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Well, looks like that fluke update was just the beginning of the overall update.
Many DC’s are showing PR4 for BlueRaccoon.org.
Good to see all that hard work pay off.
Looks like it’s time to drop prices for a Pagerank Special:
Regular Links for the meantime are only $9.99
A lot of people are frequently looking for the most worthwhile directories to submit to. Where it’s based on PR, link popularity, etc, a good thorough list is needed to further strengthen the concept of the “strongest” directories.
Jeff at Aviva Directory has put together a phenomenal list of the so called “strongest” directories based on SEOMoz.org’s Pagestrength tool.
You can see the list here.
Short Excerpt:
A common question asked in all the forums is: “What are the best directories to pay to submit my website to?”
If you ask this, you’ll get lots of responses. But generally, the responses tend to list the directories that are most popular or that are owned by the person answering the question or his or her buddies.
There really is a lack of objective evidence as to which directories are truly good.
Bob Mutch attempted to address this somewhat by developing a measure known as ILQ or Inbound Link Quality. ILQ measures the number of inbound links a directory has from dir.yahoo.com, dmoz, .edu and .gov sites……
The booming directory industry has given way to a new era of niche directories that target interesting topics. These niche directories allow internet users to search a specific niche for high quality websites of that topic which can bring better results than major search engines. CelebrityContest.net Entertainment Directory is a perfect example of a professionally run niche directory.
Built off the very interesting CelebrityContest.net, which allows you to play a game similar to the stock market by buying and selling celebrities, the Celebrities Directory allows internet users to search for high quality celebrities web sites. The categories are arranged by celebrity genre including television, cinema, music, sport, and more.
Browsers are able to view the latest keywords searched in the keywords tab, as well as viewing a large list of recent keywords in the cloud tab so they can find entertainment web sites much easier.
CelebrityContest.net Entertainment Directory is a high quality, seo friendly directory that targets a very popular and interesting niche and is a great resource for celebrity based sites.
In 2006, webmasters saw a large boom in the directory business. Scripts such as Esyndicat and PHP Link Directory allowed ordinary webmasters to tap into the directory niche. As the year went on, many saw directories come and go as webmaster’s learned of the hard work and dedication in order to run a successful and profitable directory. As we enter 2007, there is one specific directory that has made strong name for itself in the directory world, Aviva Directory.
Aviva Directory was launched in early February of 2005 with the mindset of creating a spam free, search engine friendly directory that was a step above the rest. At the beginning, like many directories, Aviva started as a blank canvas and eventually evolved into a work of art. Now, almost two full years later, Aviva Directory is known to be one of the strongest and most beneficial directories on the internet.
Aviva Directory allows webmasters to submit their websites to a quality spam free resource that carries traffic and link value. Website owners can browse through various categories of interest such as the popular categories of: Business, Real Estate, Insurance, Employment, Health, Jewelry, and Clothing. In addition, Aviva Directory offers a wide variety of internet and internet marketing related categories that have proven to be very beneficial to directory owners, internet marketers, and webmasters in many other related fields.
Unlike most directories, Aviva Directory offers many other resources for webmasters and business owners. Wondering How to incorporate a business? Aviva knows the ropes with a detailed article on exactly how to get started. More beneficial articles include: 99 Ways to Cheaply Brand a Startup, 21 Surefire Tips for a Successful Blog Launch, and the Strongest Directories.
The owner of Aviva Directory spend thousands of dollars each month to insure Aviva Directory is not only promoted well, but also maintains strong page strength, quality targeted traffic, and superior editorial integrity. With its growing Alexa rank of 8,154, Aviva Directory is making a name for itself as one of the web’s best overall directories.
With their success in 2006, the following directories will continue to grow in popularity and strength throughout 2007:
Each of these directories are unique and their owners spend countless amount of hours in promotion, design, and adminstration duties to make their directories what they are today.
I wish them all the best for 2007!
After months underdevelopment in insuring top quality directories listed of Pagerank 4 and greater, I am proud to announce the launch of Web Directory List (http://www.webdirectorylist.com).
The Web Directory List can be sorted by:
All directories have been reviewed and many hours have been put into the development of this list.
I hope this can be a great resource for webmasters and I will continue to update the list weekly.
Enjoy!
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Launch Special: Advertise on Web Directory List for $150/year and receive a 120 x 60 Banner Ad + Anchor Text on the Right Column (Ex: BlueRaccoon Directory)
Contact me if interested.
As a part of my full launch of BlueRaccoon Directory, I am offering a Featured Link Special:
The Next 10 Featured Link Purchases will receive a free, 200 x 60 Inner Directory Banner Ad (Shown on all inner pages) for 3 months or a Text Link under “Resources” on the Homepage.
The directory has received over 1,200 uniques since Oct 13th and over 6,600+ pageviews since it’s first day live.
Thanks.
First seen here announced by Praveen of SubmitUrlHere, Paypal has began taking action against directory owners accepting sites that contain gambling type content.
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From Paypal:
We appreciate the fact that you chose PayPal to send and receive payments
for your transactions.
However, after a recent review of your account, it has been determined that
you are currently in violation of PayPal’s Acceptable Use Policy. The
Policy prohibits the use of PayPal to send or receive payments for any form
of gambling activities, including but not limited to payment for wagers,
gambling debts or gambling winnings, whether conducted online, in person or
through any other means of communication. This includes all casino games,
sports books and sports betting, horse and greyhound racing,
person-to-person betting, and certain games of skill. The complete
Acceptable Use Policy addressing Gambling can be found at the following URL:
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. If you have any
questions, please contact the PayPal Acceptable Use Policy Department at
aup@paypal.com.
Sincerely,
PayPal Acceptable Use Policy Department
PayPal, an eBay Company
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Although most high quality directory owners frown upon accepting Gambling content related sites, many less known directories have been known to list sites of this nature and could now face potential consequences.
Failure to comply results in the locking of your Paypal account from all transactions, incoming or outgoing OR possible closure of account.
I have been watching the directory industry explode within the past year and have been noticing a startling problem: Lack of Originality.
As I have watched the directory industry grow, a large amount of free templates, scripts, and category dumps have been available to webmasters which they have been using, and frankly now overusing.
To combat this uniformity movement, I would like to call for a change:
I would like to challenge directory owners (new & old) to redesign or restructure your directory to make it unique to your directory and your directory only. Whether it is changing of css on your existing template or designing of a new template, this change, I believe, will strengthen this industry and give yourself a new brand to build on.
In rewarding this change: I will offer free, permanent links on my blog to every owner who shows a sufficient change to the appearance of their site. Also, I plan to report of these changes through blog posting and I hope other directory owners will endorse this change as well (PM me if you are willing to donate to this cause).
In any case, I hope this gets the attention of directory owners and makes a positive difference.
Thanks 
