Archive for the ‘Directory News and General Issues’ Category

Why People visit Web Directories

Web directories was very useful resources in their prime time. However, many experts say that web directory as a business is dying. Some authority directory owners won’t agree, though. To agree or not to agree, we need to know why people visit web directories. Here are some reasons why people visit web directories: 1. To [...]

2012 Link Building Prediction: Directory Links will become worthless

Here’s one of the link building predictions for 2012: Directory links will bear no value. The prediction is part of 2012 link building predictions Eric Ward made in his Search Engine Land article. For web directory links, Eric Ward predict: Prediction for 2012: Watch for hundreds if not thousands of small highly curated and vetted [...]

3 proofs DMOZ is no longer powerful

For those of you who focus all of your SEO efforts on how to get listed in DMOZ/ODP, read this: DMOZ/ODP is no longer that important, at least in the eyes of Google. It’s just yet another good quality directory on the web. And as getting listed on DMOZ is almost impossible to many, it’s [...]

15 Factors to Consider in Choosing a Paid Directory

Not all web directories are created equal. That being said, not all paid directories are quality directories. Well, I have just stumbled on a very useful article from Best-Web-Directories.com sharing 15 factors to look up to when choosing a paid directory to submit your site to. Here is the outline of the 15 factors 1. [...]

Quality Directory Listing Package – December 2011 Special Offer

It’s confirmed that it’s better for you to submit to a handful of quality directories instead to thousands of low-quality directories. For that purpose, finding directory submission deals is important, as many quality directories are paid ones. Here is the monthly directory submission promo from Traffic Connection, Inc., the owner of quality directories, such as [...]

Video Chat Light – Making your Web Directory Video Intros more Attractive

Directory business is still lucrative today, and just like in any other business websites, you need to do things more creatively to attract visitors and clients. One of the most effective ways is by creating a video intro and/or video tutorials to your web directory. How a Video Chat Light can help you with your [...]

Bing launches a Web Directory?

When I read the news update, I’m not sure myself – is Bing really launching a web directory to compete with Yahoo! Directory? Bing has just launched Editors’ Picks on November 13, 2011 – a brand new section on Bing that contains hand picked pages from accross the web. What is Bing Editors’ Picks? Editors’Picks [...]

The Most Authoritative Web Directory in Search Engines: DMOZ is still leading

Despite all the talks among webmasters on the Net about DMOZ/Open Directory Project – about it being declining in importance (even some consider it a dead directory,) DMOZ is still one of the most authoritative web directories in the world. I’ve done a little research on five of today’s most authoritative web directories using Open [...]

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