Why do directories have so many rules, and regulations on submissions? I just dont get this. Its not like you have to accept a link as a webmaster.. you could always delete it if you dont like it later. The key to a directory is getting quality index, but if they dont submit how do you know if it was quality or not. Im mental on this subject..... i only take pr. 4 if your site isn't green if the webmaster brushes his teeth Why not let the person submit then judge the site.... http://www.rankland.com
If you have minimum standards or requirements, there is nothing wrong with letting the public know about them. It helps everyone avoid a waste of time.
I have been getting sites that are not really useful or really worthless. Rules doesn't just help the webmaster save time, it also lets the submitter save time. Would you like to waste time submitting to a site that would never approve you? Of course not. You would only submit to directories that would have even a small chance of approving the link.
A webmaster isn't working for himself but for the internet community. What do you mean by quality index? If you mean quality listing, well this is why directories have so many rules. You can know if the directory is a quality directory by browsing it, if you notice spam listings (usually with the same keyword repeated 10 times and you have characters not supported by the fonts) this is not a quality directory. Also the design gives a lot of insight of the directory owners so you can know at a glance if the directory is serious or not.
You get approved if you follow the guidelines, if you use a submissions software or you submit blindly like most of the submitters well sure you'll get rejected. Directories are not here to accept all the sites on the internet. We make directories so we see who got quality content and who doesnt. Submissions shows a lot about site's owners IMO (when they don't use submissions services by other people). Without rules its anarchy and Directories doesn't have any future.
Well if google was so quick to turn down every site when he first started than me and you wouldn't even know who google was much less the money google makes in the stock market for doing it.( I guess thats failure )
Yes you can let everyone in, at your directory. Will probably make it very popular and you can someday make a loot of money like the google guys.
There are small things that i will not except, because there are alot of people who dont even know what category to submit too,or anything about propper content, but this is my job to figure out, and it helps my traffic by having less stips.
I get the impression you're most bothered about the directories that insist on only accepting sites with decent PR. Personally I think it's daft to rely on the green bar as a way to judge a site, and I wouldn't have that as part of my criteria for adding sites. However, I do believe directories need guidelines. It's only fair to tell submitters when they will be wasting their time. No matter how good quality a link is, if it doesn't fit in the directory's niche then there's no point in submitting it. And a directory is not about listing all comers. There is more junk on the internet than we know what to do with, so a directory is there largely to filter out the trash and present visitors with a shortlist of sites that they might find useful, on any given topic. It's as much about what you leave out, as what you put in.