I know that Alive directory has never received to serps yet but what is the deal with them? the blog has not been updated since September and the Webmaster has not been on DP since october. Has anyone has any idea what is going on with them?
Maybe deserted it, i see hundreds of sites all the time that never get taken down and stay online for years untouched. Theres a directory in directorycritic with about 36,000 pending, ive reported it i think twice but still sitting there collecting emails possibly.
He might have lost interest after the last couple of Google updates which brought down the PR of many sites!
He still working on his sites but wont bother with this place anymore.. Many of you forgot that if it wasn't for him buying thousands of dollars worth links and banners daily on most directories HERE most of you wouldn't be around.. As soon as google did its "whatever" people started "witch hunts" and "slandering him" to the point they became verbally abusive, and so forth... Can ya blame him for not coming back ? Hell NO thx malcolm
I see what your saying Malcolm but in all fairness one guy didn't keep the directory world alive, that would be an exageration, it doesn't matter who is not around anyway, thats already been discussed, lets move on from the good ol days, if their your friends then chat to them privately but lets not bore the rest of dp on why a handful of people dont come here anymore. Its so last year.
ummmm excuse me.... but the question revolved around ALIVE I told it how it was and you weren't around 6 months ago so you wouldnt know.... YES he would easily spend a few thousand daily and did keep most of these other directories ALIVE! PS........ No im not interested playing the debate game with you see ya malcolm
Nothings ever going to advance though, i wasn't around 6 months ago? Its nonsense, you guys are only missing him because he must of pulled back his spending in your own directories. You would need an ego the size of a house to believe that you kept other peoples businesses alive by your sole spending, its ludicrous. Minor celebs on the internet, lol, it makes me smile at least. Edit: Just need to point this little gem out, lol, how us tiny ones, like me are still around, no end of directories are born each day, plenty surviving, yet self proclaimed biggies have dropped off the edge. More established directories were dumped, few jumped overboard never to be seen again, come back 12months from now and see whos still around through thick and thin. You aint got the stamina to debate with me.
Again you missed the point i was trying to make... "Most" other directory owners back then would "advertise" on other NEW directories and directories in general but after that "escapade erupted" most learned not to bother anymore.... Do you see anyone with $1000+ bids anymore on bid directories or a few hundred for that matter? i didnt think so thx malcolm
Well i agree with that, if anything its done us a favour, less reliance upon one another, although a bit harder to promote now, probably more healthy for us all overall.
lmao ... No i just dont have the time to play the debate game with you today Dentist appointment and domains being transfered and .... to much stufffff laterz malcolm
DP was no longer a place that he needed to come to, so he left. His blog was full of advice for directory owners, but few listened and still made crap directories. He still runs the sites as you can see from the latest links.
as we see now I dont know how much those who benefited then by those submissions are benefiting now from the backlash from google (and I think neither chris or jeff should have ever have left. As I said before I think it did them more harm than good)
Where you check 68 links man.....they have lots of sites in the directory...they have just more than 68 in just Financial Services section. Are you checking which directory...
What I don't understand is why chris didn't change anything in his network, like the interlinking, removing the reciprocal option,... Is he just ignoring google?
I was looking at the right directory dhruv, they were either updating or have been busy typing in any old urls, I suspect it was the first.
mhamdi i believe google's reciprocal issue was just an excuse ... We all know and so does Matt Cutts that its a built-in feature even if he doesn't ask for it. @pipes: I have to agree with Malcolm that directory industry was running mainly because of him. Many people started more and more directories because of Chris. Even if you had a new directory ... no one would submit but Chris would. I didn't see a directory in the new directory section which didn't have chris's link in it ... Either he would be the sponsor of the template, featured links in it, or sitewide. He contributed alot .... In the beginning many directory owners start paid directories because they didn't wanted spam but didn't have deep pockets. It was Chris who submitted links and give you some what of a budget to begin promoting. He still comes online because him coming online signs pops up in my msn. He just doesn't bother here just like many others who used to come here.