Directory Industry Still Growing

dvduval said: "Thanks to a new report from [URL="http://www.web-directories.ws/"]Web-directories.ws[/URL], it is possible to see that the directory industry is still going strong. Sometimes as we see certain directories get penalized or lose pagerank, there can be a perception that the directory industry is losing ground. Fortunately, the numbers tell a much different story: [IMG]http://www.web-directories.ws/images/PR-stats-May2008.jpg[/IMG] [URL="http://www.web-directories.ws/blog/the-lastest-directory-pr-stats-directories-are-holding-their-own.html"]Link to full article[/URL] - [URL="http://www.phplinkdirectory.com/articlescript/Directory_Industry_Still_Going_Strong.php"]My Response[/URL]"

edwin said: "glad to hear it. i always like web directories"

rogerdundas11 said: "Its an easy way to make money for a lot of people"

ezhel said: "yes indeed!as long as it's free and easy to used..."

karmadir said: "Directory Submission is easiest way of building links and can work as additional source of income too."

sydneymatt said: "I'm glad to hear this because every time I log into a webmaster or marketing forum I keep reading about how the whole industry is dead and there's no point submitting to directories! I'm no seo expert but I have always found this argument over the top and negative. I have done a bit of link building with them and they certainly seemed to have worked."

dvduval said: "One unfortunate occurence that happened in the directory industry is some people bought their way to the top. They bought high pagerank links to boost the pagerank of their directory, and then they made a lot of money in the short term selling links, only to see their site penalized by google a few months later. But before that happened, many others tried to follow this same path, and some failed. As a result, there are a good number of "general"-type directories that are not very well maintained. Fortunately, we are not seeing this type of activity so much these days. Now, you are seeing more niche and regional directories, and the general directories that are thriving are well maintained and have done something to set themselves apart from the others. So fortunately, the growth we are seeing in the directory industry is healthier. People are producting higher quality sites in their niche. The industry is starting to mature, and I'm really glad to see this."

Skynex53 said: "no good ci very good !"