Niche Directories have a top level domain (or content on that domain) which is related to your niche. This also includes niche sections of news sites. They are typically more flexible than General Directories when it comes to anchor text (see appendix 1) and they’re free! Submitting sites, mini-sites, sections and features of your webpage to niche directories that focus on a specific industry can provide a lot of value. The way to do this is just to create an account profile, and submit.
Here’s an example of niche directories that allow you to submit pages*:
- Games – free – http://www.directorycritic.com/games-directory-list.html – PR3
- Games – free – http://www.exogama.com/general/cheats/ – PR4
- Games – free – http://www.arcadeforce.com/ – PR3
- Games – free – http://game.nnhit.com/ – PR3
- Games – free – http://club-cheats.com/ – PR3
- Movies – free – http://www.tmz.com/ – PR 7
- Movies – free – http://www.imdb.com/ – PR8
- Movies – free – http://movies.nytimes.com/pages/movies/index.html – PR7
- Entertainment – http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/ – PR4
- Entertainment – free – http://www.examiner.com/San_Francisco-Arts_and_Entertainment.html – PR4
(*’Content editors for each site can know the best niche directories for their content.)
Have editors (or yourself) create accounts and post content in 5-10 of their favorite niche directories regularly and you’ll have backlinks pouring in from every IP imaginable in no time!
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