Are you looking for ways to earn more quality backlinks for your blog to boost your Google Page Rank but you don’t have the budget for paid directory submission? Looking for free directories where you can submit your blog without the need to reciprocate the link? This is your lucky day mate, because I got what you just need.

Here’s a list of free directories where you can submit your blog and earn more quality backlinks without the need for a reciprocal link. Reciprocal links are not only going to clog your sidebar but will diminish the value of a link. With these free directories, you get one way link, which is considered more valuable by Google. What’s more, all these directories will not require you to create an account before you are able to submit your blog. And, the links will direct you to the submission form. All you need to do is just fill in the form and hit the submit button.

Before you proceed submitting your blog to these free directories, you might be interested with the other two lists of free directories I compiled. The lists include directories with good Google Page Rank and requires no reciprocal link. You just need to hurry because they won’t remain free forever. Some have already started asking for listing fee.

• 50 Free Directories With Good Google Page Rank 1 – No Need For Reciprocal Link
• 50 Free Directories With Good Google Page Rank 2 – No Need For Reciprocal Link

[ Please drop a comment if you found any of the directories not working or if they started to require reciprocal link or listing fee. Thank you! ]

1. Link It SEO
2. Crunchy Link Directory
3. Ace Web Directory
4. Free Directory Info
5. Yuguofu Free Directory
6. Xynnet Web Directory
7. The Open Directory
8. HAQJ Free Directory
9. BLP Web Directory
10. Manage Biz Directory
11. SEO Friendly Directory
12. General Book Directory
13. TK Web Directory
14. Omega Web Directory
15. Link Submit Directory
16. UrLoaded Directory
17. Network Promote Directory
18. Chana’s Directory
19. Quality Submissions
20. 00 Link Directory
21. Young Rich Kids Directory
22. Stars Directory
23. SEO Range Directory
24. Fast Tracked Directory
25. UK Web Directory
26. SEO Web Directory
27. Marvista Stree Directory
28. Angkor Directory
29. Global Internet Index
30. FreeDir Directory
31. SEO Friendly Directory
32. Zippy Directory
33. The A Ace Directory
34. Find2K Directory
35. Cubic Directory
36. The TwoFo Net Directory
37. Directory For You
38. Directory Bucket
39. Directory For Rank
40. Directory GD
41. Php Link Directory
42. Onpaco Web Directory
43. Eezee Data Directory
44. FBQE Directory
45. GKIV Web Directory
46. Web Directory 2010
47. General Web Directory
48. Website Ranker
49. Linkorama Directory
50. Clicker Network Directory
51. Amazing Directory
52. A Simple Directory
53. Tune Circle Directory
54. OIZB Web Directory
55. Stars Web Directory
56. Add New Links Directory
57. Ricusa SEO Directory
58. NB Directory
59. Sored Hot Directory
60. BLP Directory
61. Network Improve Dir
62. A Free Directory
63. Comply URL Directory
64. Wawa Directory
65. Top Directory 1
66. Traffic Dot Directory
67. Dot Plot Directory
68. Ako Directory
69. Dream Directory
70. Movie Digg Directory
71. Link Now Web Directory
72. Site 1 Directory
73. Link Directory 1
74. URL Directory 1
75. Web Directory 1
76. Digital Pointed Directory
77. SEO Directory
78. SE Friendly Web Directory
79. Links For Free
80. Free Directory Elite
81. My Free Directory
82. Gaming Forums Directory
83. Official Link Directory
84. Ample Directory
85. SEO Name Directory
86. One Best Link
87. Intra Web Directory
88. Web Link Directory
89. URL Fusion Directory
90. Wholesale Pimp Directory
91. Browsier Web Directory
92. Directory Oasis
93. Real Free Directory
94. Search Group Directory
95. Submit URL
96. Give Link Directory
97. Web Directory Submit
98. Add Page Directory
99. Directory Pimp
100. Hichet Directory

That’s 100 quality backlinks for you, only if you take time to submit. Remember that these directories will not stay free forever so take advantage of this opportunity while submission is still free.

