Aviva Directory gets a Review. Concerned about its recent drop from google

@loredan explain to me this : Why do movie critics write their reviews ? Do the movie makers make them do it ? This should answer your question "
Why would anyone criticize someone else's website? "

"link baiting campaign " ok wait i have posted reviews for lots of directories now, but no one made such a big fuss about them even when i pointed out their shortcomings on the review :
Examples : http://www.webdirectoryreviews.com/silverline-web-directory-review-08-28/
Told keith to add search bar as its missing, change colors as one cannot browse the site for long due to bright color. Told him to add more articles as there are only 2 present.

http://www.webdirectoryreviews.com/king-bloom-directory-review-08-20/ told Jeremy it has more google ads than any. Do read the opening statement " I have to be frank here, kingbloom has more google ads than any directory I have reviewed so far, and possible the first directory I ever clicked on google ads by mistake, its just not possible to not click the ads while browsing. It might drive potential customers away because those ads are not adding any charm to the looks of kingbloom."

http://www.webdirectoryreviews.com/noble-directory-review-08-01/
Told chetan that his logo does not blend and stands out , also mentioned what i felt about the submission guidelines not set right and r not readily visible.

http://www.webdirectoryreviews.com/uk-one-way-links-directory-review-08-01/

Told Vic "I noticed they have listing based on alphabets also, but they might want to fix the issue that I noticed. If you go to their alpha directory link and lick on any of the alphabets, you see this text on top “Alphabetically listed directory with websites beginning with the letter A.” on every page even if you are looking under “M” or “Z” alphabets."
Which of course he fixed.

http://www.webdirectoryreviews.com/directory-review-zorg-links-07-29/
Told mike nothing as i couldnt find anything till recently about beacon directory in the comments, which of course is not issue with his site, its just that LanceT22 forgot to put his deeplinks there.

There was http://www.webdirectoryreviews.com/indie-coffeehouse-arts-directory-review-08-06/
where i found only minor issues "The listings on the site look lifeless, however." and "The review process however can be slow at times for free links, and can range from few days to few weeks."

I post what i see on a directory as it is, with no sugar coating.
If someone wants sugar coated reviews it might be a while before i loose interest in directory business and hand the project over to someone else.
If thats what directory owners want to see on the site, than i urge them not to bother with the site and walk away and stop sending me their interviews. I have your interview on me, so pm me if you are still interested loredan, cause I will not sugar coat my review if thats what you were expecting. I do not make money off this project at all, notice no ads on the site? So if you want to think that i might have posted this review about aviva and criticized their about us page and I am getting paid for the reviews like Anthony Cea please ignore all the reviews i am gonaa post, next one coming tonight is that of Alive Directory.

Cheers.

 

I have to agree with some of your points stated above.

Of course I don't want any sugar coat, my websites are pretty new and a fair review will only help me to improve. I also agreed on doing the review and answering your questions. Jeff never agreed and I think this is a big difference.

Another thing is...you see...Aviva is a giant and Jeff spent a lot of time and cash to get the site where it is today...you can't just play with Aviva's reputation just like that - obviously my opinion.

 

I do not get this, how is my review gonaa kill aviva forever ? Does paypalsucks.com means paypal is dead ? And hey jeff has still not responded as to why his about us page never got completed, if he really cared about it do you not think he would have done something about it ? If you can find some dead page or some issue with my site post it, i will try to correct it not run from it, just because someone posted about it on a site.

And remember this is jeff's response to the question about the about us page, do you really want me to post this on my review site? Does it look mature pointing fingers right at me instead of actually telling what is the purpose he never completed the page ? Now you tell me how would you react if I tell you that one of your page is all crappy and needs improvement ? Would you strike back at me or would care to explain maybe? (Give me honest answer)
Broken links i can understand, but unfinished pages for like forever (6 months is a lot of time) i just simply cannot understand. And i bet you $100 bucks right now that jeff would still not care about completing the page ever now. Why ? You know why !!!

 

What a load of nonsense avivadirectory is a giant! Yahoo, Google, MSN are giants, avivadirectory with all of 13k links a giant, Cmon. It only has a reputation amongst the people who know no better that link farms like this are what are ruining the directory industry, Google aren't one of them btw which is why they seem to be taking action.

For goodness sake stop bigging them up to be more than what they are its almost scary this cult like status. David Koresh thought he was Jesus, what happened to him. And why oh why don't we let these people fight their own battles, or is there some kind of pact going on.

For the record I don't have anything personal againts this Jeff fella, I don't even know if that's his real name let alone know him, I'm sure that is the case with paidhosting? The fact is people like us are sick and tired of this false representation being made and have decided to stand up against it. Paidhosting had the guts to speak their mind, accept that even if you don't agree with it.

Just my opinion, as like everyone else.

 

Ok phoneix paidhosting is single entity so there is no their mind. And why u drag me into the fight, i just posted a review, not start a fight with jeff or anyone else. All i want to know is why "This page is being updated and is currently not available." is not been updated and will be made available ?

And one day directory days will be over if google keeps going the direction its going. Seems like google does not like anyone to make money other than using adwords for advertisements , its the only reason google seems to be changing things!!!

 

looks like this entire review was only about the, "about us page!" have you gone thought the testimonials, i think it is more important than the about us page!

tell me, how many directories have the about us page,
alive, botw don't have! most other directories don't have about us page!

and if you look at some that have, like romow: they have, Contact Us, Terms of Agreement, Privacy Policy, etc on there about us page, and like business.com has testimonials on there about us page! now look at aviva directory, you will find all those links on there about us page!

aviva's strong testimonial page is the biggest reason why the about us page is not all that required!
Just my thoughts! cheers!

 

http://www.dmoz.org/about.html
http://botw.org/helpcenter/about.aspx

 

The correct question would have been

tell me, how many directories have the about us page,and which  are not under construction for ages 

PHP:

And to add to amits list :

http://www.gii.in/about.php
http://nobledirectory.com/about.php
http://www.zorg-links.com/about-bidding-web-directory.html
http://www.indiecoffeehouse.com/about.php
http://www.silverlineweb.com/about_us.asp
http://www.kingbloom.com/about.php3
http://www.webtalkdirectory.com/about.php

And many more all taken from http://www.webdirectoryreviews.com/ list. Other than the Gii.in for now , soon shall write something about it too.

any more questions mate. Oh totally forgot, do you see on any this : " This page is being updated and is currently not available.". And that too for the last 6 months ?

See those who have them, are not broken or incomplete, even 2 - 3 liners but definitely not under construction.

Its funny you guys are make sure that people think that the review is only about avivas about us page, as if there is nothing written on the review other than that ? Do you guys like poking all reviews that bring out the ugly facts out only , even though it might have some nice facts too ?

Strange no one discusses about the good, its all about evil right and the -veness ?