No doubt directory submission is part of search engine optimization, SEO. In order to achieve a higher page rank, it is important to build as many backlinks as possible. Many of us can’t afford the paid directory submissions and constantly look for free links. This post is dedicated to them. Today, I am going to introduce three new directories that allow you to submit your site for free. Not only that, you can tag your site and at the same time make money online. Great isn’t it. 
Most of us are aware that there are certain benefits for directory submissions. For example, if you submit your site to a niche directory, it tends to drive more traffics to your site. Moreover, niche directories enable the user to find one’s site much more quickly as most users know exactly the content that they are looking for and can get to it in a speedy fashion. Recently most of the directories provide tagging services too. With tags, it is easier for users to find your site.
1. Bla.st
What makes Bla.st different from the rest of directories out there is that it is a free visual card directory and advertising network. Not only you get to promote your site for free, you get to make money online too. You can earn money with with the widget and referral programme. For every new sign-up at Bla.st, you can earn 50% of bla.st referral sales. Because Bla.st is a visual card directory, you can put bla.st cards on your site with the bla.st widget. It’s easy, looks great, and has flexible layout and colour options.
To add a card, you need to have an image file that is a GIF, JPEG or PNG, less than 30KB in file size and exactly 270 x 165 pixels in size @ 72dpi. In order to have the best response from your card, it is advised to use both text and graphics in your card design. Once you got that, just submit to your card to the respective directories.
Here’s a sample of referral link:
2. Tag A Cloud
Don’t you wish that your site can be listed on clouds. Now you can do it with Tag A Cloud. The basic idea of Tag A Cloud is to create a tag that represents your site. What you need to do is to claim your site and create a tag for it. A tag is a descriptive phrase or a creative tagline describing your site. Once you have added your tag, it gets added to the Tag Cloud. Nice huh.
If you would like have your site tagged in Tag Cloud, your goal is simple. You should try to become the biggest tag on the TagACloud website. The bigger the tag, the more hits it gets. It is that simple. So how do get the tag to be bigger?. Your tag gets bigger every time it levels up! And the only way to get your tag to level up is by accumulating points. Points can be acquired in many different ways, but the two primary ways to acquire points are as follows:
- Get Clicked: your tag gets 1 point for every click that your tag receives.
- Incoming Hits: your tag gets 2 points for every hit you send to your tag on TagACloud.com. You can get tag specific code via your “Get Tag Code” page.
3. TagAPage
Well, Tag A Page is the brother-in-law of Tag A Cloud. If You have heard of the Million Dollar Page, then you would probably know Tag a Page. It uses the same concept as the Million Dollar Page with tags instead of banners. Since the Million Dollar Page had been a huge success, Tag A Page aims to become the next Million Dollar Page and provide advertisers with tons of traffic. There are three ways to get tagged at Tag a Page.
1. exclusive (starting at only $5 per character) - if you want to get the highest exposure this is the type of tag for you. The font size, the color and the background color for these tags can be customized. Your tag will be added for one year on the homepage (PageRank 7) and on top of the following pages: free tags #1 (PageRank 6), free tags #2 (PageRank 6), free tags #3 (PageRank 6), free tags #4
2. shared ($3 per character) - your site will be listed along with other sites that use the same tag. This will bring you targeted traffic and will give you the edge over your competitors. You’ll be able to edit the title and the description for your site
3. free - your site will appear on the free tags page #4. You won’t be able to customize your tag
That’s it. Those are the three directories that I submitted recently. So how about you?. Any nice directories that you would like to share?.
