Listing Your Website in Other Indexes

Indexes or Meta Indexes, are collections of related links. Getting listed in an index of websites related to your industry can bring very good traffic to your website.

Benefits of Getting Listed in Indexes

When customers search for a particular product in search engines, an index of links for that product is likely to be displayed in top search results. For e.g. search engine results for the keyword 'buy craft supplies' will bring up a website listing most of the major craft supplies websites grouped together for the benefit of users. If you sell craft supplies and your website is listed in that index, you are sure to receive many visitors. In addition to traffic, you will also gain link popularity which will be favorable for your search engine rankings.

Finding Indexes to Get Listed in

Some of the more popular indexes are listed below, but for more industry-specific indexes, you will have to effectively browse the web and conduct your own researches. Here is how to find indexes related to your industry:

Everytime you stumble upon a 'collection of links' related to your industry, bookmark the page or write down the address somewhere. Email your website details and link to the editors of these websites explaining how your website fits into that index and request them to add your link as well.
When choosing indexes to get listed in, make sure that you are not getting listed in any automated and spamming link sites. A large many of them have cropped up and getting listed there might cause you getting penalized by search engines rather than getting favored.
Do not shun away from small websites. Even amateur websites can bring you unimaginable traffic if the websites are built nicely and enjoy good search engine ranks.
Do your own research. Conduct a search for links related to your industry.
See where other websites similar to yours are listed. Then try get listed in those indexes by appropriate methods.

These sites are indexes of indexes and hence, are good places to find indexes to get your site listed:

AllSearchEngines.com (excellent!)
DirectoryGuide
FinderSeeker
Search Engine Colossus (Huge list by country!)
Search Engine Watch Specialty Search Listings
Search Power!
WebSearch Guide @ About.com
WebSearch Guide @ About.com - Search Engine List
Yahoo Search Engine / Index Listings

Some Popular Indexes and Link Sites

General Indexes

1. About.com

2. Turnpike Emporium

3. Family Friendly Sites

4. OneMission

5. OpenHere

6. Scrub The Web

7. SearchTheWeb

8. WoW Directory

Business & Shopping Indexes

1. Buyers Index

2. Giftlands (flowers and gifts) (Paid Listing)

3. MallPark