In a previous interview with featured shopkeeper Hanane Jo, she mentioned that she promotes her Zlioshop mainly via web directories. For those of you who aren’t too familiar with web directories, they are a great way to get your Zlioshop out there and drive more traffic to your page: 

A Little “Web Directory 101″

• A web directory or link directory is a directory on the world wide web. It specializes in linking to other web sites and categorizing those links.
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• A web directory is not a search engine, it lists web sites by category and subcategory instead of keywords. 
• The categorization is usually based on the whole web site, rather than one page or a set of keywords, and sites are often limited to inclusion in only one or two categories. 
• Web directories often allow site owners to directly submit their site for inclusion, and have editors review submissions.
• There are both paid submission web directories and free submission web directories

Try a Google search for “web directory” and “shopping directory” and look for the link  “submit” or “suggest url.” We’ve provided a little list to get you started:

1. Elib.org Shopping Directory
2. DMOZ Open Directory Project
3. Monster Marketplace
4. PlanetOnline Electronic Shopping Directory
5. HotVsNot Web Directory
6. Online Stores Web Directory
7. The Web Stores Directory
8. Aalsmeer Web Directory
9. It’s All About Links
10. Romow Shopping Web Directory   

Do you know of a web or shopping directory that should be here? Let us know in a comment!

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