Submitting a dynamic link

**CAL** · 01-25-2006, 12:10 AM

When submitting to the big directories, do they allow dynamic links?

If I pay $299 to Yahoo! to get listed in the directory, I would like to use a dynamic link to register how many incoming hits I am getting from them.

Same with DMOZ.

Do they allow these kind of links?

**bbott** · 01-25-2006, 12:12 AM

Why would you want a dynamic link? They are not SEO friendly.

You want a static link. Any directory offering dynamic links I wouldn't bother with.

**CAL** · 06:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bbott

Why would you want a dynamic link? They are not SEO friendly.

You want a static link. Any directory offering dynamic links I wouldn't bother with.

Thanks, but this hasnt answered my question.....

And I didnt think it would effect my PR etc

It would be something like

http://www.mysite.com/index.php?link_in=123

instead of

http://www.mysite.com

**Atazoth** · 02-07-2006, 04:32 AM

I doubt that the DMOZ or Yahoo would accept dynamic links. If you submitted it to the DMOZ the Editors would probably just delete the dynamic variable or mistake it for an affiliate link. I didn't find anything specific in the DMOZ Guidelines pertaining to dynamic links except that the URL can not redirect to another.

What you could do is submit and then keep track of your server logs to see how many hits you receive from them. That is what I do.

**Atazoth** · 02-07-2006, 04:38 AM

Actually I did find this in the Editorial Guidelines of the DMOZ after posting.

Quote:

Sometimes it is helpful to remove superfluous information from the end of the URL, such as "index.html," if this information is not necessary for the correct page to load. This will ensure that the most stable version of the URL is present, and prevent false link (Robozilla) errors.

Credited: http://dmoz.org/guidelines/describing.html

**CAL** · 02-07-2006, 06:45 PM

Cool, thanks