We built BOTW UK to bring our web directory services to users and site owners in the UK. SEW spoke with BOTW president and founder Greg Harnett about his company’s upcoming birthday, how the industry has evolved since its founding, and where BOTW...
Some of the higher-quality directories like BOTW are still worth a submission, but I wouldn't waste much time submitting to any of the lower-end ones, at least not when you're starting out. Second Wave: A good directory listing like BOTW, more of...
Start with DMOZ, Yahoo Directory, BOTW, and niche directories for your industry. Searching for sites to get links from can be time-consuming, and often frustrating. With search engine results filled with Made for AdSense sites (MFAs) it's time to...
We do recommend a number of "general" directories, like Yahoo Directory, BOTW, etc.and also have found niche directories that we recommend based on the vertical the client site is in. I recently asked the founder, Patrick Gavin, all about the...
Some are one-time fees, while others are yearly renewals (BOTW and some others offer an option). Yahoo charges annually, and for the same cost, a permanent, editable link and description is available at BOTW.
I list most of my clients in this directory and with their local directory and quite a few with the big directory at BOTW.org. BOTW.org Playing in your own neighborhood is an important part of directory and linkbuilding research.
If you have a client with hundreds or thousands of physical locations, and they have extra money to spend, consider entering into a large-scale agreement with BOTW, Superpages.com, or any of the other respected local directories.
We need unique content for this Web site, unique links from other sources (Yahoo directory listings, DMOZ, BOTW.org, others), and links from other relevant Web sites, alternating the anchor text used for the links (don't always use "photo blanket...
You can also test out the new BOTW local directory, which can be submitted to for free, although I recommend the premium listing that's on sale right now for $5 per month. I never seem to have enough time.
The BOTW boys were quick to find and post the mistake Ask made on their homepage. Guess Jeeves was the strong speller in that crew! Is the staff that annoyed by the break up that they don't care anymore?
BOTW is the king of this, but even Brian Prince's kid thought the kangaroo shirts were cool. Beyond SEO best practices, I polled our SEO team to come up with the top five "non-SEO" tasks that can help support the SEO process and get Web sites...
Vote Which Charity Gets the Money @ IM-NY SES Party sponsored by BOTW, AimClear Here we've collected today's top news stories posted to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with search-related headlines from around the Web:
BOTW is asking the community to vote from a list of possible charity recipients. Each year coinciding with a major SEM conference, The Internet Marketers of NY throw a Manhattan party bash to benefit a deserving charity.
Some of the basic directories you'll want to get listed in include Yahoo Business Directory, BOTW.org, Business.com, DMOZ, and try to find industry-focused directories. Last week I discussed off page SEO (define).
We'd like to welcome our newest Search Engine Watch Forums moderator. Greg Hartnett has been helping SEOs and SEMs navigate the web for years. Not only that, he's president of one company and CEO of another: now.
BOTW Does Blog Search ? Here's a rundown on ways to read and listen to what happened. Live Coverage Barry Schwartz and team (see a photo of the gang here) were busy semi-live blogging many of the sessions.
