I have spent most of the day today promoting my websites.  This can be a daunting task, especially if you are promoting a large network of sites.  Today, I was doing six at one time, and sometimes I feel that it is tough to keep track of everything that I am doing.

What I really wonder about this time I am investing in promoting my sites, is what type of return, in terms of back links, am I really getting?  I mean, if you take a look at free link directory submissions that I have been doing, how many of them will actually be approved.

This is in stark contrast to the six links that I added to a link bid directory.  It was a business directory and I had to pay for the links – but they were approved right away.  There was no question in my mind in terms of whether or not I had wasted my time listing my site there – I knew that because of that site, I would get traffic in the near future.

I am definitely going to keep my eye on how the advertising performs – if it is as effective as I think it will be, I will be using more bidding directories in the future.