Importance of Submitting to Directories 2 OF 3
You should only submit to the directories if your website is already complete and is ready for viewing. Some quarters will advise that you should do it once your domain is already registered. Take note, however, that the directories have human editors – if the website is not ready then there is nothing to review.
Before you submit to a directory, especially if it is the Open Directory Project, you should check whether the website is even appropriate for submission. These are some of the things to watch out for:
* Do not submit mirror sites or sites that contain duplicate content, but have different URLs. Your sites may be deleted from the submitted list.
* Do not submit disguise submissions and submit the same URL twice. An example is when you submit http://www.dmoz.org and http://www.dmoz.org/index.html
* Do not submit site that just redirect to another website address.
* Do not submit websites that have illegal content. Examples of illegal content are content on child pornography, and libel. Materials advocating, soliciting or promoting illegal activity like theft, fraud, and violence are not allowed in the directories.
* Pornographic websites should be properly placed under adult category.
