Deep Link Directories

I have noticed that alot of directories do not allow deep linking on their directory but ask that you only submit your home page. Why is that? What difference does it make which page you want your link to go to? I think that deep linking is very important for any site regardless if is a directory or not. Having links point to your inner pages can make your directory alot more powerful, and it is even better if you can get relevant links pointing to those inner pages. There are other benifits of deep linking to your inner pages as well, one is that will help those inner pages rank better on the search engines, sure it is nice to have your homepage rank for a few keywords but I think it would better to also those inner pages rank as well.

For example, what if someone is looking for a graphic artist directory, they will probably go to google and type that in, if your graphic artist category is well optimized with a few links pointing at it then there is a pretty good chance that you will rank for the keyword graphic artist directory, thus sending quality traffic to your directory and hopefully that will traffic will turn into sales.

As you can see there are advantages to pointing links at your inner pages, and these are the same reasons why some webmasters like directories that allow deep links, it helps there inner pages rank better on the search enignes.

I have a few sites listed on my directory that allows deep linking the list is small but they are very good directories to be listed in if you are looking for deep links for you site. See them here Deep Link Directories