"Link Building is a key to improving your search engine rankings."
The more links that point to your law firms web site, the higher your search engine rankings will be. However, linking to the right directories is very important. Search engines rank directories and give high and low rankings dependant upon usability, popularity and content. Linking to high ranking directories will give your law firms web site the greatest chance to improve its own ranking.
Below are a list of some of the best directories we have found with high page rankings. Most of these links are free, simply click on the 'add' link and follow the instructions for each site to add your law firms web site.
Soon your web site could come up #1 in your local market.
| The Best General Directories | |||
| 1 | Directory | Add | Cost |
| 2 | Google Maps | Add | Free |
| 3 | DMOZ | Add | Free |
| 4 | Yahoo Directory | Add | $299/year for commercial sites, free otherwise |
| 5 | Business.com | Add | $299/year |
| 6 | Best of the Web | Add | Free for non-commercial sites. $99.95/year or $249.95 one-time. |
| 7 | Librarians' Internet Index | Add | Free. |
| 8 | JoeAnt.com | Add | $39.99 one-time fee, free for editors |
| 9 | GoGuides | Add | $69.95 per URL. |
| Other Top General Directories | |||
| Directory | Add | Cost | |
| 10 | Rubber Stamped | Add | $39.95 one-time review fee, refundable if rejected. |
| 11 | Skaffe | Add | One time $44.99 fee, free if you become an editor. |
| 12 | IllumiRate | Add | Free. |
| 13 | Massive Links | Add | $29.99 one-time fee for basic listing, $34.99 one-time for 5-link listing, $69.99/year for premium listings. |
| 14 | Starting Point | Add | $99 annual fee. |
| 15 | Gimpsy | Add | $49 to be reviewed within 72 hours, $20 refund if site is turned down. Free submit available, but can take months to be listed. |
| 16 | Web Beacon | Add | $39.99 one-time review fee, free for editors. |
| 17 | Site Snoop | Add | $15 one-time fee. |
| The Top Social Media Sites | |||
| 18 | Social Site | Join | Type |
| 19 | Digg | Join | Social news |
| 20 | Delicious | Join | Social bookmarking |
| 21 | StumbleUpon | Join | Social news |
| 22 | Join | Social news | |
| 23 | Propeller | Join | Social news |
| 24 | Mixx | Join | Social news |
| 25 | BlinkList | Join | Social bookmarking |
| The Top Blog Directories | |||
| Directory | Add | Cost | |
| 26 | Blog Catalog | Add | Free. |
| 27 | Eatonweb | Add | $34.99 |
| 28 | Blog Flux | Add | Free. |
| 29 | Best of the Web Blogs | Add | $49.95 |
| 30 | GetBlogs | Add | Free. |
| Top Directories | |||
| Directory | Add | Cost | |
| 31 | yellowpages.com | Add | Free Listing |
| 32 | yelp.com | Add | Free Listing |
| 33 | superpages.com | Add | Free Listing |
| 34 | insiderpages.com | Add | Free Listing |
| 35 | merchantcircle.com | Add | Free Listing |
| 36 | FindLaw.com | Add | Free Listing |
| 37 | yellowbook.com | Add | Free Listing |
| 38 | topix.com | Add | Free Listing |
| 39 | yellowbot | Add | Free Listing |
| 40 | getfave.com | Add | Claim Listing |
| 41 | spoke.com | Add | Free Listing |