How do the directory owner approve/rejects a link?

[learn2earn]

The question says it all. I mean do they use software or they do it manually by themselves.

[Kay]

Hmm, good question! I always assumed they did it manually to ensure the links didn't violate their site's TOS but I could be wrong.

[mburt]

The best directories like DMOZ, or Yahoo approve the submissions manually.

However there are directories that do it automatically.

[learn2earn]

The best directories like DMOZ, or Yahoo approve the submissions manually.

However there are directories that do it automatically.

Directories like Dmoz and yahoo have lot of editors working for them to approve or decline the links manually.

[mala]

I am a directory owner. I approve manually and I believe every directory owner does the same.

[decipher]

In most cases you will find that the directory website(s) will ping the given site to see if you have provided a backlink to the directory; and if so they will automatically accept you.

I personally dont recommend this as it is one of the very reasons search engines have started to dis-credit directory backlinks in my opinion.

There are ofcourse many large scale directories and most all of them do manual approval; hence providing a higher quality backlink to your site that actually gets credit, provided that its placed with in a niche area that is.

Thanks!

[soney218]

Hello All,

I have 3 directories. I approve links manually twice a week.
It is very pain to approve links becoz so many link submitters are spamming with adding of keyword stuff in description.