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Which "paid" directories are consider authority websites?

Discussion in 'Directories' started by gregdavidson, Dec 9, 2008.

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    I was wondering which paid directories were considered authority website. IMHO I don't think it's worth paying to get accepted in a directory if it won't help out your SEO enormously.
     
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  2. MeetHere

    MeetHere Prominent Member

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    yahoo
    stpt
    botw
    dirjournal
    greenstalk
     
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  3. gregdavidson

    gregdavidson Well-Known Member

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    And how do you know this?
     
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    mikey1090 Moderator Staff

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    How does anyone? :rolleyes:
     
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    hotpop Peon

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    Aviva directory is also considered an authority website
     
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    scoobby Active Member

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    Nobody knows.....if you can rephrase your question and say what directories IN YOUR OWN OPINION believe that they are authority directories then u can get some serious answers.
     
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    bobchrist Active Member

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    Aviva directory was penalized by google, I am not sure whether it regained its position of not. Also I don't think it should be considered as authority website.
     
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    an0n Prominent Member

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    Then feel free to enlighten us as to why it shouldn't be considered one, based on your criteria of what constitutes as an authoritative directory.



    Also, to add to the list wold be authoritydirectory.com
     
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    uttoransen Prominent Member

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    and how do you know that they are not? what's your ground to question the authority of those directories?
     
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    an0n Prominent Member

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    His grounds would be 'retardation'

    hahahaha
     
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    mikey1090 Moderator Staff

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    It did regain its status and is excellent I think. It has a great index of quality sites.
     
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    For a list and explanation see: Zyas Blog

    Hugo
     
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    1. DMOZ
    2. Yahoo Directory
    3. Authority Directory
    4. Romow
    5. Gii.in
    6. Business.com Directory
    7. Dir Journal
    8. Seven Seek
    9. Aviva Directory
    10. iGuides Directory
     
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    SpeakToMe Peon

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    Here's a list of directories with a PR of 3 or better, as given by:

