World Business Guide - WARNING!!

[Bathead]

Just a warning to avoid the World Business Guide when looking for directories to list in. We submitted ours when trawling around for free submissions, as you do.

Anyway this morning in pops an email asking us to print and return the attached fax. Strange, but I took a look at it anyway. At the head of the fax it states 'UPDATING IS FREE OF CHARGE'. Then the shocker is reading the very small print towards the bottom:

THE VALIDATION TIME OF THE CONTRACT IS THREE YEARS AND STARTS ON THE EIGHTH DAY AFTER SIGNING THE CONTRACT. THE INSERTION
IS GRANTED AFTER SIGNING AND RECEIVING THIS DOCUMENT BY THE SERVICE PROVIDER. I HEREBY ORDER A SUBSCRIPTION WITH SERVICE PROVIDER
INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORIES LTD “WORLD BUSINESS GUIDE”. I WILL HAVE AN INSERTION INTO ITS DATA BASE FOR THREE YEARS. THE PRICE PER YEAR IS EURO
995. THE SUBSCRIPTION WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY EXTENDED EVERY YEAR FOR ANOTHER YEAR, UNLESS SPECIFIC WRITTEN NOTICE IS RECEIVED BY THE SERVICE
PROVIDER OR THE SUBSCRIBER TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE EXPIRATION OF THE SUBSCRIPTION.


Ouch! Scam! Beware!

The headline gave a clue as the language changes slightly with 'Updating' indicating that maybe physical administration is free.

Always read the small print and anyway don't sign an agreement for a directory listing, you shouldn't need to.

Take a look at this, why didn't I spot it. Well you don't always have time to investigate everything you do, just never sign without investigating.

[neild]

You would be much better off using a program called WebCeo to submit your website. And it's free to download and use.

[An Oasis]

Originally Posted by neild

You would be much better off using a program called WebCeo to submit your website. And it's free to download and use.

It's a good programme on most fronts but as for submitting...I would not recommend it at all, unless you want to be spammed to death.

[neild]

Originally Posted by An Oasis

It's a good programme on most fronts but as for submitting...I would not recommend it at all, unless you want to be spammed to death.

What would you recommend?

[Simon-M]

Originally Posted by neild

What would you recommend?

Just register a disposible email address and use that for registering. They can spam that to death and you don't even need to know about it

[An Oasis]

Originally Posted by logoquality

Just register a disposible email address and use that for registering. They can spam that to death and you don't even need to know about it

Is one way to look at it (and not a bad halfway house) but the question is are the links worth having and the answer is...no. A total waste of time.

[Bathead]

Originally Posted by An Oasis

Is one way to look at it (and not a bad halfway house) but the question is are the links worth having and the answer is...no. A total waste of time.

Too right. Better to do a bit of rainy day link building to directories direct. Not of great benefit but maybe a little nudge in the right direction.

[An Oasis]

Originally Posted by Bathead

Too right. Better to do a bit of rainy day link building to directories direct. Not of great benefit but maybe a little nudge in the right direction.

And like minded sites linking...linking it is by nature a slow proccess, human nature is lazy and thus the idea that is can easily be automated makes a mockery of the whole issue.

[Birmingham]

not a good idea to do automated directory submissions. repeat content between all pages that link to your site is very bad for seo. to get good use from free directories, create varied site descriptions for each submission. more tips here

[emarketer2009]

Hi everyone, World Business Directory which is No. 1 on google for key phrase "World Business Guide" is not scam. You can submit your all web sites offering services related to business without any risk of being spam to death.

Another thing very good about this directory is that it is search engine friendly and that is why it is on top of Google and any listing approved by the Administrator and posted is very quickly picked by Google and Yahoo providing you a quality back link. Above all it is free to submit your site. So get benefited by this and enjoy free quality back link to your site