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Originally Posted by randfish
I also believe someone insinuated that we're charging for promoting directories somewhere. That's certainly not the case. We have a list of directories that we think are valuable (mostly college professors' lists, library resources, specific industry directories and that sort) but we sourced them privately and never requested a listing fee.
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Hi Rand -- nice to see your response. But I would just like to voice my concerns about issues that is bringing SEOMOZ/You in conflict with directory owners.
I know everybody is entitled to his/her opinion. But it is also true that --
"you get what you ask for".
When you think
Aviva Directory -- is not a quality directory --there will always be concerns raised against validity or integrity of SEOMOZ. Because Aviva directory must rank among the Top 10 of all web directories online -based on its link-quality, listing quality and the way Jeff market it.
If you think a directory is not good -just because it has little SERPs -- check
Directory Dump Web Directory -- type ******* directory as keywords --you will get it within top 100-- for as many terms as you type.
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Originally Posted by randfish
As for Aviva - I'm in direct email touch with Jeff, who runs Aviva and we're certainly not antagonistic. I'm actually trying to help him sort out why his site doesn't rank for terms and phrases that it obviously should be ranking for.
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Thats really commendable. But I think Jeff does not need all that SERPs. A directory's main role is to help other sites RANK. Jeff is doing more than that.
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Originally Posted by randfish
I'm hopeful that this debate could switch gears from a "how much does SEOmoz suck" to a "what criteria are valuable to determine if certain directories are worth submitting to/paying for" discussion.
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It will be really nice if you go FIRST AT THIS TOO. Very eager to know what is your criteria --of a quality web directory that you pay for.
Just a hint-- SERPs of a particular directory comes outside top 10 points -the way I value a Quality Directory.
