Why Directories Are Important
Directories should play a major role in your SEO efforts, well, at least the big and important ones, for the following reasons:

Listings within major directories provide “context” to search engines. For example, if your web site is listed in the Open Directory Project under the category Pets -> Weird Pets -> Blue Cats, search engines will assume your web site has something to do with blue cats. Your web site and pages will be indexed faster and might have a better ranking in search results for specific …

SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, is something that many webmasters are now obsessing over. Many web site owners are spending countless hours tweaking and modifying their web sites, adding keyword rich content, and spending hours obtaining back links, so that their site will rank higher in search engines. It is true that over 90% of all web surfers use search engines to visit sites on a regular basis, but:
Should web masters and web site designers build and tweak sites for search engines, or for their visitors?
The answer to this question …

If you are wanting to have a profitable online business and make sure that the right individuals reach your website, you need to improve your search engine ranking. A general background that understands how the engines work is vital in helping to improve your ranking. The majority of all website traffic does come from search engines, and the majority of that traffic, at least sixty percent, comes from Google. You need to understand how the engines find and present information to prospective customers if you are looking for an improved …