add site to about.com

How to add site to about.com directory

[iambbq]

Sorry about this post, but I really can't find any add url
links in about.com's site, What should I do?
thanks!

[rcjordan]

you have to drill down to the subject. take a look (center, below the fold) on their Charleston SC page [charleston.about.com] for instance.

[iambbq]

Thanks!

[Greg]

hmm... can't seem to find link to add site to car rental or travel section... anybody know how?

[rcjordan]

My bet... that's a "closed" category. Portals often have affiliate deals there and are earning commission.

[tedster]

I've had some luck getting a site into About.com by directly emailing the section Guide (it wasn't travel/car rental).

I wrote the e-mail in true PR style -- helping the Guide with useful information about a site that their visitors might like, and naming the stand-out, unique and newsworthy features that made it worth mentioning in the face of all the other sites in the category.

The site got a short complementary write-up three weeks later that brought good traffic -- a stable link in the section, for free -- and search listing.

The section Guides are basically reporters. They always need good new content to retain their audience, so it's worth a try. You might even get mentioned in their newsletter.

[boyleman]

What do you mean by search section? Also, is your site commercial, or just information-based? When I was looking at the sites that About.com includes, it seemed to me that they might just be information-based.

[tedster]

I mean that the About.com page that mentioned this site was a returned result in their front page "Find it Now" search box. A very nice traffic boost while it lasted.

This is an up front commercial site -- all about sales with only a few informational pages. In fact I've been trying to get the client to come up with more information -- it would help a lot for better placement on many engines and directories.