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Google Pagerank Update and Directory Submission

NetSmarter @ 2007-10-27 00:05 (Web Traffic and SEO)

In late October 2007, Google updated its Toolbar Pagerank values after a longer than usual delay. Many websites have suffered a decrease in their Pagerank value, especially those that have participated in link selling and link farms. As a result, when submitting your websites to web directories, you should re-consider values of those directories. After the recent Google PR update, I checked the PR values of the most popular web directories, and found that a lot of them have their Pagerank value dropped.

Below is a list of web directories with a PR value at least 5 after the Google Pagerank Oct 2007 update:

PR: 8

http://dir.yahoo.com ($299 per year) (Directory subdomain has page strength of 10 as well)
http://www.dmoz.org/ (free)

PR: 7

http://bubl.ac.uk/ (free)
http://www.business.com/ ($199 per year)
http://www.familyfriendlysites.com/ ($9.95 / $49.95 per year)

PR: 6

http://botw.org/ ($79.95 per year or $239.95)
http://www.bloggeries.com/ (unknown)
http://www.dirjournal.com/ ($59.95 / $99.95)
http://www.enquira.com/ ($24)
http://www.ezilon.com/ (free / $69)
http://www.gimpsy.com/ ($40)
http://www.incrawler.com/ ($24.95 / $49.95)
http://www.kahuki.com/ ($19.95 / $49.95 per year)
http://www.mygreencorner.com/ (free / $25 per year)
http://www.rakcha.com/ ($29)

PR: 5

http://blogannounce.info/ ($9.95 / $16.95)
http://directory.v7n.com ($49.95) (Directory subdomain has page strength of 6.0)
http://www.123kidzarea.com/ (n/a)
http://www.citystar.com/ (unknown)
http://www.ebjuris.com/ ($10 / $20)
http://www.elib.org/ (60 Euro / 150 Euro)
http://www.goguides.org/ ($69.95)
http://www.homesalez.com/directory/ ($49.95 per year) (directory folder has pagestrength of 4)
http://www.joeant.com/ ($39.99)
http://www.maxlinks.org/ ($12.50 / $49.50)
http://www.nzpages.co.nz/ (unknown)
http://www.onlinewide.com/ ($34.95 / $69.95 per year)
http://www.prolinkdirectory.com/ (free / $9 for 3 months)
http://www.seoma.net/ (unknown)
http://www.skaffe.com/ ($49.99)
http://www.top5jamaica.com/ (free)
http://www.uksmallbusinessdirectory.co.uk/ (49.99 pounds / 99.99 pounds)
http://www.ventedoy.com/ (bid for placement; min $5)
http://www.vxbox.com/ (3 Euro)
http://www.webworldindex.com/ ($25)

PR: 4

http://www.2yi.net/ ($15.95 / $64.95)
http://www.allinfodir.com/ ($26.95 / $69.95)
http://www.argusvision.net/ ($34.95 / $54.95)
http://www.avivadirectory.com/ ($49.95 per year / $74.95 per year)
http://www.busybits.com/ (unknown)
http://www.cascandra.com/ ($11.95 / $29.95 per year)
http://www.dirarchive.com/ ($34.95 / $49.95)
http://www.dirwizard.com/ ($19.95 / $59.95)
http://www.fullofsearch.com/ ($34.99 / $54.99)
http://www.global-weblinks.com/ (free / $40 per year)
http://www.goongee.com/ ($19.99)
http://www.link-pimp.com/ ($19.99)
http://www.linkspub.com/ ($15 / $40 per year)
http://www.makeasearch.com/ ($4.95 / $19.95)
http://www.massivelinks.com/ ($24.99 / $59.99)
http://www.relmaxtop.com/ (unknown)
http://www.romow.com/ ($45 / $90)
http://www.tygo.com/dir ($39.99) (directory folder has page strength 5.5)
http://www.web1directory.com/ (unknown)
http://www.webahead.net/ ($20 / $50)
http://www.webs-best-directory.com/ ($19.99)

