Niche Directories

Niche directories are directories that consider a specific niche. They come in two types:

- Niche by area.
- Niche by topic.

Niche by area only lists sites that concern themselves with a particular area (such as UK, Texas, Australia etc.), whereas Niche by topic only concern themselves for specific topics, such as Shopping Directories, Travel Directories or Forum Directories, or they offer a unique way to get listed such as Bidding Directories or toplists.

There are a number of reasons why you should advertise on Niche Directories, these are:

- Highly Relevant Searches: You'll probably get people visiting the directory site from relevant searches in google. If you're on there, they'd probably click through.
- Usually Better Managed: the owner will probably spend more time keeping the directory clean from spurious and irrlevant results, thus making it stronger. (I say this is probable, read the next section for advice on finding a relevant niche directories).

Here's what I'd do to find a good niche directory.

- Google Search: Google [your chosen keyword] + "directory" (without the [], + and ": so if you were looking for Travel Directories, google "travel directory"), see what comes up - make a note of the top 30 in them.
- See How Well They're Indexed: Get the URL of the directory, and do a search in google: site:[url-without-http://]. If few pages appear, then the chances of getting any result from submission are quite slim.
- Check the quality of backlinks: Visit a few sites in the directory. Do you want your sites associated with them? If not, then don't submit.
- Check Price & Terms of Submission: How much does it cost? How long does it take to get accepted? What happens if your submission is refused? If accepted, how long is your submission live? What payment processor is used? Ask yourself these questions before submitting.