KenB - 3:44 am on Feb 24, 2010 (gmt 0)

Like Mcavic suggested, I have no problems with Google excluding directory sites from their listings or at least downgrading them. If I do a search for widgets, I want sites about widgets, not a directory of sites about widgets. Directory sites being able to rank well in search results would just pollute SERPs with useless noise that isn't helpful to the end user.