In regards to number 2, make sure that you have a recent posts and recent comments widget in your side bar. This will encourage people to know where they can find your most recent posts.

Also,...

I saw this post earlier today when my partner Terry found it, so I decided to write a series of articles on this topic. Here is the first article. I will have the rest of the series on my website...

thanks man

Is relevant directories key, or just relevant categories within a directory?

Any good press release sites?

Yeah, this is a compliation of several lists I have found, and some other sites that weren't on any lists.

Dan

Here is a list of over 150 Do Follow Blogs for you to utilize. You can comment in the posts of these blogs for high quality back links. I have not included the PR of all the blogs, however I did...

a lot of those directories with the Higher PR are now paying directories. I think getting into Free directories that are just starting to build may be worth it, because if they develop into high PR...

I have created my own directory which is being indexed with Google, so I suppose links there are useful.

If you get a backlink without having to reciprocate, it shouldn't hurt you though in theory, right?

So you should search for directories which are content specific then? Or not at all?

I have submitted my site to about 100 link directories, but I don't find that any of them appear when I use my Google Webmaster Tools to view external links to my site.

Do they help Page Rank?
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