Answers to all of your questions & Video!
Hey all, I’ve compiled a list of the questions that you have all asked me. Below you’ll find my answers to all of the questions that have been asked up to this point. Hopefully this helps.
Also, I’ve made a short video tutorial to help answer a few questions that I’ve received at my personal email address. Below is the video…
Click here to watch tutorial video
Popular Questions
1. Who is providing this database of Directories? Is there any fee related to use of this database?
The list of website directories within Directory Submitter comes directly from our database. The database is maintained by our staff, as well as user recommendations etc. If a directory is found to be non existent, it is removed from our database. As we add new directories to the database, they are automatically loaded into the software when opened. Everything is handled automatically so that you get the most up to date list of directories.
No, there’s absolutely no fee! 
2. Do all Directories allow to post your link through this software directly or you need to sign up first?
All of the directories within Directory Submitter are free directories that do not require an account with each directory. Simply select the directory within the software that you would like to submit to, by double-clicking on the website in the upper frame. This will load the directory in the bottom frame, and will populate all of the required fields for your submission. Then click the submit button within the website itself and your site has been submitted.
3. How do you know that your link exists? Do you have any kind of monitoring feature?
Most of the directories will instantly add your link. There are a few that do not add links in real-time. What will happen is they will contact you immediately after your link has been added. An email will be sent to the email address you input into the new project window of Directory Submitter.
4. It seems that Google now likes to see some text when linking to sites. Could the fact that we are just listing a link be a problem?
That is correct. Google and other major search engines give high priority to websites that contain their main keyword in the “anchor text” of the links. When you submit your website to these directories, almost all will list your link using the “anchor text” you choose. The “anchor text” is called “title” within Directory Submitter, and you can list as many “titles” as you wish.
5. Can you perform a “shift” key function and submit to multiple directories at one time or is the process - One Directory at a time?
It is best to submit to 1 directory at a time, as each directory requires different criteria. By submitting to 1 directory at a time, you’re ensuring that you submit the “right” information to the specific directory.
6. What is the difference between the Standard and Gold versions?
The Standard version of Directory Submitter allows you to submit an unlimited number of websites to 350 website directories. The Gold version allows you to submit an unlimited number of websites to over 1,700 websites directories.
7. Does Directory Submitter only submit to free directories?
At this time, yes, but in the future, we plan to add categories to Directory Submitter. Once this is in place, we will be adding a list of paid directories.
8. Is the software Apple friendly?
At this time, Directory Submitter is not Mac compatible. Sorry.
9. Fantastico idea, one question doesn’t SEO elite not already find directories?
1 of the very minor features of SEO Elite is to submit your website to “reciprocal link directories”. These types of directories are much different than a “website directory”. Website directories are one-way links to your website. Reciprocal link directories require that you link back to the website, which is not nearly as powerful and beneficial of a link to acquire.
10. I just click a button and automatically get one way links from these 1800 sites?
No, you need to select which website directory you would like to submit to. The software will auto fill all of the required fields, greatly reducing the amount of time spent manually typing in this information. You click the submit button and then your website is submitted to that directory. Once this is finished, you may move to the next directory and so on…
11. Do all of these directories have SEO friendly links–they do not use the *nofollow* tag?
We do our best to include directories that do not contain a nofollow tag, but we cannot guarantee this to be the case, as we have no control over whether or not a directory will add a nofollow tag after it’s been added to our software.
I will say this though… I would not be concerned about that, as it only takes a few seconds to submit to a directory, and you may very well get traffic directly from the directory with the nofollow tag. So, although the directory link wouldn’t help with your search engine rankings, you may still receive traffic from the directory itself.
12. Is directory list for English sites only?
That is correct. In the future we may add other languages if there is enough demand for this.
13. How do we know which of these directories are deemed high enough quality to not hurt our rankings?
I know of no directory listing that could actually hurt your rankings if you place your website in a category that is at least somewhat related to the theme of your website. If adding your website to directories could hurt your ranking, you could easily harm a competitor’s website, and Google and others are much smarter than that.
14. I’ve been told that building TOO MANY back links TOO quickly can get a site penalized, as the Search Engines view it as an unnatural occurrence. Is this true?
The speed of link building is not the problem. It is more the consistency that you get links. If you get 1,000 links on day 1, you should try to get 1,000 links every day thereafter. Obviously that’s not realistic, so I would start with a number that you think you could consistently get each day. Just try to stay consistent. You can taper off after awhile, but don’t get 1,000 links on day 1 and then 0 everyday thereafter.
15. Is there a column that will tell me which ones I have submitted to and date I submitted?
Yes, there is a column labeled “last submitted” which includes the date that your website was submitted to the specific directory.
