Adult dating directories – a good choice for adult SEO?
Whenever “directory submission” comes into discussion, there are some SEOs saying it does not bring any value at all and other SEOs saying it still works and should definitely be a part of the whole link building strategy. But what happens when you are trying to promote adult websites, promotion that most of the times gets stuck due to the fact there are not so many link opportunities as for other industries. This is where a good adult directory comes into the game!
First of all, building a natural link profile should be any SEO goal: mixture of anchors text, diversified places from where the backlinks come, link to inner page, these all make a good path to follow when diving into link building. When promoting a let’s say adult dating website in adult directories you should first try to find as much as possible about the adult directory you are trying to grab a link from, things like:
- Directory page rank
- Domain age
- Alexa rank
- Directory should not auto-approve listings
- Links should be dofollow
A good adult dating directory is one that meets all the above requirements under one single roof. Although temptation to submit to auto-approve directories or networks of thousands of directories is quite big, there’s nothing more wrong than doing that. Always aim for quality instead of quantity.
There are many general directories that have a category for adult dating maybe, however most of them try to avoid adding this niche so the next step would be to find those laser targeted adult directories, strictly created for this industry. Getting listing in an adult directory will “announce” Google your website is relevant to this niche and anchor text will pass the value to your website.
When adding directory submission to your adult dating website’s link building strategy try to avoid these mistakes:
- Diversify your links – do not create only links from directory submission
- Avoid automation – instead of getting thousands of links from un-related directories try to get only those relevant ones that really can make a difference
- If an adult directory requires a small fee do not hesitate and pay it! The value that it delivers definitely worth the money
In the end, although promotion of an adult dating site might be more difficult, there are so many opportunities from where you can grab a backlink and adult directories are definitely a great piece of the entire puzzle.