Importance of Manual Directory Submission

For webmasters, article submission is a great traffic building method available at an affordable price. In fact, submitting articles in a directory is the chief way to get one-way deep links. While webmasters consider the submission task as an effective tool to promote a website, they ensure that the submission process is done manually producing better results.

As I reviewed several blog posts written by webmasters, I found most of them adding points in favor of manual submission. Curious enough, I went further deep into the subject and found several advantages of manual submission.

Firstly, various directories recognize automatically submitted articles as spam. They may even put up specific instructions related to article submission. For instance, a directory might require providing links solely in the author box. Some might not allow HTML tags, and some might follow the strategy of offering only 2 links in an article. In manual submission, the person assigned for the task will check through the terms and conditions put up on every directory and follow them accordingly. This is something automated submission software cannot do.

From time to time, many directories often insert a few changes here and there. If you manually submit to the directory, you can easily notice those changes and work accordingly.

Automated submission software submits articles to numerous sites within minutes. However, they do it erratically without further checking on the submitted material. The directories, on the other hand, receive a pile of absolute junk. A manual submitter will check for any noticeable error or changes required. If noticed, he/ she can login to the site and edit the article manually.

Every website directory has several categories. If you are manually submitting to the website you can sort the article and place them under the right category. However, an automatic article submission software cannot perform such a task with perfection.