JRMaine - 1:34 pm on Aug 8, 2005 (gmt 0)

I have noticed a significant improvements now that many useless directories have been dropped in favor of sites containing original content. I think Google is much better for it.

When you search for something, you want to find sites listed that actually have usefull content directly on topic - not just directories listing links to other sites that supposedly have content, or worse, more directories. While some directories are good, it seems that most are total auto-generated spam.

For example, an actual "lodging" website (like a motel, hotel, inn, BnB, etc) should come up at the top of a search, especially when the term is combined with a location ("lodging location"). Google was terrible at this after they emphasized link popularity. All you got was link directory after link directory. Now it seems you get a few real sites listed.