my site to some directories even if they pay me. I think it is a good think to do a little research before you pay.
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I think most of the directories under $40 are a good deal. Take a look at pricing for a PR 4/5 text link on any of the major brokerage sites (usually $30-100/month). I can usually find a PR 3/4, sometimes 5 category to submit to for any where from $5 to $40 one time fee. Like someone else mentioned, just make sure they pass PR and don't redirect your link.
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I am getting traffic from joeant.com... more than i ever expected. I listed lots of my sites there.
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Old January 12th, 2005, 09:36 PM
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I am getting traffic from joeant.com... more than i ever expected. I listed lots of my sites there.


I listed one of my sites in JoeAnt and never got one single hit. It all depends of the category and position of your site within the category. I think.
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I am getting traffic from joeant.com... more than i ever expected. I listed lots of my sites there.


I'm an editor at Joeant.com for shopping. If anyone has a site for me to review, PM me.
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