http://blogs.slj.com/neverendingsearch/2011/07/24/goodbye-google-directory/ by Joyce Valenza Wed, 22 May 2013 19:32:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://blogs.slj.com/neverendingsearch/2011/07/24/goodbye-google-directory/#comment-134233 Jasmine directory Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:07:09 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/neverendingsearch/?p=4890#comment-134233 I think that web directories nowadays are not what they used to be before. I am in this industry since 2002 and web directories were valuable before the 2007 (?) algo update when backlinks from non-relevant sources (especially paid ones) were kicked out of the ecuation. Many of my clients want their websites to be listed in DMOZ, Yahoo dir ($299/year), BOTW and maybe few others. Without some serious money to invest in marketing, manual editing and good service... there is useless to create a web directory. And useless for the submitter, too. I think that web directories nowadays are not what they used to be before. I am in this industry since 2002 and web directories were valuable before the 2007 (?) algo update when backlinks from non-relevant sources (especially paid ones) were kicked out of the ecuation. Many of my clients want their websites to be listed in DMOZ, Yahoo dir ($299/year), BOTW and maybe few others. Without some serious money to invest in marketing, manual editing and good service… there is useless to create a web directory. And useless for the submitter, too.

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