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My time is worth a lot more than that. I would be glad to pay for this service (and probably will) just for the backlink juice.",{"id":59,"by":60,"text":61},"17592192","canterburry","Interesting, I actually found the $89 a bargain given how long it will take to just create accounts on all these services before I can submit anything. That alone will take…",{"value":63,"source":64,"evidence":65},"Paid PDF (name-your-price, $0 allowed) and paid submission service for $89","commenter",[66,70,74],{"id":67,"by":68,"text":69},"17592091","philbarr","Whilst this is pretty handy, I balked at the \"let us submit for you for $89\". Like - eek! Really?! Also - the \"get the pdf version\" is really a dark pattern since you're not…",{"id":71,"by":72,"text":73},"17592165","yial","It looks like “$0” as an amount works to get the PDF.",{"id":75,"by":76,"text":77},"17594258","mgiannopoulos","You don’t need to buy it, you can enter zero in the form and get it for free. It’s basically donationware",{"value":79,"source":80,"evidence":81},"Built as a feedback generator and to sell a submission service","maker",[82],{"id":83,"by":11,"text":84},"17608456","Thanks for all the comments. Gave me a lot of idea about the Q&A section on the web page which I building these days. The only reason I built the Submit Checklist is that create…",[],"unknown",{"praise":88,"objections":102,"requests":154,"questions":173,"alternatives":189},[89,97],{"value":90,"source":64,"evidence":91},"Handy list of directories",[92,93],{"id":67,"by":68,"text":69},{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},"17592302","memset","This is neat! To all of the naysayers - submitting to messageboards is a perfectly fine way to get the word out about a product! Plus, I'd expect it to help with its…",{"value":98,"source":64,"evidence":99},"$89 submission service is a bargain for saved time",[100,101],{"id":59,"by":60,"text":61},{"id":55,"by":56,"text":57},[103,118,129,143],{"value":104,"source":64,"evidence":105},"Directory submissions are SEO spam with little real traffic",[106,110,114],{"id":107,"by":108,"text":109},"17592253","WhiteSource1","What's the benefit of directory submissions? 5 visits? If you think are doing it for the magic word called SEO, think again",{"id":111,"by":112,"text":113},"17592412","SmellyGeekBoy","How is this SEO spam on the front page?",{"id":115,"by":116,"text":117},"17593762","city41","I'd argue what's the point of submitting to 99% of these? Drive by visits rarely net anything, and I'd be willing to bet most of these won't even generate drive bys.",{"value":119,"source":64,"evidence":120},"Startups should target customers directly, not directories",[121,125],{"id":122,"by":123,"text":124},"17592270","antirez","AKA how to lose time pretending you are working for your startup. Much better spending the same time acquiring a single customer by talking with people, doing things that do not…",{"id":126,"by":127,"text":128},"17592195","tmoravec","Why do you think that my _particular_ audience frequents either of these directories? Entrepreneurs should go after their customers, first and foremost. Submitting to irrelevant…",{"value":130,"source":64,"evidence":131},"Paid submission risks being flagged as spam and burning press relationships",[132,136,140],{"id":133,"by":134,"text":135},"17592550","gus_massa","Just to be clear, something like this will 99% get marked as a spammer and probably blocked or downvoted in HN. Also, I HN it's very useful that the owner\u002Fsubmitter can answer…",{"id":137,"by":138,"text":139},"17592326","onion2k","I would be glad to pay for this service (and probably will) just for the backlink juice. You should be very wary about doing that. Some of the link in the list are news sites (eg…",{"id":141,"by":138,"text":142},"17592480","You didn't submit the link though. When a journalist does a quick search of their email to see what correspondence there's been before they won't see you. They'll see…",{"value":144,"source":64,"evidence":145},"Many listed directories are inactive or irrelevant",[146,150],{"id":147,"by":148,"text":149},"17593637","gnicholas","What's the point of \"submitting\" to f6s? I only ever use them when I'm entering into a startup competition run through their site. I never thought of them as a place to submit…",{"id":151,"by":152,"text":153},"17595337","robodale","Wow, this reminds me of the days in the late 90's to early 2000's where you would make a Windows downloadable application, and submit it to the hundreds of near identical…",[155,166],{"value":156,"source":64,"evidence":157},"Remove the confusing $0 PDF pricing flow",[158,159,162],{"id":67,"by":68,"text":69},{"id":160,"by":68,"text":161},"17592214","ok, maybe dark pattern is a bit strong, but I clearly clicked the button thinking I could just download it, and instead was presented with a form to buy it. It's a least a little…",{"id":163,"by":164,"text":165},"17592210","chuckgreenman","The UX is kind of confusing but it will accept $0 and email you the pdf, just tried it!",{"value":167,"source":64,"evidence":168},"List of places where customers actually gather",[169],{"id":170,"by":171,"text":172},"17593133","elliottwilliams","What would be more interesting to me would be a list of places\u002Fsocial media that my customers frequently visit, and then grab my company name on those sites. Plenty of times I've…",[174,181],{"value":175,"source":64,"evidence":176},"Is there a startup that submits sites for a fee",[177],{"id":178,"by":179,"text":180},"17592775","jaequery","wasnt there a startup that submits your site to all these directories for you for a price?",{"value":182,"source":64,"evidence":183},"Does the directory list help with SEO or backlinks",[184,188],{"id":185,"by":186,"text":187},"17594201","topicseed","I would not submit to every directory, but definitely a good starting point just to get some backlinks, SEO juice, and mentions here and there.",{"id":107,"by":108,"text":109},[190,198],{"value":191,"source":64,"evidence":192},"A startup that submits your site to directories for a fee",[193,194],{"id":178,"by":179,"text":180},{"id":195,"by":196,"text":197},"17593727","eruci","Now they will do that for you for a $89 fee. \"LET US SUBMIT FOR YOU 89$\" A startup about startups about startups.",{"value":199,"source":64,"evidence":200},"Springwise and Beeline Reader as a one-sentence pitch success",[201],{"id":202,"by":148,"text":203},"17593676","A couple years ago, I saw a similar submission list for startups. 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