16. Looks good, can’t wait to try it out! What’s the catch? Why would you give away good, useful software?
As I’ve mentioned in the blog posts, the goal of this website is to create a powerful community of users all helping one another. If the Standard version of the software is free, nobody has an excuse that they cannot afford it. I want the software to help everyone!
17. How is your different or better from the rest of the submission programs?
Most of the other submission programs I have come across…
- Are very “clunky” and not user friendly.
- Don’t have nearly as many dircetories as our new program has.
- Have a bunch of “reciprocal link directories” included, which don’t help much with rankings these days.
- Don’t autofill the required website data fields consistently
- Don’t contain Google Page Rank and Alexa Rank data, so you can choose which directories are best to submit to first.
- Don’t have the ability to request new directories to be included in the software.
** - And most of all… Don’t have the AWESOME member community that we’ll have here!
18. If you buy the GOLD version, will you get free upgrades to new directories as you and others suggest them forever? If not, is there a way for us to add new directories to our version after it expires manually?
Absolutely! Any product that you ever purchase from us, whether that be Directory Submitter, SEO Elite, Keyword Elite, etc. come with free upgrades for life!
19. Brad, does the software work with Vista?
It sure does.
Do you have anything for the Mac?
Hi Brad, thanks for the directory submitter. This is great software.
It’s my first web and you help me. Thanks, helpfull for me.
The app was very good! hope that you would give us a trial version of SEO Elite and Keyword Elite just have a feel of it before we purchase it.
Brad, Idid indeed recieve the tutorial and i’m highly appreciative, because it was very insiteful.
I am so looking foward to the additional lessons, please send ASAP. As I have been a victom of having paid for a website setup 08/07 and to date have’nt sold a thing, i’ve recieved no technical
direction whatever, only attempts to sell me $2000.00 worth of the education you’re presently
giving, i’ve been hung out to dry.
“GOD BLESS YOU”, FOR YOUR HELP SINCERELY
AL
Nice Job Brad. Thanks for the video. Great use of the modality. It was
basic enough for me as a novice. I thought it was also comprehensive,
and the pace was good. I found the information very useful.
Thank you!
The video was quite informative Brad. I am going to save your e-mail in case I have to refer back.
Hi brad,
Thankyou for the free version of your software. So far we have been getting familiar with submitting our website to the various directories on your software and we think it is great. What we are ideally looking for to really optimise our business due to the nature of it, is a list of Australian directories. Do you have such a list? Would it be possible to compile such a list? Software with a more Localised list of directories would give us more local exposure and possibly more sales, thus being invaluable to our business.
Once again thankyou for the software,we are considering upgrading to the gold version.
all the best,
Jacques and Sally
an invaluable tool for any serious webmaster
Great stuff Brad, I am glad that somebody came out and got this thing going for the rest of us, I downloaded the program and I follow your instructional video and I can say, they are very high quality and I love them, I thank you so much from the bottom of my hear, and i tell you I love them so much, I just had to buy SEO elite and Keyword elite, and they are top quality, and for what they were designed to di, is goldmine,.
Ludier Pabon
www.ebooks-online-stores.com
Hi Brad,
I am unable to connect to the server. I am using the standard version.
The directory submission program is great! Super easy to learn and very beneficial! Thanks so much. You have continued to produce and teach us the proper ways to better us. Thanks Brad
Thanks for mail from my friend, I use this program yesterday. And I am happy now. Thanks again
Hello:
Great product but could be much better if I could upload directories in it that I have saved. Is there a way of building the list ourselves?
Franko
I’ve always been suspicious of anything ‘FREE’, because I’ve learned the ‘hard way’ that there is NO such thing!
However, in this case, the software is FREE and amazingly enuf…useful! Other than ‘follow-up’ emails relavent to the product with additional and helpful info, Brad has ‘delivered’ on his claims with no ‘trailing hitches’…
Thanks,
Lou Williams
AaronsMYO.com
Great software - makes a tedious job a lot easier.
I seem to end up buying all your software - think I might be upgrading this to gold as well !
Thanks
Neil
www.ngbconsult.co.uk
I downloaded the software and I fell in love with it right away, I love the fact that I can cut my time considerably when I use your software, it saved me lots of hours of work, and I get much more results using your program, it is so easy and fun too, and not to mention very, very productive, I am taking my business to the next level thanks to your program… Thank you for sharing with us..
Ludier Pabon
www.ebooks-online-stores.com
Brad
Thanks For Another Bit of Cool Software!
