Directories with high PR on Home Page, but PR0 on category pages

I'm not a directory owner, but have been submitting my two sites to quite a few directories lately. I keep seeing directories with high PR on the home page (PR4, PR5, even PR6) but no PR on the category pages.

My own two sites (not directories), have PR4 on the home page, and PR3 on most of the other pages.

I don't understand why some of these directories have such high PR on the home page, but no PR on the other pages. Can someone please explain this?

Thank you

 

Because 99% of them are dropped domains that were made into a directory to make a few fast bucks.

 

These are maybe setup on dropped domain names.

 

This is quite correct. The dropped domain is the boon for the QBC merchandiser of directories.

 

I believe that the new dir on a dropped domain is the most likely answer, however, there *might* also be an issue with crawlability if gzip compression is being used.

 

thanks for the quick replies.

Does this mean that I shouldn't pay a fee for submissions to these directories. Also, some of them have free submissions, so is it worth the time to submit to them?

thank you

 

I wouldn't submit to any paid directory on the sole basis of pagerank, do a check for quality backlinks, indexed pages (not supplemental), etc.

 

Hello...

Well Web Directory Biz-Giant PR5 is not new and was recently changed to
phpld script so the urls are friendlier so... But thats my reason

Sometimes though google makes mistakes and hopefully it will get fixed this round...
EX: Directory of Directories offers a
PR2 home page with most inners at PR4 and latest links Page of PR5.

thx
malcolm

 

Very well said. The reason for submitting is increasing your link popularity and of course attract visitors. Therfore I don't see PR should be the only factory.

 

Often it does take 3-6months for a directory to develop properly and PR to pass into internal pages properly.

You cannot always say that if a directory doesn't have internal pages with PR its QBC. Also mdvaldosta has given a very valid point.

 

Use this tool to see how PR is distributed on the site. If there's no internal pages with PR move on

 

In most cases they are dropped domain or they were not directories before.

Better avoid submitting to these directories.

 

If you think that the owner is really going to promote it so well so well that it will retain not only the Homepage PR but will gain it for the internal pages than you can submit, but you will find only 1% of people with this motive so its better not to

 

Many have mentioned the drop domain thing which is the primary cause however i would say dont read too much into it at the moment as the inner pages of directories are currently experiencing flux due to the pending update. That aside the industry does currently appear to be full of people trying to sell sitewide links on directories used originally for something completely different to generate a quick buck - these will ultimately loose there PR due to the huge change in content - devaluation is highly likely!

 

Can't agree with you there SUNNY. Its totally a QBC act. Just imagine --homepage PR6, top level categories PR0 --forget 2nd level categories.


If your make a directory on a new domain before PR snapshot -- and you promote it-- and all your categories are indexed -- you can surely get PR on almost all internal URLs.

What is most important is CRAWLING & Indexing. If you promote well--N--make the directory before SNAPSHOT -it will surely ROCK in terms of PR with internal pages.

Example--

Best Internet Resource Directory -- Homepage PR6.

Top-Category- Business & Economy PR0 -- but under that top category-- (2nd level category) -- Agriculture is PR4. Thats becase of CRAWLING phenomenon.
I have added more categories now ( 3rd level) and they don't have PR as yet.

My PR3 Home-page directory has lots of PR4 internal categories. BQTM also has PR4 home-page and PR5 internal categories.


Only directories used on droped domains have no PR on a single internal page.

I am happy if the directory has PR5/6 homepage and PR1/2 internal categories-- its not QBC then.

 

A directory like mine would be an exception to the above examples, I started WRdir.com quite a while ago but built backlinks very slowly and just got PR on a few of the top categories, hopefully all top categories will be PR3 or higher on this udpate.

Most are dropped domains nowadays and it is a real problem for the industry because the owners are just out for a quick buck. Here is a thread I started about 1 month ago that talks about this practice in detail http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=363382

 

Thanks for all the replies.

One thing I still don't understand is why some of these directories allow free submissions if their owners are only after a quick buck.

 

I bet that I rank higher on Google with my free PR0 web directory than other PR5 dropped domains

As for the traffic... the same thing.


thx,
Andrew

 

Read the thread I pointed you to it explains it, free submissions = traffic, traffic = more money when you flip the site (sell it). Even if most of the traffic is bot traffic the scammers don't care they just want to make a few quick bucks regardless of who they rip off.

 

You directory is not an exeption--because atleast your top categories have some PR Directories on dropped domains will never have any PR on any category.

If you visit this section often and Link-sales section -- you would notice that they would try to attract sponsors.

A new directory on dropped domain --will not get enough revenues from submissions. But a sponsor ( specially in-experienced link -buyer) will jump at seeing a PR6 ( dropped domain) link for sale @ $10/m.

He would say -- OHHHHHHHHh-- what a JERK--he is selling so cheap I would have never done that -

without verifying/checking the site--he would gladly buy the link.