Germany - Deutschland: DIRECTORIES

14 directories

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Germany - Deutschland. Directories.
German search engine discussion here [webmasterworld.com]
Fact sheet [odci.gov]
Domain(s): de
Online population: 20,1 million (1Q/2001)
Native language(s): German
Understanding of English: Very high
Hosts in domain: 2,2 million (April 2001)
Pages in language: 37,5 million (April 2001, all domains)
Pages in domain: 37,6 million (April 2001, all languages)
Local presence required for domain registration: Yes
Multiple domains allowed: Yes
Professional help: See bottom of page

Known general directories: (excluding regional)

AllesKlar [allesklar.de]
Language interface: German Traffic volume: ? Local language(s) required: Yes Local domain(s) only: No, but must be about something German if not in de, at or ch No. of categories allowed per site: 1[/color Search technology: [color=#CE0000]? Meta description used in search replies: ?
Things that help ranking: Local language: Mandatory Local domain: No Keyword in URL: ? Keyword in title: Yes, seems to be the most important Keyword in description: ? Keyword in meta keywords: ? Keyword in header: ? Keyword in 1st paragraph: ? Other: Every site has location info associatoed (zip code, city etc.) Rank efter title.

Bellnet [bellnet.de]
Language interface: German Traffic volume: ? Local language(s) required: yes Local domain(s) only: No No. of categories allowed per site: ? Search method: ?
Things that help ranking: Local language: ? Local domain: ? Keyword in URL: ? Keyword in title: ? Keyword in description: ? Other: ?

Business Suchdienst [business-suchdienst.de]
Language interface: German Traffic volume: ? Local language(s) required: ? Local domain(s) only: ? No. of categories allowed per site: ? Search method: ?
Things that help ranking: Local language: ? Local domain: ? Keyword in URL: ? Keyword in title: ? Keyword in description: ? Other: ?

Cyber-World [phone-soft.com]
Language interface: German Traffic volume: ? Local language(s) required: ? Local domain(s) only: ? No. of categories allowed per site: ? Search method: ?
Things that help ranking: Local language: ? Local domain: ? Keyword in URL: ? Keyword in title: ? Keyword in description: ? Other: ?

Dasi.de [dasi.de]
Language interface: German Traffic volume: ? Local language(s) required: ? Local domain(s) only: ? No. of categories allowed per site: ? Search method: ?
Things that help ranking: Local language: ? Local domain: ? Keyword in URL: ? Keyword in title: ? Keyword in description: ? Other: ?

Dino-Online [dino-online.de]
Language interface: German Traffic volume: ? Local language(s) required: ? Local domain(s) only: No No. of categories allowed per site: >1 Search method: Site + Inktomi
Things that help ranking: Local language: ? Local domain: ? Keyword in URL: ? Keyword in title: Yes Keyword in description: yes Other: ?

Hit-Net [hit-net.com]
Language interface: German, English Traffic volume: ? Local language(s) required: ? Local domain(s) only: ? No. of categories allowed per site: ? Search method: ?
Things that help ranking: Local language: ? Local domain: ? Keyword in URL: ? Keyword in title: ? Keyword in description: ? Other: ?

Krusenstern [krusenstern.de]
Language interface: Russian Traffic volume: ? Local language(s) required: ? Local domain(s) only: ? No. of categories allowed per site: ? Search method: ?
Things that help ranking: Local language: ? Local domain: ? Keyword in URL: ? Keyword in title: ? Keyword in description: ? Other: ?

Lupe [lupe.com]
Language interface: German Traffic volume: ? Local language(s) required: ? Local domain(s) only: ? No. of categories allowed per site: ? Search method: ?
Things that help ranking: Local language: ? Local domain: ? Keyword in URL: ? Keyword in title: ? Keyword in description: ? Other: ?

Sharelook [sharelook.de]
Language interface: German Traffic volume: ? Local language(s) required: ? Local domain(s) only: ? No. of categories allowed per site: ? Search method: ?
Things that help ranking: Local language: ? Local domain: ? Keyword in URL: ? Keyword in title: ? Keyword in description: ? Other: ?

