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RealtySiteReview Directory: http://www.realtysitereview.com/

This directory is specific to the real estate industry and is categorized by state.  They do not require a reciprocal link.

The URL was originally purchased in December of 2005.  The Internet WayBackMachine doesn’t show the site live until June 14, 2006.  At that time, the site stated, “1306 agent listings in 8 states “.  The WayBackMachine shows that the current version of the site with all 50 states went live at the end of October 2006.  As of November 16, 2007, the site states “over 1004 agent listings covering 50 states”.

The code on the site is a bit messy having the title tags in the body and table tags in the head.  There are also missing ‘<’ on some of the tags. 

They claim to be the ‘fastest growing real estate directory on the web’ and as of November 16, there were 46 agents listed in their Massachusetts section.  I did a search on Google for ‘real estate directory’, ‘real estate agent directory’, ‘Massachusetts real estate’ and ‘Massachusetts realtors’ and the site did not show up within the first six pages of results.

I submitted a client site and was listed within one day.  Within a few weeks of getting included in the directory, I did a search for the client’s site on Google.  Their ‘printable’ page on realtysitereview.com did show up on the first page of results, however, this ‘printable’ page does not include a link back to the client, only a mention of the URL.  The page with my client’s URL did not show up in the results at all.

Google Page Rank of http://www.realtysitereview.com/ as of November 16, 2007: page rank 4

JoeAnt Directory: http://www.joeant.com/

This is a multi-category directory that charges $39.99 per submission, however, if you are an editor, the submission to their directory is free.  You can become an editor at http://www.joeant.com/editor_application.html.  You must choose one topic to edit.  To submit your own site, you should make sure you choose the topic that best fits your website.  

When submitting your description, make sure that you describe your website and not your services.   Inclusion in the directory is instantaneous once an experienced editor approves your listing.  This usually takes a few days.

This is a good directory as they do not require a reciprocal link.

Page Rank of http://www.joeant.com/ as of November 13, 2007: page rank 6
Page Rank of http://www.joeant.com/ as of May 8, 2008: page rank 5

R-TT Directory: http://directory.r-tt.com/

This is a multi-category directory that allows free submissions.  In order to get your site listed in this online directory, you have to have a reciprocal link back to their site.  This is the link that they asked me to include when I submitted to their directory - Data Recovery.  They also have a requirement that the linking site be indexed by Google.  They say that if your site is not indexed by Google, regardless of page rank, they will not accept your link submission.

I like that they set their reciprocal link to point to a different website, www.r-tt.com versus directory.r-tt.com.

Inclusion in the directory is instantaneous as long as you adhere by their requirements.  The submission to the directory is also permanent, meaning your listing will stay in their directory as long as your site exists.

When you submit your site, the directory will take your description and title directly from your meta and Title tags.  You can then modify this information and also include a list of keywords.  Your description must be less than 256 characters.

Page Rank of http://directory.r-tt.com as of November 13, 2007: page rank 3
Page Rank of http://directory.r-tt.com as of May 8, 2008: page rank 5