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[Dan]

I've been using a simple technique to weed out good/bad directories. I call it the Hydraulic Test

Looking at latest links, can give you a quick idea about whether a directory has any editing principles or not, but I have found nothing works better than doing a quick search for hydraulic on a directory.

I was looking at a directories latest links this morning, which all looked good. So I did the hydraulic test and found the following:

UTB 650, Tractor, Tractor Parts, UTB Romania, Universal 650, UTB Tractor, Tractorul utb spares, UTB-650 parts - utbparts.com
Manufacturer and Exporter of UTB-650 Romania spare parts, Engine parts, Transmission parts, Hydraulic Parts, Body Parts, Electrical Parts. We are supplier of complete range of Tractorul UTB 650 Romania.

hydraulic pumps,lub oil pump,steering pump,duplex pump,manufacturer,supplier - hydraulicpumps.in
Manufacturer and supplier of hydraulic pumps, lubricating oil pump, steering pump, Pompe hydraulique, duplex pump, steering jack, master cylinder, brake master cylinder, hyd pump for UTB

Fiat,Tractor Parts,Fiat Tractor,fiat spare parts,Fiat,Tractor,parts,Tractor part - fiattractorparts.com
Manufacturer and Exporter of fiat-445 tractor spare parts, Engine part, automotive, Transmission parts, Hydraulic Parts

Fiat,Tractor Parts,Fiat Tractor,fiat spare parts,Fiat,Tractor,parts,Tractor part - fiattractorparts.com
Manufacturer and Exporter of fiat-445 tractor spare parts, Engine part, automotive, Transmission parts, Hydraulic Parts

Supplier Of Oil Seals,Rubber Seal Manufacturer,Oil Seal,Hydraulic Seal,Exporter - oilsealindia.com
Manufacturer and supplier of oil seals, rubber seals, hydraulic seals, oil-seals, rubber parts, automotive rubber components. We are exporter of rubber components, rubber parts, automotive rubber components.

If your directory currently has this junk in it, then I suggest removing it, because if you don't then you are no better than a link farm.

This is 100% spam and even the most novice editor should have no trouble spotting junk like this and removing it accordingly. Sadly, 99 out of 100 directories I look at have these listings, and those directories are junk themselves as a result of including these terrible listings.

[mimika]

Hydraulic,eh! Very interesting choice of word...

Oh well, I went to check our directory and found that thanks to our Editors from 25 links in our index, none resemble the spam you have exposed in your example.

mimika

[Dan]

Here's a perfect example of what not to do:

javaedition.com/index.php?search=hydraulic&x=0&y=0

[Harkster]

I hope that after doing a Hydraulic search and finding results the listing isn't automatically tagged as 'bad'.

I got a submission from hts-direct.co.uk/ and the description caught my attention. After giving the site a close look I decided it is ok and approved the submission.

[Dan]

We don't automatically tag hydraulic listings as bad. I was just using that as one example of a query one can use to find a good example of bad listings, like those I quoted above.

You can have 500 hydraulic sites listed if you want, but the key point we are trying to make is that people will just accept spammy listings to fill/seed a category, when they should be editing them or rejecting them because they are junk. The difference between a link farm and a bad directory is negligible when there is no editing.

What sets a real directory apart from the hordes of other junky ones is that someone has put real time into that directory to elicit quality listings, by editing/rejecting. The directory isn't good because it has a good design or because it's free or because it has a high PR. The listings/content, and the activity on the directory are what make it real.

From our perspective, all directories are checked manually for some sort of editing process. This isn't something that can be done automatically, it requires human involvement. Because it can be pretty time intensive to do that for literally thousands of directories, it becomes pretty simple to rule directories out who all have the same sorts of junk listed in them.

The example above is just an example, there are dozens of other queries that could be used in a search to retrieve similar results. A website that is submitted might be a good website, but have spammy submission information, that's where good editing comes in. The website could be approved after modification of the spammy information, to something a lot more acceptable.

[alexme]

Nice call Dan, hydraulic has large amount of submissions and are generally spammy which makes this a good test.

My directories did not have any hydraulics (thank god haha) but looking at other directories you can clearly see the issue. They either need to be deleted or edited accordingly.

[Harkster]

Dr. Steven White

For sure not the not the only offender but this guy is submitting site after site dealing with cosmetic surgery in the Dallas and Fort worth area plugging his services.

[Harkster]

I have another one. There are a bunch of identical chiropractic sites that incorporate the word Maximized in the description and/or domain name. All sites are exactly the same except for the doctor name and location. See http://maximizedlivingdrlang.com/

[George]

Are they submitted with the same IP, or email address?

[Harkster]

Originally Posted by George

Are they submitted with the same IP, or email address?

likely. I wil look the next time I get a bunch. If I had to guess it is a company charging large $$$ to do a Web site for chiropractic practices.