Google No Longer Suggests Directory Submission.....???

Evidence of this is not that hard to find.

 

Nearly all of my inbound links are from directories, and so far my sites are doing fine.

I think many people are jumping to conclusions here. Just because that line has been removed from the guidelines does not mean that all directories are now worthless.

Only time will tell...

 

me too got it from most directories and my sites as well are doing fine.. i was just thinking if in the future if the rankings will affect it.. since they have removed two lines.. but as youve said.. time will tell.. tsk tsk tsk tsk


zrhder

 

Thanks for the heads up. I really do feel this is an indication of a larger change in algorithmic strategy on Google's part. It may not be rolled out into the live SERPs yet, but it appears to be in the pipeline.

On a lighter note, I can only hope the value of Dmoz is lowered if not eliminated. What a sad excuse for a directory.

 

agree with you, dmoz deserves no more and no less link value than any other directory on the internet

 

but before wasnt dmoz so popular? even now.. i think.. people sell there website they put on details its dmoz listed.. now that its filled with links... i wonder if google will still value this kind of site directories.. im still getting confused regarding this.. but im going the safe way.. staying away from those directory submissions... im afraid they will soon loose there value...


zrhder

 

if your competitors can do it, then google can't penalize it...


A sweeping statement but think about it... if your competitor can add your site to a dodgy directory somewhere in seconds, then google can't penalize that link, because you may NOT have added it.

So if you put screwfix.com onto a xxx directory somewhere, do you think google will drop screwfix's pr ? naa .. they can't

The flip side of this logic is of course, if google can not penalize it because it doesn't know if you added it or not, then it MUST totally ignore it...

If you follow me trying to over simplify it but you get the drift..

 

This is the most sensible interpretation so far. Besides, there are some paid directories (particularly long standing print directories that are now on the web) where being listed in the directory is important for non-SEO reasons. I can't see Google penalizing someone for paying for a directory listing.

 

I don't think so. Only you are claiming that Google no Longer Suggests Directory Submission. Google has not close directory of Itself.
http://www.google.com/dirhp?hl=en

Matt Cutts always tell us such things.. But he has not added such thing in his blog.

How can you say that "Google No Longer Suggests Directory Submission."

What Rubbish.

 

Sorry, but you got to be polite to all these participants. You are in a public forum.

 

In my opinion and only my personal opinion Google it's trying to fight "artificial links"

Google is created to offer relevant, natural search results but the directories compromise this natural results, Directories = Made For Backlinks Sites.

Directories are not natural link builing because you go here in DP forum under "Services" pay 50 $ and you are listed in 500 directories ( for money ) even if your site has no value, but you can rank higher than other more valuable sites / services because you bought links, You buy links to artificialy rank higher.

Google i think wants to fight this artificial link building, they started with bidding directories last year.

On the other hand if Google will not fight this artificial link builing the search engine will be more like a PPC engine, You have money pay and you get the first position.

I don't think Google wants this, the money should have nothing to do with the search engine algorithm. The value of a site can't be artificially bough just buying links in 500 directories.

In my opinion in the future all a rich webmaster, company will be able to do is :

1 - pay someone to optimize the page or write quality content and then ... wait.

2 - go for Adwords and pay Google if has money to pay or is impatient.

 

Hi;

Google always encouraged submitting links to paid and free directories -- like Yahoo! and the Open Directory Project, but now they've removed the bullet point that made that suggestion from their Webmaster Guidelines.

It used to suggest:

But both bullet points have been removed.

does it mean that google stops the dmoz importance? if this is true, it will be a great news

Thanks

 

Yes google will now discount your directory backlinks. You will not get penalized for having your site listed in directories, the links just will not be counted towards your stie. Dmoz is nothing but an old, corrupt, run down directory these days. Yahoo and MSN will still count your directory listings as a backlink though.

 

That does not mean "Google no longer suggests directory submission" Matt says that submitting to directories are okay, provided that the directory accepts quality sites and is not simply a free-for-all link site. http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/013491.html

 

i will be so happy if google stops using the dmoz data

 

i think all will be happy who dont get listed on that directories.

 

Google want to make its rule.

 

May be google removed that so that people stop doing paid directory submissions, as google don't like paid links.

 

Thanks for the post, didn't knew that

 

Hi,
Well, that can be a part answer, no one can really know what's the real reason.
Maybe they don't like it when million of websites submit to directories