I Also Use SEO Elite (Absolutely Invaluble) and Have Read and Applying The Techniques In Your SEO Marketing and SEO Mindset EBooks
The Result My Website Came In From Launch Date At Rank 83 In Googles Index for Some Very Competitive Keywords
Cheers Brad
Hi, I’ve managed to get a load of good quality links to our new Spain dating site. I even upgraded but have I sure got a project on my hands with this lot.
I note some links don’t work or load and quite a few dirs submission pages don’t work either.
Anyway, it’s made my life easier and I’m on page 1 for ’spain dating’ already. Now that can’t be bad.
Regards
What can one say, just another Brad Callen fantastic product.
Thanks Brad
Hey Brad
What would you charge to help me work on my website…..I could use some professional help. I am currently writing an e-book and working on getting pictures for the site.
Thanks
Pat
I installed the software (free version) about two weeks ago and started posting to directories. I post about 4 -5 directories every day.
Is there any benefit to posting a couple every week or should I post as many as possible in as short a time as possible? Can anyone recommend one strategy over the other?
Thanks
Charles
www.TaylorScrubs.com
Thank you so much for your video guidance. This is just what I needed. You guys are brilliant
Hello,
Brad,
I would like to know if there is a way to download this video to my laptop and study it lster, as I’m going on my hols soon and would like to take it with me. I have tried to save it etc, but to no avail can you help me or is it that you just don’t want it saved to a persons pc/laptop.
looking forward to your reply,Regards,
Harry. harrydoroba@yahoo.com
I watched the video, and I’m ready to submit (my B&B website, that is) — but I can’t find a link? Admittedly, I’m of the Fred Flintstone era, but can you help me?
Many thanks,
Sandy
Hi Brad,
After signing up, I forgot to download Directory Submitter onto my PC. Where would I go to download it since I am unable to access it through the initial registration form as I am already signed up? Secondly, is it possible to download it not only onto my PC but also Laptop?
Your help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks…Paul.
P.S. I bought SEO and Keyword Elite some time ago and whenever I have chance :), I look forward to using them soon.
It really has a nice interface. Looks like a great piece of software.
HI I have downloaded directory submitter to my Mac OS 10x desktop. I can’t open it. Does this work on MAC OS? What am I supposed to do with the download. Which application will open it? I have office 0;8 MAC.
Thanks for the help
DJL
informative, don’t have time to finish my web site now, but in the very, very near future I will and will be using you submitter.
I have only had my site up for about a month. I hope that using the submiter will help.
Tnx. Norm.
What a wonderful surprise to have a great tutorial on using something I just kept staring at last night. Thank you very much, Brad.
Its a Great Software.
This is good tool helping me to submit my sites to many directory with less hard work. thanks
Directory Submitter Gold is great! It is so easy to use, thank you Brad.
Hi Brad,
I’d like to watch your video but I’m on dial-up and it takes forever to play/load. Can you make the video a download that I can watch off-line? It would also be good to have the video off-line so I can refer to it in the future if need be. If not, I’ll work my way through the software and refer to the answers above that you have presented already.
Having a download link though and the video in a generic file type playable on any type of media player (I don’t use Windows Media Player, I use IrfamView which can display almost every type of media file) would be excellent for anyone who is on dial-up or just wants to be able to replay it in the future.
Hoping this is possible,
Rowdy Rhodes
Freelance Writing Organization - Int’l
http://www.fwointl.com/
thank you!!! I Learn A lot from here. good to share
This looks like a great SEO resource - as most people may know, incoming links to your website are necessary for a successful SEO campaign. Great product!
The video was very helpful. Wished you had e-mailed it earlier. I did not receive it until 3-4 days after I first downloaded the software. I have the standard version. I had to learn some of it by trial and error.
I have clicked on about 15-20 of them altogether so far. Not all the listed directories are free. Some are asking for $1 or free only if you add a reciprocal link.
There were also a few I came across which did not exist anymore or had trouble connecting to them.
Regards,
Elaine
http://www.affiliate-internetbiz.com
http://www.affordable-luxury-resorts.com
http://www.advancedtransformations.com.au
I’d love to give it a try. But apparently there’s no Mac version. Any plans to release one?
Hi Brad , Thanks for all these answers , but can you tell us whether we can add directories manually to this submitter software , i have a list of over 5000 of them…cheers!!!
Hi Brad,
Thanks for your wonderful free service. I found the free version very useful and will be buying the GOLD very soon.
Prahalad
Brad,
Excellent stuff!
Harry
I WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, PLEASE, make all of your software Apple friendly.
E-MAIL allmarsd@aol.com
woa.. this tool so great and work fine for me.. thank.. i decide to be a gold use later..
go for ur success dude..
Thank you so much Brad. I am really going to enjoy working with this software.
To your continued success