No Brainer Link from a “Do-Follow” Dental Directory
Links make the internet go-round and here is a free do-followed link from a dental directory that each and every dental office should be taking advantage.
Remember that search engines use inbound links to determine which pages on the Internet are valuable and therefore are worth displaying as search results. The more links you can garner that are pointing at various pages throughout your website, the more trustworthy your site becomes in the eyes of the search engines.
All links are not created equal. Some links have a “no-follow” attribute appended to the code. This tells the search engine that despite the presence of a link, the link is not indicative of an endorsement of the website that the link is pointing at.
The link you will gain from DentistryOffice.com does not carry the no-follow attribute and is therefore a do-follow link.
As I say in the title of this post… it’s a no brainer. Take advantage of this free link by navigating to the directory at www.dentistryoffice.com and entering in the information for your dental practice.
January 28, 2009
Posted in: Build Links to Your Site
One Response
Just saw your post on this — and thought I’d relay my experience.
As a dental marketer, it’s quite common and acceptable for me to represent dentists on their behalf.
Several months back I submitted a client’s website to the directory. Afterwards, the guy who runs the directory, Erik Cunningham, replied by telling me the site is available only to dentists — but that he would go ahead this time and allow the listing.
I checked just now and the dentist’s listing has been removed. Gee thanks Erik.
Apparently Mr. Cunningham doesn’t realize that 99.99% of dentists hire someone else to market their practice and their websites. Restricting his dental directory to only dentists themselves is probably why you only see 2 listings in his entire directory.
Not only do I suspect the *** free *** listings to be just a hook to solicit Mr. Cunningham’s other services, the listings expose the dentist’s email address to automated email harvesters which then flood the doctor’s box with spam.
Sorry — but this directory is a poor choice for dentists — on multiple levels.
John Barremore
Houston, TX
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