Fastbacklink.de – A German directory submission tool

Apr 10, 2010 by

Fastbacklink.de – A German directory submission tool

Although this directory submitter is only available in German and its primary scope is to assist German-language link building campaigns,  I think it’s worth introducing for the English speaking audience because it has some rather interesting features which I haven’t seen elsewhere.

Fastbacklink is a web based tool which provides access and a submission tool for more than four thousand German directories at the time of writing. More than 4000 means that virtually every German language directory is included. This directory submission tool has an unique concept: it not only lists those directories which can be handled with this tool — automatically filling out the submission forms — but other directories where due to the peculiarities of the directory no help can be provided by the tool so you have to fill out the submission form by hand.

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As you can see the tool lists the contained directories with their PageRank values, a short description and some other basic features like paid/free/reciprocal submission options. The tool lets its users to assess and comment the listed directories also giving you a tool to administer the directories where you have already submitted your sites and those ones where your submission has been accepted. Where you can see the arrow icon with green background it means that the submission tool can handle that directory, so you can start submitting with this tool:

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If the directory in question is powered by PHP Link Directory then the submission page will be loaded directly in an iframe with all the appropriate fields filled with the pre-defined data (The texts have been removed from theis screenshot though), so you don’t even have to visit the directory — all the submission process is managed on Fastbacklink’s interface.

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If the directory you are about to submit your site to is powered by easyLink, popular German directory script, you can do the first step of the submission process using Fastbacklink’s interface  to choose the appropriate category and submission type. Having completed this first step a new browser window will be opened taking you to the submission form with almost all the necessary fields filled in with the details you specified before.

Perhaps the best feature of this directory submitter tool is the random description generator — you can create many short phrases and the tool randomly combines different description texts based on your short sentences. Something similar can be done with titles you enter — although this feature proved to be less usable for me. In theory these random descriptions can help you to get links with properties which resemble natural link networks surrounding valuable sites, thus achieving better results from your directory submission campaigns, but also many German directories require that you submit unique content —  using site descriptions which cannot be found elsewhere.

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The interface for entering all the necessary domain data

This directory submitter can be used on a paid membership basis. For 40 euros you can build links for four different domains. The cost for additional domains is EUR 10 each, but there is a flatrate too and you can order some other additional services and features.

The quality of the directory list

The directory data is quite up-to-date, the listed directories  generally  are working, and they are listed with appropriate data such as the availability of free submissions.

The only problem is that you cannot really filter the directory list by topics. Since the majority of the directories are niche or regional directories (there are many German directories dealing with extremely narrow topics such as links about solar energy for instance), generally only a smaller part of the available directories can be used for a certain link building campaign, therefore you have to read through a huge list to figure out which directory could accept your link submission.

Summary

If you need to build links on the German language web this tool is a must since it not only provides an extensive list of directories where you can submit your site but also gives you a bunch of handy features which will help you to work faster. Since the overall value of German directories is somewhat perceived higher by search engines than its English counterparts, relying only on this tool can help you to get among the top rankings in Google.de, Google.ch or Google.at for keywords with moderate competition.

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