Google stopped updating paid directories

[upsonians]

Wawo isn't it a breaking news that google has stoppped updating paid directories but i don't agree with this statement, it was discussed on a forum that google is no more going to update paid directories.But what will happen if this was to be true.Let me explain it and give a solution of it.
Google says that it is going to stop the paid directories updation and in my openion every designer on this forumor any toher forum is at least having a single directory and he is spending in buyinglinks for it , so what will happen if his directory stops updating.In the mean time yahoo or altavista should start a page ranking programe and offcourse every one will move towards them.How's that? That was just a solution of mine perhaps it may be ur too becoz i m very upset about the future of my directories ....and offcourse u all will be too.......!!!!!

[Steven_D]

We'd better discuss about the future "WebRank" because there are rumours on between webmasters that Google Pagerank is history. Google "WebRank" will be the new Pagerank!

Webrank to a specific website will be influenced by the number of relevant incoming links, quality of the content and also the relevant sites linking to.

If this Google webrank thing is real, than small players will get a better chance to get # 1 rankings in Google. We’ll have to wait and see what happens.

From what I have been reading it seems fairly certain that they are going to stop updating paid directories, and they will soon be bringing in a new rating system

[Steven_D]

Originally Posted by upsonians

in my openion every designer on this forumor any toher forum is at least having a single directory and he is spending in buyinglinks for it

I dont have a web directory and I agree with googles decision. Sorry my friend but to me web directories dont seem to hold any major benefit over getting better SERP results, and you shouldnt have to pay to get high in the SERP it should be based on the quality of your site.

I know there are lots if not almost everyone that doesnt agree with me but it is my 2c lol

[upsonians]

Steven onlya directory owner can ans ur statment that google decision is beneficial or not becoz u don't have any directory and so u don'thave the tension for its update, but designers onlylooks for the google pr update, as its the only way to get some revenue from his site, and offcourse directory is the best way of getting revenue if it is highly ranked but now it seems to be not happening again......!!!!

[businessservicesuk]

Just to clarify this matter before it gets out of hand

Google has stated it disagrees with paid links that pass PR

Directories that use the no follow attribute are fine or supply links for free.

I agree with Googles policy and I own a directory.

[Steven_D]

Originally Posted by upsonians

Steven onlya directory owner can ans ur statment that google decision is beneficial or not becoz u don't have any directory and so u don'thave the tension for its update, but designers onlylooks for the google pr update, as its the only way to get some revenue from his site, and offcourse directory is the best way of getting revenue if it is highly ranked but now it seems to be not happening again......!!!!

All i was saying is that I personally think the decision is beneficial, directory owners will never agree with me and I think that is what you are trying to say.

From my experience in business you are either changing the industry or getting squased by it. If I was a directory owner, I would have been working with google from day 1 to help understand how directories and google could work side by side and share the same vision. Seems to me everyone set up a directory to make a quick buck giving little thought to the future, and now it looks like you might all get squashed lol. again its just my 2c and my observation, no one will agree with me.

If google has decided to stop ranking directories then just take a step back and see what you can learn from this.

Big ups for starting your own business, that is always the hardest part and the first step, and believe me, I have had a business fall around @ my ankles taking my home, my car, my partner and my entire life with it all because of a decision that someone else made, just remember the measure of a man is how quickly he can rebound when he falls.

Im sure you have learnt heaps, and it wont take you long to get back into the next web fad, and you can take all that you have learnt with you. Including, not to put your future in the hands of other people, unless you have a hand in their pocket to help influience their decisions.

Besides, you may get super lucky and this could all be a giant rumor


EDIT: except businessservUK but he is a very smart cookie

[1more]

I'd love to hear more about this, as I just threw $50 at a pretty respectable paid directory.

I'd hate to think that was a waste of money.

[upsonians]

I think that if google is going to stop the updation of paid directories then altavista or yahoo should start ranking system and hope that they will get more users how's that?

[nks]

If Google stops updating paid directories.... just out of curiosity, what happen to those free directories? Are they affected too?

[Steven_D]

They seem to think free directories are fine, they are just unhappy with people paying to get high PR etc when they have shit sites that no one wants to visit.

They just want their SERPs to be a index of quality, not who paid the most.

Originally Posted by 1more

I'd love to hear more about this, as I just threw $50 at a pretty respectable paid directory.

I'd hate to think that was a waste of money.

Sorry but there is no conslusive proove either way, its all specualtion.

[upsonians]

but why google is not look around himself as its selling links too in form of google adwords"google ads"...i think that the same asthat of selling links what about that?

[Steven_D]

i dont think the links inside the google adwords box get counted as a link, it would be like a link with the nofollow attribute on

[Steven_D]

yeah i checked my page that has adsense and did a search in the source for the add title and it didnt come up, im picking its some sort of image.

[upsonians]

ya but u see google is selling them so it just like paid links.

[Steven_D]

its not a link....

[Steven_D]

also, from a business stand point, i dont think google would have a problem with a site that has financial information, news, sports, weather a feedback section & a small web directory.

I would think its more sites where the main form of income is paid links, but again, its not about the directories, its about the fact people are paying to get higher PR etc when their site is a load of bollocks.

[kaykays]

I have been watching a couple of directories.

In 2 directories that I watch, one is PR5 and another PR6,
the inner pages have disappeared from Google cache.
The inner pages still show PR though. The homepages
show PR are and are cached.

[Steven_D]

there is a post around somewhere that I put up a few days ago, google vs paid directories or something, had a webpronews article attached which listed some directories that had been completely removed. if memory serves me correct, it turned into a giant webpronews hate thread lol

[upsonians]

Infact google has removed aviva directory from its list and if u see on every directory there will be a link of aviva directory....so the owner lost everythingggggggggg

[Jeffro2pt0]

Originally Posted by Steven_D

you shouldnt have to pay to get high in the SERP it should be based on the quality of your site

I agree. I'm having to visit the second, third, fourth pages of google search results in order to find a site that doesn't have crappy information or is bombarded with ads.

But I think directories don't really have anything to do with SERPS do they? Aren't directories mainly used for gaining backlinks and getting more PR juice?