Rand Fishkin upsets directory owners?

Discussion in 'Directories' started by BFTUK, Jul 20, 2007.

  1. Valhalla

    Valhalla Well-Known Member

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    #81
    Wish he would fix the Pagestrength tool or I want refund of my $39.99 , after all the fuss about it I signed up and it never seems to pull in alexa data, I hate paying for faulty goods.
     
    Valhalla, Jul 23, 2007 IP
  2. bestoptimized

    bestoptimized Peon

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    #82
    Rand does not say paid links are bad in fact he admits that he buys paid links openly.
     
    bestoptimized, Jul 25, 2007 IP
  3. SilkySmooth

    SilkySmooth Well-Known Member

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    #83
    Rand, how about spending that time on something a bit more constructive like fixing the broken tool you are charging people for.
     
    SilkySmooth, Jul 25, 2007 IP
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    maldives Prominent Member

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    #84
    Absolutely. It is not the time to attack fellow experts while own website is broken. Rand, hope you take it easy. :cool:
     
    maldives, Jul 25, 2007 IP
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  5. BoutiqueMusic

    BoutiqueMusic Peon

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    #85
    In the old days, a business took out a very expensive and in an industry publication to sell a product. A full page ad (depending on circulation) can run as low as $1500/month on a 12 month deal. (single month run is about 4-6K) Anything less than $18,000/year is a bargain especially when you consider the "potential" number of contacts available. If your directory has 100K hits a month, it would seem that paying for that traffic would be logical.
     
    BoutiqueMusic, Jul 25, 2007 IP
  6. EducationLinks

    EducationLinks Well-Known Member

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    #86
    I have completely written off the PS tool. I find it to be completely inaccurate 90% of the time. I cancelled my subscription. It's a waste of time, and money.
     
    EducationLinks, Jul 25, 2007 IP
  7. Freewebspace

    Freewebspace Notable Member

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    #87
    wrong !

    He is against paid links in directories and it seems that he does not know about directories

    He knows only Dmoz and Yahoo.com
     
    Freewebspace, Jul 26, 2007 IP
  8. amitpatel_3001

    amitpatel_3001 Results Follow Patience

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    #88
    Yahoo.com also charges for listing ;)
     
    amitpatel_3001, Jul 26, 2007 IP
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    Freewebspace Notable Member

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    #89
    He knows only one paid directory that it is Yahoo! and not others!
     
    Freewebspace, Jul 26, 2007 IP
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    #90
    Ran Rishkin has a point thought.
     
    nate_king1, Jul 26, 2007 IP
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  12. spin

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    #92
    Wasn't impressed with Rand at all and I'm just an average guy.... Pfff didn't think he was credible, lacked information and facts...Be the last one I watch from that site.
     
    spin, Aug 21, 2007 IP