Draft. The prose on this page is placeholder text, not copy. 6 slots still need a human.
What Actually Happens When You Submit to a Link Directory
We submitted the same site to ten directories and screenshotted every step. Here is what the process really looks like.
The setup
Placeholder. One new site, ten directories, every step screenshotted, every date recorded.
What the forms actually ask for
Placeholder. The gap between what a submission page says it needs and what it actually needs is where most of the wasted time goes.
How long approval really took
Placeholder. Per directory, with the dates, against what each one claims on its own submission page.
Which listings got indexed
Placeholder. Approval and indexing are different events and most lists conflate them.
What we would do differently
Placeholder. The short version of the whole exercise.