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DMOZ is some sort of aged, says Matt Cutts, THE Google Engineer. And he clarifies and confirms that getting listed in DMOZ/ODP doesn’t give you certain perks in search engine ranking, other than a big higher link juice due to its PageRank. That’s it. For more explanation on what Matt thinks about DMOZ/ODP, just watch [...]

Did you know what so-called experts suggest you on keyword to target for your web directory? Yep, you’ve guessed right: Many would suggest “web directory,” “link directory,” “business directory,” “real estate directory,” and so on… So wrong. So misleading. I’ve found a valuable advice – probably one of the best advice – on web directory [...]

Info Vilesilencer (IVS) is well known for providing regularly updated lists of directories, as well as maintaining a useful blog and forum. A couple of days ago IVS blog has just been updated with a list of 39 free blog directories – ranked by Google PageRank. The list is updated every month, and this list [...]

I have stumbled on yet another powerful web directory script for WordPress – eList. It is a good alternative to DirectoryPress, but let’s say it’s a lighter version yet powerful in its own way. eList directory WordPress theme is the latest WordPress theme release of Elegant Themes, a premium WordPress theme site. The Elegant Themes [...]

Yet another interesting thread on DigitalPoint Directories forum – this time, a question on how a web directory can get a PageRank 9 with low quality backlinks on it. The question: How can the directory achieve that PageRank 9 with low quality backlinks, low traffic and link farm-like directory listing? The (possible) answers: The URL [...]

I have just stumbled on an interesting thread on DigitalPoint’s Directories Forum – it’s a nice observation done by a DP user, Samdar, about the history of web directories and some case studies whether a web directory is still a worthy place to find information. All in all, the big question is this: Do users [...]

Still Sorting your Web Directory Listing by PageRank? That’s Lame! Many web directories today allows for the directory listings to be sorted based on alphabetical order, hit counts, date added and… Google PageRank. Here’s why you should consider sort your directory listing based on SEOMoz’ MozRank, instead of PageRank. What is MozRank and why should [...]

Looking for article directories to submit your SEO’d articles? Here is a good list of new article directories launched during the month of October 2011 on DigitalPoint forums… Please bear in mind that you need to clean up the directory list for spammy and scammy article directories. Marketing niche http://www.mostlymarketing.com/ General Niche http://links.com/ http://upagainstdown.com/ http://www.articlemania.net [...]