Directory or Link Farm.. what is the difference?

Discussion in 'Directories' started by SeventyThirty, Nov 9, 2009.

  1. janicejan

    janicejan Peon

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    #21
    If I were submitting to directories, I ensure that the page that I would get listed are indexed in google, and also the directory should be well categorized and moderated. This ensures that you are not submitting to bad neighborhood.
     
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  2. alistair80

    alistair80 Well-Known Member

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    #22
    It's easy to spot the difference to be honest. Check the types of sites listed. Verify whether the title/description is stuffed with keyword(s). See if the site is listed in a relevant category...Link farms usually look like ugly dumpyards where you will find just about anything, good directories are selective!
     
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  3. SeventyThirty

    SeventyThirty Greenhorn

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    #23
    So today, some "directories" can be classified as Link Farms, and Wikipedia's definition of what is a link farm, may need to be revised/updated to include some types of directories?
     
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  4. averyz

    averyz Well-Known Member

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    #24
    I always defined a "link farm" as just a site filled with un monitored links for the only propose of backlinks to manipulate the search engines.

    I have read the Wiki description before and I think it needs edited it is outdated.. it only talks about the late 90s web ring stuff.

    This is 2009 the internet has big link farms now.. run with auto bots who plant links all day and night.
     
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  5. Mia

    Mia R.I.P. STEVE JOBS

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    #25
    The unfortunate reality is that google seems to treat many legit directories as link farms, non the less. As a result, there's not much difference between the two in their eyes, though the majority here know that is certainly not always the case!
     
    Mia, Nov 20, 2009 IP
  6. uttoransen

    uttoransen Prominent Member

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    #26
    link farms and directories are completely different, even the worst spam filled directories can't be link farms, unless they do the reciprocal linking with unrelated sites... for every listing they have on their directory...
     
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  7. msolution

    msolution Well-Known Member

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    #27
    ive given this example loads of times, some like it some dont!

    theres a round the corner hotel renting rooms by the hour!

    and then there are those 3* , 4 * and 5 * hotels where real people go

    Both are hotels, both accommodate guests, both charge you for living there!
    difference summed up in one word "Quality"

    M.
     
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  8. mikeT

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    #28
    A directory is what you make of it really.. all carry tons of links.
    This is where being different is key when making one.
    Try a different approach and dont follow the ten gazillion others and see what happens.
     
    mikeT, Nov 23, 2009 IP
  9. jewel3000

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    #29
    I think a link farm is a service you pay, and they go put your link in ANY type of easy place they have set up. Some of those places may be okay directories, but other places may be "dummy" sites the service owns, just a place to throw up people's links, regardless of content relevance.

    I think this becomes a bigger problem when the Google bots notice that you have TONS of links in places that have nothing to do with your niche. That's when Google penalizes your URL.
     
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  10. tomcash

    tomcash Well-Known Member

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    #30
    This is what I think :
    A link farm is any group of web sites that all hyperlink to every other site in the group without specializes categorizing those links while a directory specializes in linking to other web sites and categorizing those links.
     
    tomcash, Nov 24, 2009 IP
  11. valu

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    #31
    Link farm is sometimes more like niche directory than the general one. Anyway I would recommend avoiding such links for the better quality of your site.
     
    valu, Nov 25, 2009 IP
  12. dfwdialamaid

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    #32
    When using a directory for a backlink, should the page rank of the directory make a difference? My website has a PR of 2 so I would want a directory with a higher PR, correct?
     
    dfwdialamaid, Nov 25, 2009 IP
  13. SeventyThirty

    SeventyThirty Greenhorn

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    #33
    Don't know the answer to your question, but I do know that you're off topic.
     
    SeventyThirty, Nov 26, 2009 IP
  14. Jack Daniel

    Jack Daniel Guest

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    #34
    u re right. generally, i add directories.
     
    Jack Daniel, May 13, 2010 IP
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    #35
    Link Farm has many spam
     
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  16. Mia

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    #36
    So does this ancient thread!
     
    Mia, May 14, 2010 IP