Directory Submission is one of the methods of website promotion. If you want to know how you can promote your site with the help of directory submission first you have to understand what is a web directory. A web directory is a site which is classified in several categories and subcategories. Your job is to submit your site under most suitable category for your site. Some directories allow free submissions and to others you have to pay to get listed.

If you want your site to have better rankings on a search engine result page you need to have one way links pointing towards your site. Greater will be the number of one way link better will be the page rank of your site. This is what a web directory actually gives you.

There are two methods of submitting your site to directories first one is manual directory submission and second is automatic with the help of a directory submissions software. You can also find some SEO companies on the web which offer directory submission on reasonable prices.

Directory submission is a good method for promoting a site on the world wide web but this method should be combined with some other link building techniques for better and faster results.

Some additional techniques which are used to build links are article submission to various article directories with you link in the resource box, Submission of your website to several social book marking sites , blog commenting and press release distribution. You can also swap links with the sites related to your site this technique is known as reciprocal link exchange.