Mini Directory Review #4: The Crafty Pint (Australian Microbrew)

May 21st, 2013 by Dan / 0 Comments

The photo is actually courtesy of yours truly. Taken at the Garrison Brewery in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 2011.

I found this directory today, included it today, and I’m reviewing it today whilst it is still fresh in my mind. This review is conducted without payment or favour by the Info Vilesilencer team.

Finally! Dan is going to start talking about beers! Well, not quite… It’s a beer directory but I’m getting thirsty as I type this. Real thirsty…

The Crafty Pint is the brainchild of Melbourne jornalist (and beer drinker) James Smith who seemingly wasn’t content with his day job and decided to expand his horizons by launching this craft brewing guide as a pet project.
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Mini Directory Review #3: Hotfrog Directory (Australian)

May 20th, 2013 by Dan / 2 Comments

This directory was originally included as one of a number of Australian Business Directories in late 2012. This review is conducted without payment or favour by the Info Vilesilencer team.

The Hotfrog directory is kind of an institution. It exists in over 38 countries, however the Australian version is the one I wanted to talk about today.

Hotfrog.com.au has been a directory that I’ve known about since its inception in 2005 but which I’ve avoided listing for the longest time. Not just because it did not meet our seo friendly criteria, it also never seemed to really define its purpose for being… until now.
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Top 100 Free Directories List Update for May 2013

May 16th, 2013 by Dan / 0 Comments

We’ve just compiled the latest update for the directories in the Info Vilesilencer Top 100 Free Directories List for May 2013. We’ve also updated the SEO Friendly Excel List which you can download and use at your discretion.

There are a number of changes and interesting things to note. First off the numbers of available directories have dropped from 96 to 85 since 25th Feb 2013. There can be a number of reasons why directories move off the free lists. What most often happens is that after a long period on the free lists, gaining popularity, traffic and building great content, a directory can convert to a pay-for-review model. This is a ROI for the editors time taken in reviewing all of the websites in their index. Directories do this once they have established themselves as an excellent catalogue of resources.
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How Penguin 4 (aka Penguin 2.0) Affects Directories

May 15th, 2013 by Dan / 2 Comments

Matt Cutts released this video yesterday detailing the rollout of Penguin 4 (aka Penguin 2.0) and what to expect from the coming algorithm change. He also gave us an insight into other changes Google will be making during this period.

I want to focus in particular on how these changes affect directories. What to look out for. How you can improve. And, hopefully some good news.

After his introduction, Matt began talking about Blackhat Webspam and that Google were determined to get it under control so that it doesn’t influence rankings. This to me, was the strongest and most important point made in his video. He said that Penguin 2.0 is dedicated to finding and addressing this blackhat webspam and is more comprehensive than Penguin 1.0. Google expect it to go deeper and have more impact than their first version once deployed.
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