This morning at 5AM, Josh Spaulding launched his new software, Deep Linker Pro. Simply put, the program takes information about your website and submits your site to Web Directories. Of course, these directories link back to your site, giving you a nice one-way back link.
This is a long review – if you want the short version, just know this:
I recommend the software.
For me, it is about 100 times less expensive than the outsourcing method that I was using just last week, and I plan to switch to it exclusively for web directory submissions.
Heads up: If you decide this software can help you and you make a purchase today, I am offering a bonus (described below) for people that purchase through my link.
Additionally, you will be able to take advantage of the introductory price (only available for a limited time).
Need more information? How about an interview with the man himself, recorded last night over Skype. In this interview, Josh talks about why he wrote the software, what it can do, and how to best use it.
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Why Do You Need Back links?
We’ve talked about this before (most recently when I offered the 62-second SEO tutorial), but let’s go over is again quickly.
Google needs to know two things in order to rank your pages. Thing one: what is your page about? Thing two: how important is your page compared to others?
That’s it. If your page is about the topic (keyword phrase) that a person types into the Google search engine, and it is the most important page on that topic, it ranks #1 (and you get traffic).
And we all know that the most important thing that you can do to let Google know that your page is important is get back links to your site. Period.
I Needed This Last Year
Last year I spent 3 weeks looking for a good fully-automated link directory submission tool. All I could find was a mix of total junk and semi-automated tools. Unfortunately, all of the good tools were semi-automatic only.
Quite frankly, that just did not meet my needs. I need something that is fire and forget – and that is exactly what Deep Linker Pro is.
The stupid thing is that instead of writing the tool myself (like Josh did), I started paying people to submit links. Right now, Deep Linker Pro supports about 600 Web Directory sites in fully automated mode. That number will increase over time, too. The service I was using charges about $0.10 per link (ouch).
So in my case, one run using Deep Linker Pro instead of paying for manual link submission pays for the software. One Run.
Tuesday night I installed the software, entered the information for one of my sites, and pushed the submit button. That took a couple minutes. After that, I watched Jack Bauer kill bad guys on 24 and went to bed. This morning when I woke up, the the software had submitted my site to 619 link directories. I could not believe it.
I am pretty excited about this.
The Software Is Simple
The Deep Linker Pro Software is really simple to use – just what I need for “Fire and Forget Marketing”. The application has a nice tabbed interface shown below. The home tab bring up the “latest news” from the Deep Linker Pro site. You manage and add your sites on the My URLs tab. The supported directories are in one tab, and your submission history is in another tab. There are also tabs for the log and for doing manual submissions (for sites that have Captcha).
Here you can see just how easy it is to add a site that you want to promote using Deep Linker Pro. Josh recommends that you create a separate email address for each site you submit, just so your inbox does not get jammed up with confirmation emails.
Once you add your information for your site, you simply click “OK” and your site is added to the Deep Linker Pro software. Don’t get confused (like I did) and hit the Add New URL button again before hitting OK. Your information will be lost and you will have to type in that screen again.
Once you press the start submission button, you can watch as your site is submitted to 674 (and growing) web directories. You can see here a screen shot of the process log tab a few seconds after hitting the Submit button. Each site takes from a few to several seconds to process.
Deep Linker Pro Problems
Well, I did not run into any problems, but there are a couple of features that I would love to see added. The good news is that Josh promises that Deep Linker Pro updates will be free! He is not saying exactly what feature is So, that is really exciting.
Features that I would like to see added include:
- Automatic defeat of Captcha. Some of the sites in Deep Linker Pro have Captcha. I would like Josh to add automatic Captcha handling. I am told that this is possible. Josh is looking into the feasibility.
- The ability to spin content. I would like to be able to change the title, description, tags, etc. at random to get the max SEO benefit (by making the links look more diverse). No promises, but Josh indicates this feature is planned.
- More job control. The ability to pause and restart the submission. Related to that would be the ability to retry failed sites (like when a site is temporarily down, etc). This really is not much of an issue now, but this seems like a good idea.
