Your thoughts on Best Of The Web
I heard someone say the other day that a link in the Best of the Web Directory was one of the more cost-effective ways to build link strength. I feel somewhat skeptical of this claim since I would think that linkbaiting or other techniques may be more so; on the other hand, as far as directories go, BOTW is probably one of the top, and big enough that it wouldn’t surprise me if Google gave it some weight since it is nearly completely spam-free, human-reviewed and edited and all that.
Have any of you purchased an inclusion there? Did it make a noticeable difference for you? What are your thoughts?
BOTW is a great place to gain a link from, like you said its one of the top tier directories and has very little spam. As far as “a more cost-effective way to build link strength” you have to remember that BOTW is one link. There are far better places to gain a link from, such as a web page which has very relevant content to what the link points to. So while i am saying its a go idea to go after BOTW and other top tier directories im also saying don’t forget about the power of relevant high quality pages out there.