Not sure how that is even remotely meaningful for evaluating how well a placement in a web directory can influence your SERP results in Google. Can you help us to understand?
yay my directory is on 1st position after your own main site......I am moving hosts so it is down atm anyway it's just start....
That's cool...i'm last on the list at page 7 out of 3 directories one made it on the list. http://www.google.com/search?q=directorycontest.com&hl=en&lr=&start=60&sa=N
3 place on 2º page, but I think I am the 3º Directory http://www.google.com/search?q=directorycontest.com&hl=en&lr=&start=10&sa=N We are not buying selling or trading anything, probably it’s a good idea to put it on the directories main thread.
What is your directory name? For example www.sufidirectory.com is displaying homepage link, I think homepages don’t count only internal pages.
I don’t know if “latest links†pages count they are not permanent links, the link only stays there for 1 day-1 month normally depending on new submissions. Also nobody explained how to solve the problem of different results depending on datacenters to decide the winner.
Pick "a" datacenter? Then there comes a fairness issue. It may be more appropriate to pick multiple datacenters, and aggregate their ranking results somehow to get a final ranking. Btw, without well laid out rules, I feel this contest increasingly becomes yet another seo contest.
I totally agree, there needs to be clear rules for this contest to be a directory contest and not just another SEO contest. IMHO No external linking should be allowed No use of metatags containing directorycontest.com across the directory should be allowed Only the actual page that contains the listing should be counted No use of text containing directorycontest.com across the directory should be allowed