Directory Critic

Building backlinks is arguably the most important part of modern day SEO. Website and article directories are a good way for webmasters to promote their websites. Article and Web Directory submission can build backlinks, increase exposure and traffic.

Directory Critic is a link building resource. We list search engine friendly web and article directories for webmasters to use a site promotion tools. Our lists include general, niche and article directories.

Webmasters, you can start submitting your websites to over 1900 web directories and 380 article directories using the top menu. Do you own a web or article directory? Please add it.

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The Ultimate Blog Post

Creating your own blog is about as easy as creating your own urine, and you're about as likely to find someone else interested in it. One popular technique for building readership is to send e-mail to more well-trafficked blogs offering to exchange links with them. One popular response from those blogs is to laugh derisively and hit the Delete button.

Another approach for advertising your blog is to mention it as much as possible in conversation; you'd be surprised how many people are fascinated to hear you have a blog and want to know more, especially if you were expecting the number to be greater than zero.

Heh... Wired article for blogging newbies and people who want to be internet celebs for 15 minutes.

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