I was thinking, and i need to point out that this is thought only, not butting my nose into how others run websites but we all know that at places like directory critic and the other directory lists sites that within the free lists theres plenty of directories with very high pending amounts. I mean im coming across 20, 30, 40k pending they are showing. Now from numbers like that we clearly can see that the directory is not active in the sense of its not being dealt with at each directory, so maybe the directory lists owners could set a limit, say no more than 4 - 5k pending to be in the list. The lists have report options but i dont want to start reporting a directory on the basis of a high pending amount if that doesn't concern the list owner. Till recently i stll used to submit to the ones with high pending submissions but its obviously not worth it. They are like dead sites, just sitting there.
I support your idea in concept but in reality it will only make things worse. If directory lists are driven by "posted pending queues", I suspect directory owners will simply remove the stats from their sites. I don't submit to high pending sites but I also don't submit to sites with no stats and no dates on the entries.
I agree. It would be lots of work but it would behoove folks with these directory lists to take time and go through them. It's frustrating and disappointing to use a list only to find far to many directories with 1000s of pending submissions. Like you said, these directories aren't being tended too and I just skip over any I find like this.
I think it is a good idea in theory but like YMC stated - The affected sites would just remove the stats. I would also point out the high pending que is just one edge of the sword with the free directories. I see that many (not all) of those with a low pending que are not reviewing the submissions and just mass approving them. Creating spam. So on one side there is the abandoned look with high pending que and on the other side submissions may get approved but what value is there when it is listed with a bunch of spam?
When you develop a directory listing service without well defined submission criteria based on directory development and editorial quality you end up with a loaded diaper. These popular lists are mostly crap filled.
I am sorry but i don't agree! I have a free web directory that rank very high for the keyword even. There are around 25k approved listing and 22k pending listings, but the directory is more than active. I receive around 300-400 submissions a day. Now if i really wanted to make the pending links stats smaller, i could mass approve every listing that was submitted. But i am sure my directory from thereon will not be a quality free directory. Instead i review the listings every weekend and end up approving 400-500 odd listing and rejecting around 2k-2.5k listings! Unlike the above case i recently found a directory with 54k active links and around 100-200 pending links. You might consider that directory as one of the most active. But after viewing the latest links in that directory, well i saw listing with the title that could be considered as a whole 10-15 word sentences. Description that were full of commas and keywords and urls that were all over the descriptions, etc. Rest assured i will never submit my sites to such a directory. In simpler words, pending link stats is not a true measure of quality of directory or activeness of a directory.
Good point YMC, i hadn't taken that into account. Would keep things more in order wouldn't it, as mentioned above ive missed some obvious things. Another good point, yeah ive just realised a clear queue wont mean an orderly directory. Im guessing a handful of them are the reason we get spam email from acia, loans and other offers, as in the directory owners themselves selling on email lists. Again ive clearly missed a few other possibilities, im definately not finger pointing or anything, theres clearly exceptions.
I agree that there are exceptions. It is also easy to delete thousands of submissions without even looking at them.