LizardGroupie
msg:472743 | 2:34 am on Nov 25, 2004 (gmt 0) |
I haven't personally noticed it, but what you describe makes sense. Paid links should be regarded with a grain of salt, or it creates a market for paid links, and that's bad for the Internet in general. Of course, there was a thread a while back in the Google forum where people were saying that paid links were a good thing and that webmasters should pursue them. But that's a strange mindset, if you ask me.
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willybfriendly
msg:472744 | 4:07 am on Nov 25, 2004 (gmt 0) |
Seems to me there are two kinds of paid links. Those that are used with the intent of increasing organic rankings, and those that are used to generate quality traffic. A niche directory that someone else has worked hard on to get good organic listings (or paid listings for that matter) may well be a bargain for someone that is looking for a boost in qualified traffic. G may or may not value the links in a directory, but that seems like the wrong question to be asking. Is the directory giving you traffic? WBF
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awall19
msg:472745 | 7:21 pm on Nov 26, 2004 (gmt 0) |
using exceptionally few links outside of directories I have done rather well for a couple sites recently. many people claim magic filters of this sort or that, but the reality of it is that some people are still even doing well with guestbooks today.
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webmasterguy
msg:472746 | 2:40 am on Nov 27, 2004 (gmt 0) |
I agree awall19 Surprisingly over the last 3 months I have personally achieved very good rankings with just links from guestbooks for a couple of my sites..
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stace
msg:472747 | 4:29 am on Nov 29, 2004 (gmt 0) |
It seems that directories are giving off a lot less traffic or even PR impact than they used to. The saddest thing was to see the demise of Zeal - I got tons of free MSN traffic from my listings there...:( Would love to hear of some other free directory that could deliver that kind of traffic! Maybe the day of the directories has come & gone.
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tenerifejim
msg:472748 | 9:46 am on Nov 29, 2004 (gmt 0) |
I hope directories don't go by the wayside, they are by far the best source to find quality, similar sites in a given catergory. Even if you do pay, at least there is 'normally' a human who checks it out first.
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awall19
msg:472749 | 6:53 pm on Nov 29, 2004 (gmt 0) |
>The saddest thing was to see the demise of Zeal - I got tons of free MSN traffic from my listings there...:( Would love to hear of some other free directory that could deliver that kind of traffic! Zeal was amazing...it was like you could hand edit top rankings in MSN for any term you wished.
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