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Do people really use directories?
01-28-2008, 03:05 AM
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Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 338  | Do people really use directories? I was just over at another site and there was a discussion about these link farm directories we see around. I do not understand why I would want to go to or use a directory of links when I could just Google. I've never ever had the desire to use a directory and so I am wondering if they are basically cheap link scheme games as they appear to me, or if normal people actually use them in respectable numbers?
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01-28-2008, 03:25 AM
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| Nope. I don't see the point in them. I always use Google.
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01-28-2008, 04:28 AM
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| dmoz has millions as well as yahoo's directory. | ||||
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01-28-2008, 05:50 AM
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Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 338 | Yeah but do people use them or are they all basically admins submitting and looking at their links. I've never heard of anyone seriously telling someone to go look something up on a directory instead of googling it for example.
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01-28-2008, 06:54 AM
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| Personally, I don't use them. They are nice to submit to for backlinks, given, the directory is moderated and the submissions aren't junk, however, I've never found myself searching through one for information. Perhaps it's just me, but I think those new to the web are more likely to search through directories until they really know search engines. That's just my view on things.
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01-28-2008, 12:07 PM
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01-28-2008, 02:18 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 585 Location: New Delhi, India | Good directories do some time come up in search results and that way they can bring some traffic to your site, apart from providing a backlink. | ||||
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01-28-2008, 02:53 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,280 Location: Gainesville, FL Recent Blog: Matt Lindland Documentary Continued
| Yeah that too. Directories that are good and have good PR will get your site indexed quicker. I think that's the main purpose of them IMO. I don't think anyone expects you to search through them to find information. | ||||
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02-03-2008, 01:44 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1 | No. I just think people submit sites and hope that a bot from a search engine finds the link and adds it to the search engine. They hope if they submit to enough directories it will raise the link higher on the page when that subject is searched for.
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