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Some Of The Better Directory Options

Posted by Paul B | January 14, 2008 .

So unless you’re very new here I guess you know that I’m not a big fan of directories, I have used them in the past for a link source and the amount of traffic they have delivered has been very poor at best. However there are 1 or 2 out there that are known to have ranking benefits, Yahoo and DMOZ namely.

However gaining 1 way links appears to be getting harder all the time so I thought it was time to have a look at some of the directory options again. This might surprise you but it’s actually much easier to spot if a directory is high quality or not (in terms of the search engines anyway) now. Ever since Google slapped link sellers and reduced the page rank of many directories it had the adverse affect of leaving webmasters without any doubt of where it was worth getting a link from. As thousands of rubbish directories were hit hard, losing page rank and being removed from the index others were left to stand out like a beacon of quality amongst the sea of shit.

www.abilogic.com - Was once a PR5, now a 4. One of the very few directories I’ve used that had a positive effect on SERPs (all be it with Yahoo rather than Google). They offer free listings or to spped things up you can buy 5 deep links for $14.95.

www.octopedia.com - This is one of those very rare directories that has actually gained PR in recent times. By paying a one time membership fee of $25 you get 2 submissions (each of which can contain up to 8 links). A flat structure really helps this directory benefit their customers.

www.platinax.co.uk/directory/ - Holding on to their PR5 you can buy a lifetime link in this directory for £14.95. This one seems to have ducked under Google’s radar for now.

www.sezza.com - Having a home PR5 you have to pay a 1 time review fee of $14.95 to get a listing here. Look carefully before buying though as some categories pass PR much better than others.

www.yeandi.com - A little gem this one. Expect to wait 6-8 weeks for a review of your free submission, alternatively you can speed things up by paying $20. Even better PR seems to flow freely through this PR4 directory.

There you have it, 5 directories that are worth adding to your link building strategy.

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  1. Adam UNITED KINGDOM Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11  January 14, 2008 7:09 pm

    Great stuff - will probably check them out at some point, I hadn’t heard of any of them!