What ever happened to Alive directory

they are still alive just as not active as before.Their traffic is still there.

 

Probably as a result of this thread.

 

Even if, then I'd say he's wise man and businessman, I never doubt it.

If treating directories as business I do not see any reason to put too much attention to something that no longer promise profitable future.

 

I am glad some of this directories got burned by google - some of them too big for their boots and the worlds moved on.

 

Some still earn well with this. I wonder for how long.

 

Anyone selling links will most likely not survive long.

Folks who are building a reference site with advertising have a much rosier future.

 

I certainly can't speak specifically for Chris. But I think that there is another, rarely mentioned, reason that some of the veteran directory owners have departed DP. That is, the increase in flaming. Discussions seem to have turned more ad hominem in recent months. That's the very reason that, just today, I left General Chat out of my subscribed forums. Why visit a website (DP) dedicated to professional webmastering only to get belittled and occasionally cussed at in certain forums? I'm saddened that some of the veteran directory owners have left DP, but I understand.

 

Chris is a well educated guy; He has lots of businesses and business sense.

I’m sure he will be doing ok.

With some the rubbish that gets posted, its no wonder he stays away.

Thanks Brian

 

What do you mean veteran? most of them have only been going 2 years at best?

 

Some need 2 years to learn, other 20 years, and next will never learn.
And when it comes to manners and personal culture I think you're in this 3rd group.

- D.

 

Your entitled to your opinion on my manners but being straight to the point is what I'm about, I ask in one sentence what others take ten posts to ask, if you don't like it then refrain from reading my posts. I believe there's an ignore button somewhere?

 

Whole heartedly agree, it is one of the reasons that I rarely frequent the place also, despite there being some very good information available at times.

 

The power is to have the ability to ignore the flaming and look for the good points of anything. I just did with an uncalled comment above. Rise above it.

 

you are saying like that the ones who are penaltised were the only ones who buy/sell links. We all know no one here is completely clean ... with no bought / sold links.

For google to eliminate paid links they would have to eliminate 70% of the websites that exist right now.

 

For someone so young you seem to think you know it all smub, stop playing above your station, sit back and learn from people like YMC, from what I gather she knows a hell of a lot more than you do for sure. As for 'no-one here is completely clean'? You speak for yourself, there are probably many here that never overstepped the line.

Selling links via a strict review is one thing, selling links for the sake of PR boosting is another, which is the essence of this thread.

Oh, thanks for the red rep whoever it was from, as someone said via p.m, you know your hurting people when they start throwing red about, and the truth hurts.

 

It's not that simple. For many people (I'm one of them), flaming reduces the level of the forum from professional to amateur.

I belong to a university sports forum, and flaming is forbidden in the premium forums, but permitted in the non-paid ones. The difference is like day and night. I'm totally willing to pay the price to go to the premium board and get mature commentaries and no flaming. Thousands of others on that forum do the same. The permitted, free flaming forums are a joke and not worth the time to check in there.

 

I couldn't agree more Jim, it's very tough indeed, but the problem we have here is that a number of members here simply don't know any better.

I tend to distinguish what posts are worth replying to and when to duck out, you won't change the mentality of some on here and as some very prominent and dare I say well respected members on here said to me via p.m, this forum is going to the dogs because of this flaming.

Having said that though Jim, there needs to be a distinction between asking hard-line but legitimate questions and outright flaming, I never flame but because my posts are usually brutally honest they can be construed as that. Hopefully the wiser people can see this.

 

Speak for yourself on the selling of links.

I have never bought or sold a link on the basis of PR. That is what G is penalizing sites for and are trying to stop. They made an example out of many of the higher profile sites and with every PR update comes another round of penalized sites.