    http://www.top25web.com/pagerank.php

    I have added the # people per month visiting, as per compete.com

    # People
    Per Month
    PR Compete.com

    dir.yahoo.com 8 2,333,420
    dmoz.org 8 1,173,957
    business.com 7 5,758,888
    botw.org 6 492,719
    ezilon.com 6 101,474
    familyfriendlysites.com 6 18,179
    goguides.org 6 33,741
    incrawler.com 6 20,672
    joeant.com 6 230,657
    4ppl.com/directory 5 26,048
    abotdirectory.com 5 88
    artoolinks.com 5 233
    austrosearch.at 5 2,374
    canlinks.net 5 12,801
    directory.ldmstudio.com 5 19,498
    directory.portalit.net 5 5,379
    downunderindex.com 5 1,324
    elib.org 5 18,997
    gimpsy.com 5 27,795
    global-weblinks.com 5 9,471
    illumirate.com 5 21,131
    info-listings.com 5 17,066
    jamjaa.com 5 594
    prolinkdirectory.com 5 17,662
    resourcehelp.com 5 12,243
    search.able2know.com 5 1,544
    seoma.net 5 5,358
    skaffe.com 5 15,939
    tallstreet.com 5 7,286
    uk.dir777.com 5 270
    amray.com 4 10,330
    anaximanderdirectory.com 4 13,648
    arakne-links.com 4 10,916
    avivadirectory.com 4 42,501
    christiandir.info 4 0
    cyberwebsearch.com 4 2,361
    datasoftsystem.com 4 969
    dir.mymaldives.com 4 2,738
    directory.seoexecutive.com 4 7,292
    directory.v7n.com 4 107,695
    earth-directory.info 4 1,861
    eliteweb.cc/directory 4 13,050
    english.hispanoempresa.com 4 1,182
    freelinksdirectory.net 4 1,227
    friendly-links.com 4 1,750
    galaxy.com 4 63,545
    gmdir.com 4 5,817
    goongee.com 4 4,038
    indiecoffeehouse.com 4 1,379
    infovisual.info/directory 4 57,301
    invo.info 4 5,369
    jayde.com 4 100,484
    josh.nu 4 262
    linkaddurl.com 4 5,064
    linketeria.com 4 1,156
    littlewebdirectory.com/links.asp 4 14,901
    mavicanet.com 4 14,752
    megri.com 4 3,675
    netkushi.com/directory 4 6,682
    nightbreezeinc.com 4 0
    onemission.com 4 14,551
    pedsters-planet.co.uk 4 6,668
    pegasusdirectory.com 4 20,883
    poddys.com 4 17,605
    searchsight.com/Directory.htm 4 69,402
    searchtheweb.com 4 4,246
    search-the-world.com 4 2,756
    searchwebworld.com 4 3,637
    sgtsearch.com 4 2,259
    sitesondisplay.com 4 4,023
    skoobe.biz 4 7,563
    spheri.com 4 4,374
    submiturlhere.com 4 3,090
    seowebdirectory.net 4 1,057
    uudir.com 4 5,889
    visitalink.com 4 3,343
    web-beacon.com 4 4,158
    websitespromotiondirectory.com 4 10,438
    wikidweb.com 4 21,980
    worldsiteindex.com 4 21,823
    zunchdirectory.com 4 5,217
    100bestonline.com 3 0
    1linkdirectory.com 3 87
    474.sytes.net 3 67,130
    71k.net 3 489
    aaawebdirectory.com 3 5,361
    aaspaas.com 3 2,895
    abilogic.com 3 35,900
    abydir.com 3 3,714
    addurl-free.com 3 8,876
    again.com.au 3 0
    allsitessorted.com 3 5,707
    anyapex.com 3 2,108
    atixa.com 3 0
    avissoft.net 3 154
    backlinksforyou.com 3 1,043
    bestsitedirectory.com 3 0
    bizmean.com 3 409
    bloglisting.net 3 6,536
    blognblogs.com 3 483
    burtonian.com 3 92
    businessseek.biz 3 14,422
    busybits.com 3 8,589
    cheapdirectory.net 3 3,011
    chiff.com 3 471,093
    clarib.com 3 4,603
    clickmybrick.com 3 5,304
    crawlr.net 3 594
    cuteurls.com 3 0
    cyborginfo.com 3 1,208
    dbestdirectory.com 3 160
    directory.cipinet.com 3 8,504
    directory.directorypros.com 3 0
    directory.ezweb-tools.com 3 9,685
    directory.inetzeal.com 3 5,764
    directory.seohyd.com 3 1,069
    directory.sootle.com 3 19,059
    directorybin.com 3 5,770
    directorydelux.com 3 780
    directory-free.com 3 5,700
    directory-global.com 3 4,970
    directory-link.info 3 3,006
    directorynetwork.us 3 980
    directorystorm.com 3 5,820
    directoryvault.com 3 10,850
    diroot.com 3 2,783
    domaining.in 3 10,275
    donatesearch.com 3 0
    esearchlogic.com 3 1,199
    esubmitlinks.com 3 464
    ethicaldirectory.org 3 2,111
    exactlook.com 3 890
    exactseek.com 3 109,698
    explodesearch.com 3 845
    fabaroo.com 3 1,822
    forage.in 3 787
    free-advertise.net 3 2,260
    freebeehut.com 3 600
    freewebsitedirectory.com 3 401
    getabacklink.info 3 411
    getinsearchengines.com 3 411
    global-markings.com 3 2,816
    groovybanana.com 3 0
    hedir.com 3 2,768
    hitalyzer.com 3 5,097
    indexwebdirectory.com 3 1,942
    infignos.com 3 11,968
    irkawebdirectory.com 3 971
    kazancity.ru/en 3 1,101
    kinds.biz 3 3,034
    koolar.com 3 1,034
    lfaj.com 3 0
    linkcentre.com 3 13,869
    linklair.com 3 440
    link-lister.com 3 0
    linkopedia.com 3 12,325
    links.top25web.com 3 9,276
    links4rank.com 3 2,545
    links-directory.org 3 0
    linksharbour.com 3 1,610
    litedirectory.com 3 2,871
    londovor.com 3 6,398
    maxibeat.com 3 0
    mygreencorner.com 3 17,449
    mywebspider.com 3 637
    netcenter.ws 3 0
    niche-listings.com 3 4,674
    nplinks.com 3 0
    organiclinker.com 3 2,423
    piseries.com 3 1,313
    plentylinks.com 3 4,181
    pliner.net/directory 3 11,613
    projectultra.com 3 1,520
    qango.com 3 3,662
    randyboo.com 3 0
    red-links.com 3 851
    relmaxtop.com 3 4,854
    sanory.com 3 1,398
    sapujagat.com 3 1,830
    savelook.com 3 352
    sbclansite.com 3 425
    search-dir.com 3 4,785
    searchlook.com 3 807
    searchturtle.com 3 2,526
    searchwiz.org 3 1,528
    seekbase.com 3 0
    seekzap.com 3 1,403
    selectindex.com 3 772
    seo-sources.com 3 15,619
    sevenseek.com 3 11,997
    sitesdirectory.info 3 0
    skypemedia.com 3 4,308
    somuch.com 3 15,311
    strongest-brands.com 3 178
    submitlink.com.ar 3 3,714
    taterlinks.com 3 785
    techaudio.org 3 0
    textlinkdirectory.com 3 1,014
    thalesdirectory.com 3 9,136
    the-free-directory.co.uk 3 2,486
    therobot.info 3 1,866
    theshoppings.com 3 2,942
    thisisouryear.com 3 14,208
    toprankedsite.com 3 978
    topsearchengineranking.us 3 438
    tsection.com 3 5,863
    turnpike.net/directory.phtml?getentry 3 37,021
    urlcable.com 3 0
    url-directory.com 3 0
    urlz.net 3 3,685
    viesearch.com 3 5,910
    w3look.com 3 0
    web-central.info 3 2,826
    webhotlink.com 3 3,148
    webmasterdir.net 3 384
    websquash.com/search 3 28,295
    webworldindex.com 3 25,692
    wowdirectory.com 3 12,660
    wura.co.uk 3 832
    xewb.com 3 2,247
    y1v.net 3 1,744
    yelk.net 3 295
    yhay.com 3 2,635
    yourowncorner.com 3 308
    zoomdir.com 3 1,739
    zyas.com 3 733
     
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    In my opinion if you start a list with directories that are over 10 years old and work your way down by age you will get a more realistic list.
     
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  16. gregdavidson

    gregdavidson Well-Known Member

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    Well, I would really like to know if I'm ready to spend $70 or more to submit to a directoy. There are lots of FREE directories out there with high PR. If the SEO benefits are no better than that of a free directory, why pay for your submission?
     
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