Google No Longer Suggests Directory Submission.....???

no more submission

 

Although Google hasn't said they will demote sites submitted to directories, it means it because they have stopped crawling directory links. And that's it.

Instead it pays to concentrate on article marketing as one entire link building channel is gone for now.

 

I agree with you.
Directories are web1.0 and now it web2.0 time.
Web2.0 like social bookmark will take the place of directories .

 

Here is the comment from matt cutts...

http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Webmaster_Help/web/q-a-from-the-3rd-live-chat-oct-2008


Marjy, Boca Raton FL:

Recently, you removed this suggestion: "Submit your site to relevant directories such as the
Open Directory Project and Yahoo!" from your guidelines. Is there any chance that you will be
discounting these kinds of links for ranking value in future?

Matt Cutts:

Hey Marjy . There's always the chance that we'll discount directory links in the future.
What we were seeing was quite a few novice people would see the "directory" recommendation
and go out and just try to submit to a ton of directories, even if some of the directories were
lower-quality or even fly-by-night directories that weren't great for users. Right now we haven't
changed how we're weighting directory links--we've only removed the directory suggestion from the webmaster guidelines.


End of Story



cheers
malcolm

 

This vindicates my stand. Yahoo was the only credible directory that could give weight to a submitted site in real sense. Even the Holy DMOZ Cow wasn't above suspicion anytime ever.

 

Hmmmm ..... its time to enjoy from work relf.....

 

Now Google give less preference to DR links, SO i am doing article submission now

 

soon or later it will come.

 

mass directory submission still works quite well apparently.

 

Any good sites you can reccoment submiting articles and that will not delete them because of links ?
oh, and Do follow

 

I am glad that Google did this. I was getting tired of having to shell out $299 a year for a stupid Yahoo link that never brought any traffic anyhow. Now I can use it towards a nice LCD TV!!!

 

Google will deserve for all this type of changes in their Search Engine.

 

then what to for off page?

 

it will goes to hang out

 

i thinkt hey removed that since there are so many "bad" directories out there.

 

what about social bookmark links... does google consider this ok still

 

They do like certain Classified sites.

 

these web site are different categories

 

I don't know if this is the main reason but when I submit my 2 sites to directories last week my keywords disappeared. I don't know if it will come back or not.