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Subject: Directories worth submitting too part II?
Category: Computers
Asked by: chilebean-ga
List Price: $20.00
Posted: 28 Oct 2003 20:25 PST
Expires: 27 Nov 2003 20:25 PST
Question ID: 270650
If I submitted my website url to the list of directories below, which
directories would yield a backlink for my website when I use the
backlink function in my google tool bar.

Josh.nu 
Jayde.com 
Whatuseek.com 
Arielis.com 
Yakeo.com 
Ranks.com 
Galaxy.com 
Phatoz.com 
JoeAnt.com 
Fly2net.com 
Blakkat.com 
Imarvel.com 
Gimpsy.com 
SoMuch.com 
SeekOn.com 
1st-Spot.Net 
Patient.co.uk 
Directory.net 
Re-Quest.net 
7in1web.com 
Myallfish.com 
Townnet.com 
GoGuides.org 
SurfPoint.com 
Peekaboo.net 
Lifestyle.co.uk 
Microwho.com 
Smartlinks.org 
123World.com 
SuperPages.ca 
Linkopedia.com 
SunSteam.com 
Fitnesspros.net 
Rex.Skyline.net 
Psychnet-uk.com 
Canadopedia.com 
Travelbritain.co.uk 
Allwebdirectories.com 
microwho.com/general/sites.html 
travelbritain.co.uk 
patient.co.uk/topics.asp 
lifestyle.co.uk/index.htm 
psychnet-uk.com 
directory.net 
webdirectory.com 
smartlinks.org 
rex.skyline.net 
imarvel.com/best/web-sites.html 
re-quest.net 
fly2net.com 
townnet.com 
phatoz.com 
arielis.com 
pharos-search.com 
achoo.com 
wwwomen.com 
dcpages.ari.net 
onemission.com 
webworldindex.com 
proudlycanadian.net
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Subject: Re: Directories worth submitting too part II?
Answered By: serenata-ga on 29 Oct 2003 12:49 PST
 
Hi Chilebean ~

I went through your list and discarded any duplicates, and am going to
leave decisions as to whether or not you submit to your discretion.

They all have a PR of 4, which can provide a back link to your website
for the time being, but since you didn't say what your site is, nor
indicate a category it might fall into, there is a chance the inside
pages on some of the directories won't count as links for purposes of
PageRank.

Remember, too, that some of these may be transitory or may ultimately
be discounted for whatever reason, so if you've submitted to the major
search engines, you're doing better than these smaller.

Remember, Google changes its algorithms daily, while these may qualify
for PageRank purposes today may disappear tomorrow. Trying to improve
your own PageRank in this manner is like shooting at a moving target.


===========================
Listed by Current PageRank
===========================

Myallfish.com - PR4 
Smartlinks.org - PR4
Gimpsy.com  - PR4 - inner pages much less

Josh.nu - PR5
Arielis.com - PR5
Yakeo.com - PR5
Blakkat.com - PR5
1st-Spot.Net - PR5 - inner pages 4
Townnet.com - PR5
Peekaboo.net - PR5
townnet.com - PR5
arielis.com - PR5

Ranks.com - PR6 
Microwho.com - PR6
Linkopedia.com - PR6
Allwebdirectories.com - PR6
re-quest.net - PR6
onemission.com - PR6
Re-Quest.net - PR6 - inner pages 4, 5

Jayde.com - PR7
Whatuseek.com - PR7 
JoeAnt.com - PR7 
SurfPoint.com - PR7
SuperPages.ca - PR7
achoo.com - PR7
Directory.net - PR7 - inner pages 4 

wwwomen.com - PR8


=======================
PageRank, But "Iffy"
=======================

I listed these as "iffy", because you may not qualify (ie., your site
doesn't mesh with the theme, or whatever).

dcpages.ari.net - PR6 (Washington, DC based businesses) 
Travelbritain.co.uk - PR6 (unless you're travel related, no
                           one would actually look here)
patient.co.uk/topics.asp - PR6 (health related only topics)
Psychnet-uk.com - PR7 (mental health directory) 
webdirectory.com - PR7 (environmental topics)
Canadopedia.com - PR9 (java sun technology, not a directory)  



============================
Wouldn't Recommend 
============================

I wouldn't recomment the following at all, either their PR was too low
or some other problem, which is noted.

 - Galaxy.com - PR0 
 - Phatoz.com - couldn't reach
 - Fly2net.com - PR0 
 - Imarvel.com - PR0  
 - SoMuch.com  - PR1
 - SeekOn.com - PR0 
 - Patient.co.uk - couldn't find 
 - Lifestyle.co.uk - PR2 
 - 123World.com - PR4 - throws a bunch of popups
 - SunSteam.com - PR3
 - Fitnesspros.net - bodybuilder site with link scheme 
 - Rex.Skyline.net - PR0
 - imarvel.com/best/web-sites.html - PR0
 - pharos-search.com - paid inclusion & link farm
 - webworldindex.com - PR3
 - proudlycanadian.net - PR0 (Canadian based)
 - 7in1web.com - PR4 - too hard to navigate

 - GoGuides.org - PR6 
     "GoGuides.Org has suffered a theft of data and we are working
      hard to rebuild the structure. 
      GoGuides has also suffered theft of all company funds & all
      backed-up files." 


Remember ... these lesser-known and obscure directories may work for
back links today, but if you've been paying attention to search engine
news and discussions, such as on Webmaster World,
http://www.webmasterworld.com, Search Engine Watch, High Rankings and
the like, it appears we may see a search engine war.

There will be competition to present the most RELEVANT sites in answer
to a search query, and a link from within a content rich related site,
even with a lower PageRank, may weigh more heavily than a listing
within an obscure directory. It's just something to keep in mind.

Hope this helps,

Serenata
Google Answers Researcher
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