PR: 3

http://9ug.com/ ($5.99 / $19.99)
http://ask-dir.com/ ($47 / $69 per year)
http://www.abilogic.com/ ($9.95 / $39.95 per year)
http://www.allydirectory.com/ ($12.95 / $59.95)
http://www.anthonyparsons.com/ ($10 / $30)
http://www.arcadeforce.com/ ($49.95 / $99.95)
http://www.authoritydirectory.com/ ($4.95 / $19.95 per year)
http://www.blogaboutmysite.com/directory ($14.95 / $55.99) (directory folder is pagestrength 5)
http://www.blogtagstic.com/ ($9.97 / $29.97)
http://www.browse8.com/ ($35)
http://www.deeplink.us/ ($8.50 / $20)
http://www.domaining.in/ (free / $25 per year)
http://www.ebusiness-directory.com/ (unknown)
http://www.emillie.net/ ($24.99 / $39.99 per year)
http://www.idk.in/ ($14.95 / $49.95 per year)
http://www.index-it.net/ ($25)
http://www.linkcentre.com/ (49.95 Euro per year)
http://www.linkopedia.com/ ($9.99)
http://www.linksjuice.com/ ($24.97 / $49.97)
http://www.linkwith.us/ ($34.95 / $69.95 per year)
http://www.mozdex.com/directory/ (unknown) (directory folder has page strength 5)
http://www.pegasusdirectory.com/ (free / $17)
http://www.photarium.com/ ($7 / $19.97)
http://www.platinax.co.uk/directory/ (#14.95) (directory folder has pagestrength of 5)
http://www.postdotcom.com/ ($11.95 / $39.95 per year)
http://www.qango.com/ ($15 / $55)
http://www.qoobe.org/ ($7 / $20)
http://www.search4i.com/ ($30 / $50 per year)
http://www.sevenseek.com/ ($40 / $99.95)
http://www.site-sift.com/ ($29.95 / $99.95 per year)
http://www.umdum.com/ ($40 / $100)
http://www.webotopia.org/ ($14.99 / $29.99)
http://www.wowdirectory.com/ ($43 / $65 per year)

PR: 2

http://www.alikedirectory.com/ ($25.99 / $49.99)
http://www.all4seo.net/ ($12 per year)
http://www.apahcinc.org/ ($34.95 / $69.95)
http://www.businessseek.biz/ ($10 / $20 per year)
http://www.directorymix.com/ ($8.99 / $24.99)
http://www.ensuredirectory.com/ ($14.95 / $34.95)
http://www.gii.in/ (unknown)
http://www.highstuff.com/ ($9.95 per year / $39.95)
http://www.kwikgoblin.com/ ($24.95 / $59.95)
http://www.map100.com/ ($10.95 / $91.95 for 180 days)
http://www.maxdirectory.eu/ ($9.50 / $19.50)
http://www.nobledirectory.com/ ($25 / $50)
http://www.szab.net/ ($16.95 / $39.95)
http://www.web10.ws/ ($24.95 / $59.95)

PR: 0

http://www.aerospect.com/ ($29.99 / $49.99)
http://www.alivedirectory.com/ ($49.95 per year / $74.95 per year)
http://www.bakie.com/ ($25.95 / $49.95)
http://www.beaconpost.com/ ($29.95 / $39.95)
http://www.bigweblinks.com/ (bid for placement; min $49.90)
http://www.blazemp.com/dir/ (bid for placement; min $49.95)
http://www.cbravo.com/ ($17 / $36)
http://www.cdhnow.com/ (min. bid of $49.95)
http://www.directorydump.com/ ($34.99 / $64.99 per year)
http://www.e-topic.com/directory/ ($19.95 / $34.95) (directory folder has pagestrength of 4.5)
http://www.easyfinddirectory.com/ ($24.95 / $29.95)
http://www.elegantdirectory.com/ ($39.95 / $79.95 per year)
http://www.eonte.com/ ($32.99 / $59.99)
http://www.ewebpages.org/ ($34.95 per year)
http://www.excellentguide.com/ ($24.99 / $79.99 per year)
http://www.freewebindex.com/ ($44.95 / $69.95)
http://www.frogengine.com/search ($29.95 / $49.95) (directory folder is pagestrength 3.5)
http://www.haabaa.com/ (#30 / #50)
http://www.iwebtool.com/directory/ ($9.95 per year) (Directory subdomain has page strength of 5.0)
http://www.mingleon.com/ ($29.99/ $59.99)
http://www.premiumdir.com/ ($49.95 / $79.95)
http://www.searchbuster.org/ ($18 / $35)
http://www.searchnlink.com/ ($14.99 / $39.99)
http://www.submission4u.com/ ($29.99 / $65.99 per year)
http://www.uncoverthenet.com/ ($59 / $199 per year)
http://www.wezp.com/ ($10 / $50 per year)

