To make your blog popular you need to work hard by writing quality content that's worth linking back. But not everything you write gets noticed, does it? That's when you apply a different strategies. Submitting your blog to various directories is one of them.
Here's a list of blog directories to increase your blog's reputation, visibility and traffic:
1. Blog Catalog has a huge number of categories, while offering the ability to search by country, language or user. It offers a convenient access through a simple registration. If you're looking to promote your blog, find blogs or connect with other bloggers, this site is for you.- PR 6
2. Blogarama a free listing would place your blog in the approval queue, which takes around 30 days to process. However, you're ready to offer a reciprocal link, and manage to send them 10 unique visitors, your site will be listed within 24hrs! This looks weird initially but works great.
- PR 6
3. Blogflux has a very clean and simple interface. It features a blog directory, themes, stat tracking and various other services like polls and quiz.
3. Blogflux has a very clean and simple interface. It features a blog directory, themes, stat tracking and various other services like polls and quiz.
- PR 6
4. Blogging Fusion has over 65 categories. Blogging Fusion does not have a great interface though.
- PR 5
5. Best of the Web Blog Search approval ratio is low as they are too selective. Listing your blog here would need you to shell out some money. A link from here is majestic.
- PR 6
6. Bloggeries is one of the most trusted blog directories with a fairly simple interface. It features other services like a theme directory, polls and a blog stats counter.
- PR 5
7. Technorati’s blog directory is a highly reputed blog directories and one of my favorites. Once you claim your blog, Technorati ranks your blog based on it's activity. The higher your blog's rank the more traffic you get. Google values blogs on Technorati, so submit your blog now.
- PR 8
8. Bloggernity is a clean and very simple site. Features a lot of quality blogs.
- PR 6
9. Blog Hints features over 30 categories and just under 480 sub categories. Very selective about which blogs are included.
- PR 5
10. Blog Search Engine remains one of the most selective blog directories on the web. With over 70 categories it definitely looks impressive with a cool and fresh design.
- PR 3
11. Blog Universe has been there for quite some time. Although it has less content compared to other sites, it's still a good directory to submit your blogs.
- PR 5
12. Brit blogs does force you to think that it's a location based directory, although it's not. Anybody can submit their blogs here.
- PR 6
13. Blog Digger is a search tool, mainly focused on local blog listings. Adding your blog here is a piece of cake.
- PR 6
14. Blog Directory has a various categories, but I'm not quite impressed with the blogs that have been listed here. It's still worth a try.
- PR 4
15. Blogio interface is quite similar to DMOZ. However, the number of blog listings are very less.
- PR 4
16. Bloglisting does have an approval queue. So if you submit your blog here, be ready to wait for sometime till it's approved. The service is free, but they are picky on quality blogs.
- PR 6
17. Blogville is a fast growing blog directory with a very simple and user friendly interface.
- PR 5
18. Globe of Blogs has a very nice design and everything is so organized. No hassles submitting your blog. The site space has been decently allotted to ads which shouldn't bother you. You can search blogs by author, title, topic, location and even birthday.
- PR 7
19. OnToplist.com a free directory with many other features like social networking, article submission, providing auto submissions to Facebook and Twitter. They also provide SEO Services.
- PR 6
20. Photo Blog Directory is for blogs related to photography. They have a good number of categories.
- PR 4
21. Spillbean is a very clean an simple directory focused mainly on blog submissions.
- PR 4
These are some of the best blog directories which will help drive targeted traffic apart from getting a precious backlinks to your blog.