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Paid Directory Collapse

Went Hot: September 4, 2007 - 3:10 am
Posted By: jfj3rd 671 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.10minutes.org)
Category: Google SEO

I think Lyndon said it best when he said, “The rules have changed but the directories have not.”

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from LocalHound 671 days ago #

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I was surprised that some said it came without warning. Well not if you hang out at Sphinn, it didn't.

from jfj3rd 670 days ago #

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There was so many warnings about this coming down the line. My Guestimate is that within two years directories will be old news for SEO and those directories that cannot drive a good amount of direct traffic will be left in the dust as social networking takes over.

from ctabuk 670 days ago #

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Greetings from me. OK we all know that paid links has always been a topical debate. But there are 'paid links and there are other paid links' - Many people originally paid quite a lot of cash to be on the Yahoo Directory. So will Google in turn 'switch off Yahoo'? There are people that will say that Google does not feed from Yahoo -true to an extent. But in essence Google apart from sitemaps has still never really disclosed what links it maintains anyway. And what about the submit to Directories market? Google can seek out the links 'paid for' by individuals using the system - too many sites with identical linking. Or simply Directories with a barcode entry that discriminates from attempted block entries. So what is Google seeking the SEO market into. Manual submissions to topic related Directories would be my guess. My solution? Very simple and one as a mod over at WPW I have been saying for years and years. Find out who your competitors are linked to (as best you can LOL)and the ones that Google is not discriminating against and link there. Ahhh - but what if it's a paid for link?? Your move Google - Your move.