Killer List of 58 Free Blog Directories
February 2009 Directory Update Now Live
The free web directories update for February 2009 is now live at Info Vilesilencer.
We have begun removing in earnest those directories who have been identified as weakly edited. We introduced the Hydraulic Test in early December, which is a simple test that we can apply to a directory to see if they are adding poorly written site submissions. Unfortunately a large volume of directories failed this simple test, which indicates that the vast majority of directories aren’t good enough to be listed on Info Vilesilencer. We will remain vigilant in only adding directories who have an editorial guideline in place that they actually follow.
We’ve created a forum thread to give you an idea of how many poorly edited directories we removed/rejected from Info Vilesilencer. We have also identified a disturbing new trend, where a large number of Indian Flower Spam sites are being submitted to directories, and actually accepted. This is very concerning as it points to many of these directories who are claiming to be high quality; hand-edited; manually reviewed to be anything but these qualities. Read more
Canada and Canadian Regional Directories
A lot of new directories have been added from the land of the Maple Leaf. We’ve restructured our entire Canadian directory section. There is a large number of Canadian directories floating around on the web but many of them appear to be either abandoned, or completely SEO unfriendly.
Our own Canadian directory section was starting to lose focus, so we’ve moved all the regional city directories a level deeper within their own associated province. Read more
New Travel Directories - Accommodation, Holidays, Tour Guides
We’ve been working through the travel directories niche today. Taking some suggestions from the travel directories forum thread we’ve removed a handful of directories from the travel niche that were no longer online, are experiencing problems or who have converted to paid.
We’ve also added quite a few new directories to the list of over 30 free travel directories on the website in the time that the forum thread has been inactive (over 6 months). The 5 travel directory standouts on the list are:
Happy holidaying!
New Automotive Directories
It’s been a long time since I last posted. Over 8 months in fact. The reason for this was that my time was fully occupied trying to complete the planning and building phases of the new Info Vilesilencer Directory List site.
Construction of the site began in late March, and was completed in August as quite a number of changes and reworks were done to get the foundation of the new site coded as per the specifications. In mid September the new site was launched, and despite not making a press release or an official announcement, the first month saw 420 members flock to the new space. Now, 4-and-a-half-months on we are 1912 members strong, and growing by the day as is the traffic which has moved in leaps and bounds.
The main reason that we haven’t done an “official re-launch” is because the site is largely still under-construction. Sure, the content is there, and you can do a lot more on the new list than you could on the old, however there is still a lot of functionality drawn up that hasn’t been completed. One of the main facilities that we are currently working on is a special paid membership module, that will give far greater access to the lists and special functions for a nominal yearly fee.
In the meantime, we are working through the popular niche directory categories adding more content, and expanding the sub-category structure.
Today we have added a number of new automotive directories as well as a new automotive category for racing directories.
I’ll make updates on the site, and new functionalities and anything else I can think of, on this blog. So stay tuned, as we have lots more to bring you this year.
May 2008 Directory Update Now Live
The directory update for May 2008 is now live at Info Vilesilencer.
We have downsized the lists this update. After a much need sweep through the lists, we have begun a process of identifying weakly edited directories and removing them from the list, with examples of why they were removed. The flipside of this is that we are also going to be far more strict on who we will add to the directory lists. IVS has never been about quantity and has no desire in listing every directory that gets created. We just want to list the best directories (i.e. the ones interested in maintaining the value of their resource, and who demonstrate this through the editing quality of their listings).
We have also identified a large number of directories purchased by the iEntry Network, which we believe they have done to improve facilitation of their newsletters, by generating a wider net to catch real email addresses. Whilst this might be a smart move from their perspective, every directory they have purchased is now considered 100% junk. They are not SEO friendly, and they accept-all. That devalues them entirely.
So for this update we have:
- 29 new general directories
- 18 new niche directories
- 45 ientry owned directories removed
- 51 weakly edited directories removed
The list is now at 416 directories.
To get your directory listed or identify any changes in the list please post in the Directory Update Thread at the Info Vilesilencer Forum.