Directory Backlinks

Another way to see how powerful a directory can be for your site is to check the current backlinks that the directory has pointing to it. Some directories only have backlinks from other directories which is not a bad thing, the problem is that most of the smaller directories are not that powerful themselves. Links from directories like botw.org or yahoo directory are very powerful and can help add more value to a directory listing.

When checking for backlinks the first place I look is at the google backlinks. Why? I just like google better even though they do not show all of the backlinks pointing to a site. The next place I check is MSN which is alot faster it seems when it comes to picking up links, however when msn and yahoo crawls a site they do not go very deep on the first round, it usally takes quite a few crawls before they pick up all of the links.

Anyway, if a directory does not have a large amount links pointing at it then there is a pretty good chance that your site will not benifit much. I would say that 500 or more google backlinks is pretty good for a new directory to have, it shows that the owner is really trying to do something to make the directory more powerful for sites listed. Just a few things to think about when checking for backlinks.