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Directories: requirements, how to submit, and what you actually get

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A directory of directories that prints each entry's DR next to it, and whose submission form is currently closed.

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Directories homepage
Eligibility

Who Directories accepts

You need
A live directory of your own
A domain rating worth printing, since the index displays one next to every entry
You'll be rejected if
Anything that is not a directory: this index lists directories only
Directories
What you actually get
An entry in a curated index of about 74 directories, filed by theme, with your domain rating printed beside your name and a bare dofollow link out. The audience is people looking for places to submit to, so a listing here reaches makers already in a submitting frame of mind. Only useful if what you built is itself a directory.

How to submit to Directories

  1. Find the Submit link
    The only submission control on the site is a Submit link in the header pointing at a Tally form.
  2. Check the form is open
    As last walked, that Tally form answers "This form is now closed. The form can't receive new submissions at this moment." There is no alternative route, no email and no account anywhere on the site.
  3. Wait for it to reopen
    Nothing on the site says when or whether it will. Watching the Submit link is the only option.

Directories requirements

A live directory URL
Whatever the Tally form asks for once it reopens, which could not be read while closed

Gotchas

The submission form is closed: the Submit link goes to a Tally form answering "This form is now closed", and there is no email, account or alternative route anywhere on the site.
The index lists directories only, so a normal product has nothing to submit here however good the link would be.
Every entry has its domain rating printed beside it, so a weak domain is displayed as such next to competitors rather than just ranking lower.

Let your agent submit to Directories

Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the Directories playbook and gets the brief for this exact form, with the values already taken from your submission pack instead of placeholders you fill in by hand.

What it does for this platform
Checks your product against the 3 Directories rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 2 fields this form asks for, none of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Types it into Directories in your own browser, and stops for you when the form wants a sign-in.
Records what it sent, so the dashboard can answer "did I ever submit to Directories?".
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Directories FAQ

How long does Directories approval take?
Directories does not publish how long approval takes.
How much does it cost to submit to Directories?
Submitting to Directories is free.
Does Directories give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on Directories carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 17.
Does Directories require a backlink to your site?
No, Directories does not require a link back from your site.
What gets you rejected from Directories?
Anything that is not a directory: this index lists directories only.