First... the picture : I'm not an American but can also say you have a very bad taste and a lack of respect. The article : Well, I suppose you have read the threads here on DP with full attention. You're telling nothing new...almost copy paste from different opinions here. For me there is absolutely no added value in your post. Or to say it in your own words :"Don’t make them waste their time just because of your worthless post…"
I have to agree with this. I believe everyone has the right to say whatever they want, but some assertions are made in the article that are not backed up by factual evidence. @Boardwalk: I could turn around and say that based on my own observations, directories are stronger now than they ever were. Would you believe me simply because I've stated it or would you refute my claims because I haven't supplied any evidence?
Wow bad picture! I hope you think twice before doing something that stupid.. geez that picture supports terrorism in my view -_-
hehehe, I think most of the replies here supports my view, from the pic (especially with one of our malls here in the Philippines bombed) to the content, nothing new really.
Well, sorry for the pic but that's the first pic when I searched for something. I think I have to change it Well, my observations were based on things happening on webmaster communities/forums like this one. The picture I used was just to emphasize my point which is directories are going boom. And I don't think I'd be mad if someone used the picture of Glorietta's ruins as an interpretation of a viewpoint.
why are u bashing this guy? because of nuclear explosion photo? do u consider that insulting? in what way, I mean, its just a photo to illustrate point not push on some judgment, it doesn't seem cynical or misleading. I mean whats up? someone please explain and someone said it associates with terrorism? rofl, dumb association let me tell u.
Well I changed the picture. I don't know, they were offended or something. I put them all in one post so people won't be wasting their time looking around to put the scattered info together.
yep i agree with sandrodz..why are you bashing this guy? what i see is he's just expressing his opinion and the pic is merely an ILLUSTRATION. i dont see why you guys are so insulted..
i think there are some flaws in your arguments: Google’s penalty for paid links - firstly, it has been concluded that the penalty was not on the service of paid reviews and inclusion but something else. Thousands of paid directories were not hit with the penalty but it was mostly those that were most aggressive with their marketing campaign. Thus, we can safely say that the service of paid inclusion is not the problem but perhaps G's view of aggressive marketing strategies. Lack of directory owners’ efforts - This can be said for ANY website and ANY business. There will be those who fail in their jobs, but that does not mean anything to the industry! It's like saying, a new fast food restaurant is run badly, that means ALL macdonalds are rendered useless. Low number of indexed pages - again this has no relevance to the argument. There is absolutely nothing wrong with building a directory on a dropped domain. Everyone must start somewhere. If one acquires a nice domain with PR and decides to convert it to a directory, what is so wrong about that? If he puts in the necessary efforts to market and build up his directories, the other pages will get indexed soon enough. It is up to the submitters to access whether the owner is serious or out to make a quick buck. Just because some are black sheep, doesn't make EVERYONE black.... My 2 cents....
I assure you I'm no kid. It's very simple. Using images of the World Trade Center attack was in poor taste. I'm sure OP didn't mean any disrespect however some may have taken offense.
good that you removed that picture! now, let's talk about your post! do you really think web directories are losing significance? significance where!! in google!! then go and post it in the google's section and not in the directories section! in directories, the websites are placed categorically, this helps bots and crawlers of every search engine. i don't know about google, i don't work for it, but just think from a crawlers point of view, in directories, the listings have description, title and url, this is probably the easiest way for every search engine to increase it's index!! right! google is not the only search engine, there are so many others that gets benefits from the directory listings. people don't go submitting there sites to all the search engines, but they do submit there sites to a lot of directories, and most search engines make there index strong by crawling these directories!! about google: in my directories google is still spending a lot of time crawling, so you just can't write off google's interest in directories. am getting about 300-500 submission in my free directories, so if you say people are not interested in directories. "Google’s penalty for paid links" remember, directories only gives paid reviews and not paid links!
Web Directories ARE losing their significance. Just not in Google. Look up Yahoo's patent of Spam-Mass.
I'm talking about the directories' significance of passing the PR/better rankings to the sites so basically, the links aren't helping that much... And the reason why some of the high PR directories charge for too much is because of their PR, not really because of the high-quality editors. Not paid links? Well, those sponsored links in the homepage (which has the PR) aren't reviewed..
? it is a tough call saying that as it gives the impression your article is not free of bias and is therefore one sided if as stated your point is they are going boom. I do see how ever your intentions are in the right place, but to help clarify the current standings, yes i would agree that directories are going boom, but in he sense of upwards and better, there is bit of heat in the kitchen at the moment ( it can get so hot one would think it's the devils kitchen itself ), but all is good the lay abouts, tricksters, scammers are all being ridden out of town as the new sherrif has been appointed and apparantly he is firing a few bullets. once we clean up the the walking wounded and they have departed via the exit door, the remaining outcome will be a positive team of directory owners who will provide outstanding services and resources for all sections of the web. make no mistake all will be better stronger and more impressive than ever before, it just takes some one who does not have their head placed in a dark place to see clearly into the future, and in that many people here are seeing clearly and the directory wil continue for the good of all. keep up the good work.
every link in reviewed!! even the home page sponsored links, if i get casino etc links for sponsoring i don't accept them, so everything is reviewed! high-quality editors are paid high fees too, and google don't pay those editors, the directory owners pays them, and that goes mainly towards the review fees! high pr directories are high traffic too, you can always expect targeted traffic from them!
ya, because, directory business is not that easy. But i think some directories are doing very fine, and their importance is growing with passage of time
Growing? No. Google doesn't like too many outgoing links from a site, compared to its amount of content. So for it, directories will not increase importance, but they will not lose it. They're pretty locked in.