It has been awhile since my last free directory update. I have recently found some new free directories which are listed below for your submission (and back link) pleasure:

(Directory name – Yahoo back links – Google PR)

Blue Abstract – 0 – 0
directory.ipgp.net – 8,340 – 3
World Links Directory – 5,050 – 3
chestnut6floor directory – 0 – 4
Waikey Web Directory – 12,200 – 3
MyDigLog Directory – 1,450 – 0
PR Fresh Directory – 37 – 0
Directory General Web Directory – 40 – 0
Social Networking Blog – 561 – 0
WeLink2U – 317 – 0
2Sky Frsh SEO Directory – 0 – 0
Best One Way Links – 6 – 0
StrongBackLinks Directory – 45 – 0
The Web Directory – 42,900 – 4
aCotm – 3,960 – 4

Good luck and happy submitting!

Good domains are getting harder and harder to come by. In order to get a leg up on the competition and grab a good domain you will need a little help. Well, that help is here in the form of a site to help find expiring domains – check out – Dropscout.com for more info.

One of my favorite SEO/SEM people, Aaron Wall over at SEO Book just released a cool new Web tool called – Website Health Check.

It is a great tool to keep you website SEO optimized by checking:

* Missing Title Tags and Description
* Missing Descriptions
* Duplicate Title Tags
* Duplicate Descriptions
* www vs non-www (canonical)
* Multiple Index Pages
* Check Error Handling

You can check it out for free here – Website Health Check

As the Web gets bigger the competition for exposure, eyeballs and attention will become even more heated. If you own a blog you more sites, blogs and general resources become available there is less chance people will actually find your blog as there will be even more competition for traffic. If you would like to try and keep your blog more visible one way you can do this is by submitting your blog to RSS feeds. Below is a small list to get your started. Good luck!

*** http://feedfury.com/
*** http://www.rssmicro.com/
*** http://www.millionrss.com/add-my-feed.php
*** http://www.strategicboard.com/addblog.php
*** http://www.mobispine.com/Feed/Publish/Buttons.do
*** http://www.feedsubmitter.com/
*** http://pingomatic.com/
*** http://feedshark.brainbliss.com/
*** http://www.globalsyndication.com/directory-submit

Microsoft wants in on Google’s dominance in free Website analytics. Google bought Urchin, which was a very popular analytics package and then offered it free to users. This was a big move as the package was previously not considered inexpensive. Many speculate that Google offers the package for free in order to get additional intelligence on Web activity (and to probably control the world in the near future).

Now Microsoft is offering it’s own free Website analytics package. It is called Gatineau and it appears to have some interesting and cool features not offered on Google Analytics. Some of the features, unique or not, include, but are not limited to:

- Click and visitor tracking
- Marketing campaign reporting
- Conversion tracking
- Demographic and geographic segmentation
- Paid and natural search analysis
- Visitor information including browsers, languages, operating systems and resolutions

I feel this is a very good move for Microsoft and one that Yahoo should (and probably eventually will) follow. Below are links for additional information and free registration.

Here were some early pictures and info – ‘Cant’t beat a good rank’ blog

Invitation to join (currently limited to US residents only) – Gatineau invite

General information – Marketing Pilgrim