nice list, and good to see zorg on the top! harmu is also there Sorting a site on your own algo is a good idea, good to see it not rely on PR cheers!
Neat idea and pleased to see that Blendz has a strong BR Must be doing something right? Just need to do more of whatever that is!
Unique content and design are strong points. I think thats why I'm ranking high. if you look on the list you'll also see pickdirectory and link bidding are ranking high as they have unique designs.
Nice list and great work in general. I don't see http://www.Up6.org there. Could be a nice inclusion.
yeah as unfortunately the owner is banned from dp. Www.bidyourweb.com is another bid directory he owns that has a unique design.
Very nice work. I'm just wondering about one thing. People usually add their sites to bid directories for one thing. High PR link and exposure while PR link is the most importent. It does seems like you don't rank the PR value very high, but thats usually what people are after. Design doesn't matter that much when it comes to linkbuilding, not that I would ever add my site to directories with ugly 7 bad design ;-)
Thanks for all the comments people, much appreciated. The two aforementioned sites were submitted and have now been included in the system. Mikey is right about the content and design being an important factor and I will be publishing some information about that on the new blog that I have put up on the site. MrCalc, you are correct I dont place any weight what so ever on PR because BR is intended to be a replacement for PR in terms of ranking a bidding directory properly. PR just doesn't do the job IMO. However I do display PR on the web site for those submitters who are after it. I just don't focus on it too much because myself and many others don't feel it to be of importance. In addition, not all who submit to bidding directories are doing so for the PR, there is a growing trend in submitters who are just simply after budget long term links. Agreed, design does not really matter too much when it comes to link building, however it does have an indirect effect. If a directory owner has put in time and effort on the design it shows that the directory is not just around to try and make a quick buck and then get closed down a year later when the domain is due for renewal. I am not saying that all who use free templates etc are like this, but it is a problem in the directory industry as a whole.
Somehow I just see the Page Rank as a qualification that the bid directory has not been banned / "sandboxed" / whatever by mr G. Spending money on a bid directory that has been "banned" wont gain anything in terms of SEO linkbuilding,expect a hole in the pocket. All the other factors you mentioned I fully agree on. I just dont agree with on that PR is not impotent when looking at bid directories.
It does look like it counts but I am not sure how much. I know my bid directory is not 'earth-shattering' but I have not seen another like it using my type of home page exposure option. I also have some unique articles in my directory which 95% of the others don't so again, not sure how much that all counts. Maybe I don't have enough backlinks to score a higher BR, Link Popularity Check is showing around 60k in the major search engines which seems pretty good. I also see some bid directories that rank close to mine that are still using Alpha for categories, that is a bit strange to me. As you stated above, if you would not submit to an ugly or poorly designed directory then you are saying it is quite important.
Lets do an example. One bid directory with unique design PR 1, bid price $1 another one with one of those free templates but PR 4, bid price also $1 You get same place on both directories, both are SEO'ed and all that. The only difference is that the PR4 site does not have a unique design Which one would you spend your money on ? I'm pretty sure most people would say the PR4 site
I would say that the PR4 site likely has much stronger backlinks and I think backlinks play into BR rank. Let's say this: One bid directory with unique design PR 3, bid price $1 another one with one of those free templates but PR 5, bid price also $1 The PR3 site has 50k backlinks but the PR5 site has only a couple hundred but one of them is a PR6 link. I would say they are about equal or the PR3 might even be better. I think it is a positive sign that these directories are being rated on more than just page rank.
I couldnt have said it better myself. I hate it when these PR6 directories spring up and everyone submits to them. They are rarely strong PR6, usually weak with less than 5000 backlinks. Whilst backlink count is irrelevant I do think age, backlinks count and PR make a reasonable measure. For example robs webdirectorybid.com is a strong PR6 and has good age. Smaaz's alltaste.com is also PR6 but I know where I'd submit my sites. You get the idea? Shows how PR can be misjudged.
PR is and might still be part of the google algo but im sure that it has now been downgraded after all the manipulation and PR selling that thrived for years. Much like britishguy said its a third party ranking system and not truely accurate as ive seen sites with "no content" and "Blank pages" that have PR5 ect ect... The only ones that give care about "PR" are webmasters and those trained to chase it as the general public, business owners ect ect could care less about it as most don't even know about the little green bar or about it and could care less... While i respect the fact that google does in fact bring the most relevant results the PR metric should be re calibrated to show real relevancy with more factors then just backlinks and updated at least monthly to show real time results... thx malcolm
Both, there is just as much chance as the PR1 site increasing during the next update as there is for the PR4 site to drop in PR. It's only $2 bucks I do understand where you are coming from because there is still a huge amount of submitters who are chasing PR, but it is not the be all and end all factor. PR is calculated on one thing, the number of backlinks and has been proven that it can be manipulated. Would you still be so sure about the PR4 directory if you found out that it used to be a photoshop tutorial site and all the links were dropping off because the owner bought the domain and hasn't bothered to promote it. That is where BR can help, because as the links drop so too will the BR.... PR your not gonna find that out for 3 months... BR is updated daily. Also you have to understand that BR does take into account the backlinks which is essentially what PR does anyway, we just add weight to the algo. by including other factors which are applicable to bidding directories. As I say I respect your opinion and I thank you for your input.
Mikey, there shouldn't be any adult ads... can you send me a PM with details of what was shown so that I can send a complaint to AdBrite.
It wasnt exactly adult. Just women bent over and with their hands covering stuff up. I'll screengrab if I see it again
Thanks, would appreciate it. I have double checked the settings for that site and it is set to 'Family Friendly' only so shouldn't have anything adult coming through.
Very nice work and a good way to check your overal ranking.In the begining i thought that my europe bid link was ranking low (imo of course )because it revelantly new if you compare it with the sites that are above me.But i check the number 11 on the list wich is a few days older than mine.And is not a custom design,have less backlinks,less alexa rank,less indexed pages,smaller pr,less on everything and is way ahead from mine. That i cant understand,i missing something here? good work overall allthought.