Most directories suck and could do a whole lot better

Matt Ellsworth — Tue, 29 May 2007 18:33:40 +0000

wow I never thought my photo would cause so many comments… lol…

Most directories suck and could do a whole lot better

Derrich — Tue, 29 May 2007 15:17:52 +0000

Matt kinda resembles Jason Biggs in the photo.

Most directories suck and could do a whole lot better

Shaun Anderson — Tue, 29 May 2007 12:38:31 +0000

Matt that is quite a big photo you have there….

Most directories suck and could do a whole lot better

Kickass Linkbaiter — Mon, 28 May 2007 15:41:37 +0000

I’m obsessed by page rank and at the same time I ignore it.

I think as a metric it’s pretty useless, but as a way of selling links on your page it’s very useful.

My theory is that the affect page rank has is constantly changing. It shows when something is crap and when something is fantastic, but there is this huge middle bit that we really don’t have enough info to go on.

Sometimes I think it’s like conkers, my fiver can be your twoer. Well not always.

I know this thread is about directories, but the only metric that really matters is ££££££

Most directories suck and could do a whole lot better

Matt Ellsworth — Mon, 28 May 2007 15:13:59 +0000

I hear yah about too many new kids on the block. But so long as the Search engines continue to spider them – and they continue to add value to those who are in there – then they will continue to be run.

I setup one in January – added 300 links or so – and pointed to it from another site. In May it was a page rank 5… Its just a basic directory with a search engine attached. Confused the heck out of me…

Just like my netscape profile was created around the same time and is page rank 5… I’m so very much not sure of how google does their page rank calculations – but sure enough – having lots of links helps.

As for submitting to 100k search engines… well I say submit to none – and let them find you…