Directorys -What Is Up With Them ?

by Jeremy Schoemaker on March 27, 2006 · 28 comments

Update: For those who do not have the latest version of iTunes you can watch on Google Video (it takes them forever to approve it =( )

With Zeal going down on March 28th it got me thinking a bit about directory’s.

Are they really of any value any more?

Check out the podcast!

Special thanks to my guests

David Naylor
Barry Schwartz
Todd Friesen

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1 Andrea March 27, 2006 at 11:06 pm: nice job bro, i like the question/answer

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2 Bazkaz March 28, 2006 at 1:20 am: Another cool podcast. I agree with Andrea the Q/A style was pretty cool, especially since it covered multiple opinions on the topic. Nice job.

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3 Ralph March 28, 2006 at 9:11 am: OMG David Naylor is FRICKING HILARIOUS!

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4 dan kavanaugh March 28, 2006 at 12:01 pm: nice video, looks like you got that hd cam wired

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5 Gemme March 29, 2006 at 3:23 am: Good topic, and very well structured/ It was interesting to watch and listen to the varied opinions on directories. It beats webmasterradio. Time for seotv ?

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6 Kyle March 29, 2006 at 12:31 pm: Is anyone else having problems downloading this video?

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7 enndot March 29, 2006 at 9:16 pm: Surprised I’m the first, but ah… where’d you get the girls?

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8 Brian Turner March 30, 2006 at 5:26 am: Have you checked out Bob Mutch’s directory list? Very interesting system of appraisal:

http://www.seocompany.ca/directory/top-web-directories.html

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9 Frank March 30, 2006 at 8:43 am: Red Lobster

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10 Shimon Sandler March 31, 2006 at 8:52 am: Great video. Nice kitchen:-)

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11 www.buying-directory.com April 6, 2006 at 8:15 am: This was a great explanation of what directories are.
I’m not convinced that so called “scraper sites” do not gain value over time as they continue to focus on their niche and diverge from a source that might have seeded them initially.

I’ve also heard that as a spidering resource, directories are and will continue to be very important to the major search engines.

They are not link farms if they review each submission by definition.
Submit your ecommerce or whole saler site to:

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15 A1 directory search September 3, 2006 at 1:22 pm: Nice information, good job

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