Article directory

One way to get targeted traffic to your websites and quality backlinks at the same time is to write and submit articles to high page rank article directories such as Article Dashboard. There are a lot high quality article directories online that allow you to submit your article to their database for free. Simply type "article directory" or "free article directory" in Google and you will get a lot of article directories to submit your articles. Most article directories give the author an opportunity to promote their websites or products at the end of the article and this is where you usually get your backlinks.

Technorati

Previously, I discussed about how to submit your webpages to directories and social bookmarking sites as a search engine optimization technique. Continuing from there, I would like to recommend Technorati, a very popular site that offers both blog directory submission and social bookmarking services. The reason why I recommend Technorati is because unlike most blog directory, it approves your blog submission immediately and doesn't require any link back to them.

Directories

One very important step in search engine optimization is to generate plenty of quality inbound links i.e. webpages linking to your site. To achieve this, submitting your URL to directories is a very good way of generating quality inbound links. One very famous free directory that you must submit to is the Open Directory. Getting your site an optimum listing in the Open Directory is of vital importance because Google gives a lot of importance to sites being listed in the Open Directory.