BONUS – Free Directories

• Scoopfeed Web Directory
• Tag365 Web Directory
• Junkie Yard Dot Com - (Nofollow attribute applies to Free Submission.)

To all Free Directories owners:

If you want me to add your directories on the list, just leave a comment on this post with your free directory’s URL. I’ll have it added ASAP.

NOTE: Your directory should have a free option with no reciprocal link required.

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In business, diversification means allocating your investment among a variety of assets. Diversification is a strategic approach that helps reduce risk because different investments will fluctuate independent from each other. The combinations of these assets more often than not will cancel out each other’s fluctuation, therefore resulting to the reduction of risk.

In blogging, the same principle of diversification can be applied to traffic. In today’s post, I will be discussing three core issues relating to blog traffic, namely; 

1. The sources of blog traffic.
2. Why the need to diversify our sources of traffic?
3. And how can we diversify it?

Sources of Blog Traffic

When we speak of online traffic, we refer to the number of visits to your website on a given period of time. While traffic in the real world is abhored and avoided by people, traffic online is valuable such that some bloggers/webmasters are willing to do just anything to drive more traffic to their websites.  

Generally, there are two categories of traffic; paid traffic and free traffic. These sources are further classified into search engine traffic, traffic from advertisements and traffic from other websites.

Traffic from search engines is generated when pages of your website are included in their index and appear on strategic locations in their result page. SEO or search engine optimization is the product of recognizing the importance of search engines in bringing traffic to a website. Considered by many as the most valuable and best in quality, search engine traffic remains to be the major source of blog traffic.

Paid traffic on the other hand are traffic generated from paid advertisements like PayPerClick and banner ads. Adwords and Overture are some examples of companies that provide paid traffic.

Another source of traffic is traffic from other websites. This is generated when other sites link to your pages, hence giving you free advertisement. This kind of traffic includes traffic from social bookmarking / networking websites, directories and other related sites. You can read my post on “Blog Traffic For Beginners” for a more thorough discussion of the sources of blog traffic.

Why The Need To Diversify Traffic?

Diversifying your traffic sources enables your blog to continue receiving traffic in case one of your sources encounters a problem. Imagine if you rely entirely to Google for traffic, then all of a sudden, Google altered its algorithm. Or for some reasons, Google banned your website from its database. Where will you get traffic now? Losing traffic is an online marketer’s worst nightmare as it could mean the beginning of the end of your online business.

Diversifying your traffic sources helps improve your traffic quality and will result in an increase in traffic in the long run. Let’s assume that all your traffic are coming from Entrecard. Given the nature of Entrecard and its users, your blog will probably end up with a high bounce rate. But by diversifying your blog traffic, you will be able to offset your high bounce rate with your traffic from other sources like search engines.

Diversifying your source of traffic will help expose your blog to a wider and a new audience. Your new audience can be a great source of fresh ideas and perspectives for your blog. They are also potential business partners who can help you to promote your blog resulting to an increase in your blog traffic.

Lastly, diversifying your source of traffic makes you less dependent to your sources, which gives you more freedom and control over your blog. Bloggers who heavily rely for traffic from Google tend to be constrained by Google’s policies, which is often times limiting their earning potentials.

How To Diversify Traffic?

Diversifying your sources of traffic might be a time-consuming task but a rewarding one. Here are some ideas that will help you diversify your source of traffic.

Use social networks and bookmarking sites.

Digg, StumbleUpon and Reddit are just a few examples of social bookmarking sites that can help bring traffic to your blog. Previously, I compiled the largest list of social bookmarking sites where you can submit your posts for extra publicity and additional traffic.

Optimize your blog for other search engines.

Google may be the largest search engine but it’s not the only one. In fact, a large number of online surfers also use Yahoo, MSN and Ask. You can start optimizing your blog for these search engines to accumulate a more diversified traffic from search engines. You can watch the Search Engine Optimization Video to undestand how to optimize your blog for search engines.

