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Directory85 is a relatively new venture which has been created by The 85 Group (an imprint of 24 Hour Trading) in order to provide a human edited, quality based web directory.

Tired of the usual problems that human edited directories can bring, The 85 Croup have decided that Directory85 will provide most websites (those which do not contain objectionable content) with a directory listing, three deeplinks to the page(s) of their choice and allow SEO valid links (which don't go through any kind of redirect script).

Submitting your site is free, though Directory85 make no guarantees that sites will be added within a specific time-frame, or at all.

However, websites which are added will be reviewed by a human being, usually within 24 hours of submission.

Link Points Explained

Sites are positioned in Directory85 within specific categories, with the order determined based upon Link Points. Link Points are awarded by Directory85 editors for a number of factors, including:

1. Website Quality - marked out of 100, with some objective (Google PageRank; Alexa Ranking; Number of Backlinks) and some subjective (quality of design, useability/usefulness; fitness for genre/category) factors. This number is not publicly accessible, but will change from time-to-time.
2. Backlink Placement - when submitting a new site to Directory85, you are provided with a backlink, whether or not you place this link into your website determines how many Backlink Link Points your site will gain. You can get a maximum of 35 Link Points for placing a backlink on every page of your website: 10 Points for a homepage link, and an additional 25 points for a backlink on every page of your site. There are no points awarded for simply placing a link in a "Links" page or similar.
3. Upgrading Listings - users can also purchase additional Link Points to upgrade their listing(s).

The One website with the most Link Points will receive a link from every page of Directory85.

The Ten websites with the most Link Points will be linked from our homepage.

The same is true for sites within category and sub-category pages.

We feel that this offers the best opportunity to gain good placement within our directory - and it is a fair way to ensure the quality of our directory pages, while allowing the ability to immediately hit the higher positions with new websites - something which is often difficult, if not impossible, with traditional web directories.

Allowing payment is a good incentive for our editors to give up their valuable time, and for The 85 Group to provide this free directory service - you pay for increased exposure, but submitting is totally free.