Directory Quality Control Questions

Check the:
• cache date
• inbound links to the page
• inbound links to the site
• age of the site
• theme of the links to the page
• other links on the page
• title of the page
• site or pages are not in the supplemental index
• make sure their IP Address is “clean” - DNS Report
• submission guidelines and quality level of listings
• make sure they are giving static links that pass link popularity and not just some type of redirect

Directory Tools

• ***NEW TOOL - Bulk Age/Link Checker Note: If you were reading Jim’s Blog you would have seen this by now! Also available is the Phrase based age checker
• Top directories
• Big 3 directory checker - hopefully will be updated to include more
• DirectoryList.org*
• Powerful directories list*
• Strongest Links*

*Some of these directories listed may not still pass the above mentioned guidelines. Be sure to double check before submitting.

Best Directory Discussions

• Directories with kick me signs on their back
• Did Google just target directories
• Does Google filter directories

I think there definitely ARE some good directories left that are well worth the cost involved to be listed. Check out our list of top quality directories. Tips to directory owners to not get “Blue Found” (Blue found definition: To go completely over the radar with tactics that will most likely p*ss off the search engines”)

Don’t have:
• run of site links for gambling, pills, porn, or other off topic high dollar sponsor
• 10k empty categories
• 10k categories with 1 listing
• 1.7 million BOUGHT backlinks to your site
• No content
• Poor editorial control
• Stuffed title tags
• ROS SEO links
• Very little user traffic besides SEO’s
• No unique value proposition besides selling links for PR

If you don’t want to be kicked, don’t put the kick me sign on your back.