I just rolled off laughing when i read this one, a great post there!! Directory Spongiform Encephalopathy A spreading disease in web directories leading to death of directories, actually should be referred to as Murder by Search engines. You will love it when you read it ha ha. A post written by the owner of ewebpages.org(unfortunately i never knew his name till today , just know him as CReed)
I would have to agree. 99% of the directories announced on DP would be though of as total crap to an average Joe.
But their still backlinks, still useful, they are free and you shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth. They have a right to be crap maybe they think yours is crap, you dunno.
Well they exist for different purposes, some are just for backlinks, others want to be AIO, some will stay original to how directories were others will become something completely different. I dont think they have a need to defend theirs, they can exist how they want, they must be doing something right as theres an endless supply of them, if it wasn't working you wouldn't see them there everyday.
Just because the same bunch of sites are submitted over and over and over again by the same webmasters is not a sign that something is right. I'd say a very large majority of new directories have more listings for web directories that anything else. So I see a bunch of web directories with listings for web directories.
But they are getting something right aint they, it may not be right in your eyes but if people want what they offer then you will always see more, especially the fact that so many are free will more or less make sure theres plenty. Of course theres a bunch of directories with lots of directories listed, but its not like it wasn't that way in the past, and would not listing another directory in a directory make a directory good? I already keep paricular sites out of mine, directories is not on that list though, their more than welcome, its the owners choice. Say if a directory owner said right no gambling, no pharm, no porn, no MFA or close to MFA, no directories where would that end? Its not like its recips between the directories unless you got a little agreement going on with your mates where you all interlink with each other. I see plenty of directory owners here who never submitted to mine, even when they were free, so theres no worry of everyone listed in each others, you submitted to a lot of directories in the past, would it be better for them all to delete your listings? where would you have gone with your budget if all the little directories had not kept cropping up? you know plenty of those little cheap to get in directories are little more than the free ones. Where do you suggest other directories get their promo then if not at other directories? what if they cant afford that much? and even if they cant then why should they not have a chance like everyone else? and a choice to list what they like.
I agree with you pipes and i also feel that its like an humours joke about the directories have been made in the article.. Cheers Whosane