We’ve been using Directory Maximizer for some time and we gotta tell ya – we don’t plan on using any other manual directory submission service any time soon.
They’re just a great company that does what it promises to do, at a very good cost to boot!
Don’t waste your time typing “directory maximize scam” into Google, because you’re quickly bound to fit this service into your Internet marketing arsenal.
You can register for DM at no cost to get a feel for their service.
Here’s our official Directory Maximizer review.
Directory Maximizer – The Good Stuff!
Here’s what I personally appreciate about their service:
1. Some of the best pricing around at a sweet $0.14 per submission. That’s $14 for 100 manual directory submissions. Hard to find better from a solid reputable company. Minimum order is only $5 – take that Fiverr! Ha ha!
2. Versatile submitting options. You can submit one shot or have them submit 100 a month for you. We mix it up depending on the site we’re promoting. I think, right now, we have it set for 100/month on 3 sites with some one-shot orders for several mini-niche sites.
3. Up to 20 Titles/Descriptions per Site. You heard correct. You can input different titles and descriptions to vary your anchors. I usually start by putting in 5 to 10, then adding if needed. I highly recommend using all your available slots. So easy and invaluable!
4. My all time favorite DM feature, they keep track of everything! Whether you do a one-time order based on PageRank or do monthly orders, they keep track of which directories you’ve submitted to so you never submit twice. You never have to worry about a thing and with 1000+ directories (which are continually updated) you’ve got lots to play with.
5. No Hype! They’re just a straight-up manual directory submission service. No extra sales hype or up-selling or pointless emails. They even refund submissions that didn’t work for whatever reason. The refund is credited to your account as MX dollars that you can use later.
Directory Maximizer – The Bad!
- One bad thing that I can think of is their reporting. They do offer reports on which directories they’ve submitted to but don’t really have a nice clean list of URLs that contain your link. They need to fix this. I’ve spoken to them a few times and the option they DO offer is to email them and ask for a sample list of URLs with your link. They will be more than happy to send you a sample report. I’ve done this a few times and they always oblige.
I would rather have all my URLs/reports in my account area for review and this is probably the only thing that bugs me about DM. That’s it.
- Okay. I also wish they would ping or offer an option to help index backlinks. This is not really a negative as they don’t advertise this. It’s just something I would like to see built into Directory Maximizer.
- Also, each submission doesn’t guarantee a listing. That’s not REALLY a bad thing because that’s what manual directory submission is all about.
The important thing is they do submit your site to directories and you do get real listings and those equal great backlinks. Some directories take weeks to list you, which is all good – we’re all for a trickle of backlinks spread over time.
You can ask Directory Maximizer to take care of them for you, which is nice if you want a turnkey experience. We actually handle it ourselves because it only takes a few seconds and they tend to stand out like a sore thumb in your inbox.
Many of the directories use similar scripts so you get used to their email formatting and confirmation procedures.
Will Directory Maximizer Help My Rankings?
Short answer is YES. DM has actually helped us maintain and slowly increase our rankings for SOME real authority keywords and that’s with extreme competition. You have to be patient though and make sure you vary your title and description text for maximum results.
They submit to a nice variety of directories with a sweet range of pagerank. You can even select which PageRank range of directories you would like to submit to.
With our big blogs, we don’t discriminate with PageRank because every link counts when you’re playing to win those big-time keyword rankings.
However for smaller niche sites, we only need a handful of quality links to get on the map. In this instance, we’ll filter it down to only PR2+ or PR1+ directories and hit them with a 50-to-100 directory submission order.
We also make double-sure to ping and/or energize any of our approved DM submission links.
Just like any service or marketing tool, you have to vary it up for real results. Make sure you incorporate some article marketing, social bookmarking and blog commenting into the mix and the rankings will come.
Hope this Directory Maximizer review helps.
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