Hi DP buddies, I created Directory Ranking a pet project to help benchmark the link power of directories, any feedback is appreciated. Cheers What this site is all about? Ever wondered if the links you get from directories really give you juice, this site answers this question. How it works! Every directory that participates must list this site as they would do for normal listings. Then using these backlink commands at google, yahoo and msn we sort the links ordered by descending link power. If you do not agree with any of this metrics you can use your own, the objective of this site is to create a neutral resource that enables you to do that. I Have a directory how I can participate? If you have a directory you only have to list this site as you would list a regular submission using this information, ideally the listing will be at level 2 and 1 click of the homepage, if you have more than one page ideally the listing would be featured to insure you don’t lose ranking. Anchor Text: “Directory Ranking†url: http://www.directoryranking.com/ Description "Provides reference ranking listing of directories by link power, how it works? directories list Directory Ranking site as a regular listing, then using google, yahoo and msn backlinks commands a list of directories ordered by link power is created.†I don’t have a directory can I participate? Yes, you can point a link to us from any page with doesn't count for the directory ranking but you will be able for example to compare the power of your link with the links of directories. Is that Simple… This is a now profit project all revenue (if any) after expenses will be donated to charity. At this moment I am searching for someone to create a script for automatic directory ranking, so it can be updated daily. I ask all directory owners if they could please list the site using “Directory Ranking†anchor the description could be the supplied or other you create, so we are able to have an extensive ranking listing. I already submitted to 300 free directories and 20 paid directories that agreed to include the link for free.
Seems very interesting and will be keen so how the functionality works in real time Will no doubt be very informative What juice will we all get from this
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Yes, I think the most reliable is yahoo, but some people like to check at google. The idea is to create a neutral site that then you can use any metric you want. Probably the displayed metrics on the site will evolve with time. Some people will even like to do a search for the term “directoryranking.comâ€to see who ranks first. I am open to include any other metrics on the script that will be created.
Nothing to do with directory critic model, here the directories link to the site and are ranked based on a algorithm. On directory critic it’s human feedback.
Sounds like a good idea. I'm really glad to see so many people trying to evaulate the quality of directories on an objective basis. I do have some concerns: I think most people with experience would agree that Google purposefully disables their backlink command. So, I don't think that should be part of things. Also, while I think Yahoo! and MSN do list stronger backlinks first, I don't think you can say their backlinks are listed in an exact order of strength. To a certain extent, the result will depend on where in the directory the listing is made. As you recently experienced, the relevant page for a listing of yours in Joe Ant, which is a strong directory, wasn't even cached in Google for a while. I'm not sure what the solution to all of this is. One thought is that perhaps you could include a made up word in the description that is unique on the internet and see how directories rank for that made up word - but that would still have the problem regarding location of the listing in the directory. In short, I think that you're on to a great idea here - it just needs some refinement. Good luck with it!
I agree with Jeff on this but I think there is another factor in terms of what Yahoo's definition of strength might be. I have websites where I have seen different result patterns. For instance, with some sites I would surely see some of of the stronger (PR and/or age) pages at the top or very near the top, and with others I would see pages that might not be as strong in terms of (PR or age) but the link itself pointing to my site has been there for a much longer duration than on other sites. So I think age of link might be a factor in this as well, and unless you have everyone starting at the same time you might not be able to make a true comparison. With that being said, I am very interested in this as well and would be happy to help in any way.
Thanks Google backlink is useless could be true that yahoo doesn't order it for exact order of strength, but it's the only listing they give us so better something than nothing I am asking people to put the listing 1 click from the homepage and if you have more than 1 page on the category to find a way to list it on the first page, normally make it featured. Offcourse you also have categories that are stronger than others. I also had the idea of the word, and you still can use “directoryranking.com†to do the search normally directories display the url Waiting for feedback for improvement! I am entering the contest and think is great for recreational proposes, I don’t see it as a long term useful tool to evaluate directories, also I think it’s a SEO directory contest and not a Directory evaluator. Only start adding listings 2 days ago still not indexed first ranking will be published in 1 week Interesting feedback, but nothing could be done about that, there always be new directories entering the ranking. Thanks, please list the site using the instructions on all directories that you wish to enter the evaluation.
I was looking at this a bit more, and I think Yahoo! may also put new backlinks towards the top of backlinks shown.
Alright, I've entered Apahcinc Directory and given you a featured listing here: http://www.apahcinc.org/Directories/ I'm curious to see the results.
Thanks for the support, I am also very curious to se it ranking the site as been getting a great response and is already listed on several paid directories including all of Chris (Alive Directory) sites, It would be interesting to see how they rank differently.
When you say at level 2, do you mean Top > Next Category or Top > Next Category > Second Category Down ? I think it will only be useful to compare sites if they are all listing Directory Ranking from the exact same spot, and with the same amount of prominence from the homepage. For instance, a lot of directories list their top categories on the homepage, followed by a list of a few (but crucially not all) of the sub-categories in each section. That could skew the rankings quite a bit. And I'm not convinced that rankings from Yahoo and MSN are any good reflection of the actual amount of link juice you could get from any directory listing. Does the ranking take into account how many other outbound links there are on the page? I'm not sure a definitive answer to that question is available to anyone other than the search engine engineers, in any case.
Ok, should be 1 click from the homepage independent of your internal category structure, I say 2º level because homepages are not considered. The idea is to create a neutral point where directories point, and then you can use any metric you like, the metric used to make the ranking list on the page probably will evolve with time. My experience is that yahoo backlink listing is very reliable on giving you the link power and personally the only one I use.
Ok, we start having some backlinks showing at yahoo 1º http://ask-dir.com/Directories/ 2º http://www.arcadeforce.com/Developers-and-Publishers/ 3º http://www.submitdotcom.com/Directories/
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