Next Wave of Directories

So we have the DMOZ directory which is the big one that everyone tries to submit to and which Google uses. Then we have other directories that are starting up all over the place. Now, there are also bidding directories where you bid to be on the top listing. What are the use of these directories? Most of them are there for people to submit to so they can get higher PR. No not Press Release…PageRank.

The so sought after PR, even more so than the other PR now, or at least on the web. But is PR just a hype. That depends on how you look at it. Surely a high PR site will work much better when it comes to search engines, but does a high PR automatically get high traffic which is what you want in the end and not just the PR. A succesful site will have high PR and ranked well in the search engines. This can be accomplished through the use of backlinks and keywords. Keywords are definitely useful, but you can’t go crazy stuffing them everywhere on your site. Why? because a search engine like Google will penalize you. Yahoo is more forgiving and actually seem to be easily tricked. MSN is in between, not sure what’s going on there, but I don’t actually use MSN or Yahoo.

Google is my choice for everything from email, to search engines, to calendars…you name it and Google will have it. If they don’t, they surely will in the future. Oh and did you know Google has the new Checkout, similar to a Paypal service?

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