Start your own group and community.

If you don’t belong to any group or community, it’s about time you find some to join. Communities and groups are great sources of support and traffic for your blog. I have 3 groups at Blogcatalog (Bloggers and Blogging, Entrecard and Alexa) and all of them have been helpful in building my readership. I recommend you to join BlogCatalog, MyBlogLog and Bumpzee. To get the most out of these communities, you should become an active member.

Start networking with other bloggers.

Making friends with other bloggers is an effective strategy to promote your blog. Most of my buddies online have been very helpful in the promotion of my blog. They link to my blog from their sidebar or from their posts, which is not only good for Google Page Rank and Technorati but it’s also a potential source of traffic.

Consider buying traffic.

If you have the financial resources, you might want to consider buying traffic from services like Adwords or StumbleUpon. I’ve used StumbleUpon before to drive traffic to my blog and I’m quite satisfied with the result. John Chow, despite the heavy traffic he receives everyday, is still using Adwords to drive some more traffic to his blog. There are a lot of available cheap advertising online to choose from. You might want to check Entrecard and Project Wonderful for some really cheap advertisements. Besides, their are always bloggers offering 125X125 banner ads for a very cheap cost.

What other ways can be done to diversify blog traffic? Share your recommendations through the comment.

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SEO or Search Engine Optimization is a must for every serious blogger. If you’re not doing SEO, you’re missing alot of traffic. Considering the vastness and quality of traffic from search engines, bloggers and webmasters alike should invest considerable amount of their time and resources for search engine optimization. Here’s a useful video that will guide you with your SEO.

This SEO video runs for about 400 minutes so you might want to bookmark this page for future access. The SEO tutorial in this video thoroughly covers the following SEO topics:

• Introduction to major search engines.
• Strategies and tricks to achieve good rankings on search engines.
• Specific search engine strategies.
• And optimization tools.

Here’s a list of links to the main topics covered in this SEO video tutorial if you want to skip the ones that you already know.

1. Course Introduction - Watch this video and get acquainted with what topics will be covered in this SEO video tutorial.
2. Introduction To Search Engines – To optimize your blog for search engines, it’s important that you learn more about them and understand how they work. This part of the video gives you with basic information about search engines.
3. Checking Your Site’s Current Status – Learn how to check your website’s current status and discover tools that you can use to assess your website’s performance.
4. How Domain Names Affect Placements - Strategies and advices when choosing your domain name and how you can use it to optimize your site for search engines.
5. Choosing Target Keywords – This is SEO video presents a critical topic in search engine optimization. It includes tips on choosing keywords and keyphrases you should target to optimize for search engines.
6. Designing Search Engine Friendly Pages – This chapter shares tips on how you can create pages that are easily read and indexed by the various search engines.
7. Enhancing Link Popularity – Learn about the significance of link popularity, page importance and page reputation in search engine optimization.
8. Optimization Tricks Used by Search Engine Optimizers - This video shows the tricks that some search engine optimizers are using. It includes questionable and unethical SEO practices.
9. Specific Strategies – This video covers specific SEO strategies for Google, Yahoo, Overture etc. Part of the video deals with PayPerClick and related strategies in building traffic.
10. Getting Hi-Tech Pages Indexed – Tips and tricks to make your frame, flash, dynamic pages etc. search engine friendly.
11. Registering Your Sites – This SEO video tutorial will guide you through the relatively straight forward steps that you can take to get listed to search engines.
12. Search Engine Optimization Tools – Presents information about the tools and resources you can use to optimize your site for search engines.

Now that you have these free SEO video tutorials, it will be up to you to understand it. Like James Gonzales said, YOUR TIME is the one thing that this video needs to make it work for you. If you don’t have time to watch and listen, no matter how valuable the information in these videos are, it will be of no use.

Enjoy the video and learn from it like I did.

Thanks for your time.

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