Increasing your web traffic and rank in search engines is probably one of your major goals, at least as far as your online business is concerned. One great way to increase your traffic and weight in the search engines is to submit to directories.

Submitting to directories is certainly a good plan if you are interested in increasing the number of links to your web page. As you may already know, the more links you have the higher search engines will rank your web page based on its popularity. This is one of the greatest benefits of submitting to directories because your site will receive many back links and carry a higher weight with the search engines. As a result, your site will be ranked higher by the search engines and have more links for people to click on and end up at your site.

Another benefit your site will enjoy by being listed in a directory is increased credibility. The reason being part of a directory increases credibility is because an actual person must review your site for quality content before it is listed in a directory. Because of this, when your site is listed in a directory web searchers immediately know your website provides relevant information and will be more likely to pay you a visit.

Both of these benefits of submitting to directories result in your ultimate goal, which is increasing traffic. Go ahead and start submitting to directories today and increase your links on the web as well as your credibility and enjoy the extra traffic and ranking.

Ron is the CTO for Dice Ventures Inc an internet holdings and development company.

For more information on directory submission services check out Ron's website promotion service site or our visit our Canadian MBA resources.