Spray [spray.net]
Language interface: German Traffic volume: ? Local language(s) required: ? Local domain(s) only: ? No. of categories allowed per site: ? Search method: ?
Things that help ranking: Local language: ? Local domain: ? Keyword in URL: ? Keyword in title: ? Keyword in description: ? Other: ?

Suchmaschine.com see Bellnet

Trampelfad [trampelpfad.de]
Language interface: German Traffic volume: ? Local language(s) required: ? Local domain(s) only: ? No. of categories allowed per site: ? Search method: ?
Things that help ranking: Local language: ? Local domain: ? Keyword in URL: ? Keyword in title: ? Keyword in description: ? Other: ?

Web.de [web.de]
Language interface: German Traffic volume: 38,5 mill page views/month Local language(s) required: yes Local domain(s) only: No Search technology: Fast Meta description used in search replies: ?
Things that help ranking: Local language: Mandatory Local domain: ? Keyword in URL: ? Keyword in title: yes Keyword in description: Yes, but less than title Other: Keyword in category most important, title 2nd, URL 3rd.

Web Archiv [web-archiv.de]
Language interface: German Traffic volume: ? Local language(s) required: ? Local domain(s) only: ? No. of categories allowed per site: ? Search method: ?
Things that help ranking: Local language: ? Local domain: ? Keyword in URL: ? Keyword in title: ? Keyword in description: ? Other: ?

Yahoo [de.yahoo.com]
Language interface: German Traffic volume: 30,5 million page views/month Local language(s) required: ? Local domain(s) only: ? No. of categories allowed per site: ? Search method: Site + Google
Things that help ranking: Local language: ? Local domain: ? Keyword in URL: ? Keyword in title: ? Keyword in description: ? Other: ?

Local people who can help with translations and advise:

Ulrich Wisser, luna-park GmBH. Traffic analyses, SEO and translations into German. [e-mail]

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Updated 25 April 2001

Edited by: rencke

[Eric_Jarvis]

I keep getting Java errors when trying to add a URL to Trampelfad...anyone ever succeeded in adding one?

[heini]

Eric, Trampelpfad to my knowledge is not maintained anymore. Tried submits months ago - never heard anything back. Got error messages to.

[Eric_Jarvis]

thanks heini...one less to worry about :)

[Trampel]

Hello there...

Here some notes about my website TRAMPELPFAD.de

Language interface: German

Traffic volume: 350.000 Pageviews/Month (Dez 2001)

Local language(s) required: No
Local domain(s) only: No
No. of categories allowed per site: 1

Search method: Fast

Things that help ranking:
Local language: No
Local domain: No
Keyword in URL: Yes
Keyword in title: Yes
Keyword in description: Yes
Other: Links in

Friendly greetings
Thomas Wedekind
[snip]no sigs please thanks for your understanding[snip]

(edited by: heini at 11:11 am (gmt) on Dec. 27, 2001)

[heini]

Hello Thomas

Thanks for your update. So Trampelpfad is working again? Do you take new submissions?
Do I get you right - all domains and languages are allowed? Do sites have to be related to Germany in some way?

Also, do you really use Fast for websearch?

Would be very nice if you could clarify!

[Eric_Jarvis]

Thomas...is there any chance of either simplifying the coding for adding a URL to Trampelfad, or otherwise making it possible to add a URL without hitting Java errors?

[Jamned]

Hi all,

Cyberworld [phone-soft.com] is pointing to an all-english directory. I could not see any German related directory there...maybe is gone.

[heini]

Jamned, looks like you are right - the german section is gone. Not to severe a loss. Still, those small, nearly unknown directories are a good way to get a site started cheap.

>CORRECTION> All is well - the german directory just lives under it's own TLD, aka
www.phone-soft.de/ [phone-soft.de] </CORRECTION>