- Ability to export and import site information. If my VA enters all of my sites in the software, I would like to be able to move that information from her computer to mine for safekeeping and future use.
Deep Linker Pro Bonus
Josh has already provided an awesome bonus to go with Deep Linker Pro – The Ultimate Link Building Report.
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In this report, Jon discloses the methods he used to generate more than 500,000 views of his videos, resulting in thousands and thousands of visitors to his sites in just 40 days!
It is an excellent companion to The Ultimate Link Building Report.
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Very interesting product. I have Traffic Mania Directory Bot for this purpose and it’s fairly automated, but I’m not 100 percent happy with the results I got on the few runs I did with it. This option is looking pretty shiny to me.
I think you know this — The important thing is that you understand the competition around your keywords. None of these tools are a magic traffic bullet.
Why did you fill the reciprocal link? the software helps to set the reciprocal links page or I have to do it manual with the 600+ directories?
Many directories do not require a reciprocal link. When they do, the software puts a link in for you. The software comes with a file that contains reciprocal nofollow links back to all the directories. This will satisfy most of them (it is an automated check in most cases).
Very timely review, I’m very interested. Mark since you’ve started a wish list of features – I’d like a speed control. I emailed Josh and he pointed out that the directories will approve your submission on their time scale so it is staged.The links do not just appear at once!
But!
I would still like a limit on daily submits. Traffic Bug has 3 settings – what you might call slow medium and fast.
I agree with Josh that it is probably not very important — but if people are asking for it, then it probably makes sense to add that feature. I’ll be sure to give that input to Josh. I am personally not very concerned about speed, but I do understand the input.
Excuse my naive question here on link building.. But wouldn’t Google look poorly on websites that get massive quantities of back-links in a very short space in time? I.e. the links do not look natural
It’s a great question — my experience is that these links are so slow to be approved and indexed (and all at different rates) that they don’t notice at all. I do always recommend that you have multiple sources for your links, however. A broad linking portfolio is always better that a collection of links that come all from one place.
Oh and another question – how would this software go for brand new sites? Would that be a strike against the new site by Google because it does not appear natural? Or is back-linking automatically and in a fast fashion an okay process for a new site?
I cannot speak for Google (no one can). But I can tell you that I have used this very software on new sites with no ill effects during testing. Also, I have ordered hundreds of directlry backlinks for new sites in the past with no problem. I never worry about it because the links take a while to get approved, and then they take longer to get indexed, and all that happens at a different rate at each site.
Link directories are a perfectly legitimate way to help people find your site. If you were doing these manually, you could easily do one every 6 minutes — about 10 per hour. If you did that for a week ten hours a day, that would be about the same as what you are doing here. I cannot imagine that anyone would see anything wrong with working hard to get your site out there manually. You’re doing the same things with this software.
Again — I cannot speak for G…just my opinion.
Hi Mark, just finished listening to the interview and Josh covered off the answer to my first question on back-links in short space in time. However, am still interested in a response to my Q on brand new sites – thanks in advance!
Hope my previous reply covered that.
Mark, would you say these links using this software are good for new niche sites(10 pages or less)? or is the approval and indexing to slow to be effective? Also, if I saw the fine print correctly you can’t submit subdomains using this tool, what tool would you recommend for SD pages?
Thanks..
I do use this tool on new small minisites. I think it is perfect actually because the approval/indexing process is slow. I use this + article marketing + 1 way links + a couple of other things on every new site.
I am not a subdomain guy, but I think the problem is not the software. I think the problem is that some (maybe most) directories do not accept subdomains. But the deep link sites that Josh supports in the software sure might. I would do some research and ping Josh as well. He might have a better answer.
Mark,
Are there categories that would be relevant to Christian sites within DL Pro or this primarily for the Internet marketing crowd?
Sure — Josh tries to support all the directory categories out there (he even has a guessing algorithm when there is not an exact match. And,, I find these tools can be more effective in non-IM niches since site owners are not automatically SEO gurus.
