Where can I find either web directories or decent sites that will link back to me...without paying thru the nose?
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Hi Community!
For starters, from my question, you can probably determine that I am either a novice, or very low intermediate SEO person. We all know, links are king with our friends at Google. I am a recently-retired IT person with a very small freelance IT company (just me), and I'd like to generate more leads/business. I'd be thrilled with one or two small jobs per week to supplement my pension. I've used the MOZ tools only to determine the majority of my competitors have like a thousand links, whereas Google reports me as having 97 links. My on-page grades are all upper 90s and a couple are at 100%. I am not targeting really competitive keywords, so that's not my problem. My problem is my DA, which is sitting at a mere 20...pause to laugh! I don't want to pay thru the nose for high DA links for the obvious reasons. I submitted my URLs to as many directories as I could find. Would anyone have a decent list of sites where I could submit my URL to get some more links? Thanks guys and Gals!
Willy
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Do you do local, in-person services, or work only online?
Are these directories that real people are likely to visit to look for your services?
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Yext is great for local directories if you can afford it. Another alternative is Bright Local.
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Thanks, Kevin. Is their Starter Package OK? Is that what you're using? As I mentioned, I am only doing this SEO now work to promote my own VERY small business. One or two small jobs per week are all I really want since I'm really enjoying retirement, and really don't want to work very hard! Therefore, a fee of $4 per week is quite reasonable if it yields results. Thanks a million for responding. My real hope is that I eventually get good at SEO and I can take on clients that will actually pay me !
Thanks again,
Billy
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If your interested in local directories, Yext works great for us. It provides up to 72 directories, all managed through 1 dashboard.
Hope this helps.
KJr
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