It's official Google has opened up a can of whoop ass on directories

Dont say All as None of mine where involved in this new algo change...
Im still wondering what i did different then the others...

But i agree that adwords is the same form off advertising and one has to wonder what thier true intentions are...

thx
malcolm

 

It's cause you have adult sites and Google, the sick bastard, LOVES watching porn!

 

ahhhha... i new thier was an explanation somewhere

actually i wonder if the paid links was the issue? as i was to busy last few months building my sites
rather then chasing the high PR links like some (not all) others where..

doesnt matter though as we all know that it wont be long before solution is found and everything
goes back to normal for those that know seo...

thx
malcolm

 

Your argument is weak Barre Tire, if they were penalizing Directories because they felt they were competition then why is Yell, whitepages, craigslist and so on not affected? Google have gone for PR chasers simple as that.

@malcolm; Haven't you ever wondered that perhaps your directories at the moment are insignificant to Google, what's you highest PR? Perhaps flying under the radar instead of trying to fly above as the penalized ones did has done you a favour.

 

well my highest directories are PR5s then i have many PR4s and yada yada..

trust me google knows me to well and thiers no flying under any radar..
they read these threads just like you and I and nothing gets past them
even new directories are feeling this crunch... see if you find yours..

thx
malcolm

 

Well whatever happens this has to go down as the biggest none event of the year so far, it's business as usual on all fronts as per normal

Its all about working hard and providing a service for your clients

Nothing changes, be innovative, be creative, be proactive, be productive and take care of your own business

 

LMAO; Get real, its the BIGGEST EVENT OF THE YEAR. Jeeze how much money have these penalized spent on promo work, to have this happen. If you had been 'one of them' you wouldn't be saying that now.

 

E.L., I had the exact same experience this past week. My highest-traffic keyword phrase, quite competitive, was sitting at #3 or #4 for quite a while. Then lo and behold, it dropped overnight to page 4. Like you, I'm not a directory and I sell no links (we are entirely nonprofit). I'm just riding it out, and after a few days it has climbed back ten spots or so.

 

It happened to me also, my pages are in the first pages of certain keywords then it was gone.

I hope it will come back.

 

So are you saying that its not just directories but the general population? If so what's all the fuss about.

 

Yes, it's not only directories, several of my blogs were affected too.

 

i havent checked since i dont own any...

EDIT: nevermind question answered above...

thx
malcolm

 

Now we are beginning to see the real reasons of this non event

 

Just to let you guys know, our TWBDir does not appear to have been affected. It is ranked inside the top 20 for 'submit site URL'. It is also ranked #1 for it's name. The thing that might interest you though is that the site is PR4 and I have never paid for an incoming link. The domain has also been indexed for a few years now. I do charge for submissions (very cheap) so I guess that means I am selling text links.

My directory is now listed in either DMOZ or Yahoo! and is not very large. I think in my case it is a mixture of luck and no purchased links that has enabled me to avoid these changes. Having said that, I don't actually moniter search engine traffic to this site so I couln't tell you what impact this would have.

Good luck to you if your rankings have dropped!

 

Can we have some examples here guys and gals coz all I see is diversion from the fact that PR chasers are having thier asses whooped as in the title.

 

OK, do a search for Web Directory and wikipedia is number 4. Do a search for about anything and wikipedia pops up on the first 1 or 2 pages. Heck, wikipedia even returns as number 20 and 21 for farts.

If anyone needs to be blacklisted, it's wikipedia. However relevant the information may be, I'm tired of seeing wikipedia definitions pop up on every search I do in Google. I thought that typing in define: keyword would get a definition. But type in belch, and wikipedia sits there ready to define the act of burping in the number 3 position...

 

wikipedia has got content

 

Does wikipedia SELL links?

 

Our directories are doing fine so far. Nothing startling. Just climbing slowly through the serps's for their selected key words. Nothing to panic about. Is this why we havent seen any of those inane Whats The Strongest Directory posts lately?

And mine. Which is why I can spot them without even so uch as a breath of wind.

Where are Aviva and Alive? They should be here answering questions and explaining why these people have timed it wrong. Surel they know the reasons and saw it coming.

 

Cool stuff here, thanks for the info with regards to this google directory guys.