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Best of the Web Directory (BOTW) Promo Code (New!)

NetSmarter @ 2007-06-04 02:50 (Web Traffic and SEO)

Best of the Web Directory (BOTW) is one of the most useful directories to submit your websites.

Use the following promo code to get 15% off the regular submission price on Best of the Web's website submission and sponsorship advertising:

WIN10K

This promo code expires on November 30, 2007.

To use this coupon promo code, click here or the coupon image below to visit BOTW and enter the promo code during check out.

Category: Web Traffic and SEO

Put your sitemap URL in robots.txt

NetSmarter @ 2007-04-25 00:36 (Web Traffic and SEO)

Did you know as of April 11th there was no longer a need to manually submit your sitemap to search engines. Last fall, the major search engines agreed on a sitemaps format. You can now add a simple line to your robots.txt file and let the engines know where your sitemap document resides on your site.

Just include the following line in your robots.txt file and you should be all set:

Sitemap: http://www.yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml

Robots.txt has traditionally been used in a more prohibitive fashion - by telling search engine spiders where not to go on your site. This latest sitemaps implementation of robots.txt however is telling the spiders where TO go.

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Blog Traffic Data

NetSmarter @ 2005-08-21 10:17 (Web Traffic and SEO)

According to eMarketer.com, comScore estimates that about 30% of US Internet users visited blogs in the first quarter. Nielsen//NetRatings says the top 50 blog sites, including blog hosts, draw about 20% of active Internet users.

comScore's blogging study, which was sponsored by Gawker Media and SixApart, estimates that 50 million US Internet users visited blogs in the first quarter of 2005, up from about 34 million a year earlier, and says blog visitation is up 31% from January 2005 through July 2005.

The top blog hosting services have grown significantly. ComScore reports that the number of unique visitors to six of the top 10 services grew by more than 100% from the first quarter of 2004 to the first quarter of 2005. Blogspot.com (better known as Blogger.com), continues to be the largest service.

About 39 million blog visitors in the first quarter of 2005 visited at least one blog residing on one of the major blog hosts. Some 28 million users visited at least one non-hosted, or standalone, blog.

Of standalone blogs, comScore found that over 40% focused on news or politics, including leading blogs like FreeRepublic, Dailykos and Wonkette. Blogs about business made up just 3% of the total.

The fastest-growing blog site, according to Nielsen//NetRatings, was MSN Spaces, which was only unveiled in December 2004. Standalone sites like Gawker and Daily Kos saw traffic rise sharply over the period. Nielsen//NetRatings said that the top 50 blog sites (a list that includes both blog hosts and individual blogs) were visited by about 29.3 million people in July, up 31% from the beginning of the year.

Category: Web Traffic and SEO

Search Engines penalize duplicate content

NetSmarter @ 2005-06-21 15:12 (Web Traffic and SEO)

I have read some articles regarding SEO and duplicate web contents. It seems like search enginese, espeically Google, will penalizes pages for having duplicate contents on it. The duplicate contents might come from other websites. Because Google keeps a large database of websites and it has smart algorithm, it can detect duplicate contents and penalize the pages.

So I guess to avoid being penalize, you should make sure your contents are not duplicates from other sites. Also make sure your pages are not dupliated from each other (make each pages at least 5-7% different from other pages on the same site).

There's a website called CopyScape.com (http://www.copyscape.com) that can help you the check duplication.

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