To your question, there is a Religion category in DLPro.
Thank you very much for heads up, Mark. It´s a great tool. I have purchased through your link.
Thanks for your purchase, Vlad. Much appreciated.
Mark,
Good stuff, as always, from Josh and you.
But I am missing something…
I’m not sure I grasp the use of deep links vs. top-level.
I assume you’d use one vs. the other?
I assume there’s only one submission per site?
Thanks in advance.
Most deep link directories allow multiple submissions per site.
Let’s say masonworld.com is targeting “internet marketing” — so I submit http://www.masonworld.com to all the link directory sited sites using that keyword. However, let’s also say I have internal pages on “article marketing” and “deep linking” — I would submit those pages too (to the directories that accept deep links).
Hi,
I have just purchased this software, was looking forward to getting it up and running today. Yes issue time 🙂 I have followed setup added info on new url. I click “ok” but my url is not going across to the “Submission Url” drop down box. I have updated, edited, re done it a number of times but all to no avail.
Can anyone help with this issue please or perhaps have an idea why the url is not moving across please?
Thank you,
Happy Easter to all.
I have not seen that issue on my copy — did you submit a ticket at askjoshspaulding.com? Josh is usually super fast to respond to tickets.
Hi Mwadmin,
Yes I did and received replies and help over Easter!! How good is that for support!
I must firstly say sorry for not getting back with an update, but as soon as I had it working spent time with family who where scowling at me for working over Easter.
Ok what happened, in case anyone else does the same mistake: first issue, to many keywords ended up using approx 8 keyword phrases.
Second – The About Me box – I wrote a two word line, then hit enter and wrote a little paragraph. The software did not enjoy me making it do two seperate lines so to speak. When typing in the About Me box, keep typing. Do not hit enter to have seperate lines.
Small issue or mistake I know, however big enough the software said “I don’t think so girlie, not happy you doing that!” 😉
Regards
Julie
So, whatever happened to the fact that Google discounts links from Web directories? It has been a fact for sometime. Is Josh taking advantage of noob marketers who are ignorant of new SEO developments?
Thanks for your comment Althaf;
To directly answer your question: No. Josh believes Web Directory links have SEO value and so do I. Tests on my sites over the last 2 years support that conclusion.
It always get’s my attention when people use the word “fact” and “Google” in the same sentence. The only fact that I know is that only Google actually knows what they are doing. So, if you believe that it is a fact that Google discounts links from Web directories, I would love to see the data that supports that.
Link directories must not be completely hated by Google. DMOZ enjoys PR8 and many of the directories in Josh’s list are PR4 and higher.
Will this software alone allow you to rank #1 for “make money online” tomorrow. No, of course not. No one is claiming that.
However, it will allow you to get a lot of backlinks with a low amount of effort at low cost. To me, that is the real selling point. Deep Linker Pro is very cost effective.
My belief is that link directory submissions are an important part of a natural, balanced link portfolio that should also include things like SB site links, RSS syndication, article marketing backlinks, natural links and so on.
Thanks again for your comment,
Mark
Purchased with 8hrs to spare! I’ll forward receipt tomorrow. 🙂
Thanks Dennis — just file a ticket and I shoot the bonus right over.
I can’t find it, what would it say?
Hi Mark ,
I just purchased DLPro 5minutes ago, hope I can get some effect on my website.
Is it really helpfull ?
Hard to measure direct impact of those links — but I really believe that it does help. I once got a nearly empty site to PR2 using only directory links.
Are this tool same like Directory Submitter? if yes, then what makes difference?
Why you should not make a video “how working really Deep Link Pro” to understand easily the performance to working that software? I am little in doubt? because I am using some other directory submitting software and having some problems to using that like slow working, missing directories etc.
Is deep link pro- operated off of my computer or your server? Do I download it onto my computer. How many deep link sites come with deep link grow?
DLP runs on Windows computers only (32 and 64 bit).
Mark