Directory Spy

I’ve been reading with some interest the debate going on over at Webmaster World in regards to Google and Open Directory RDF..

Apparently DMOZ has not had some portions of it’s directory updated in some time, and that’s leading to questions as to what Google will index and what it won’t.. perhaps old content, or not update content will simply be left out of Google’s index altogether. Frankly, I’m certain that no one knows really what’s on Google’s mind.

The most interesting comment was a person making an observation about directories not being ‘authoritative’ for their topic, and that the best (or only) possible future for a Directory (open or other) will be to restrict the amount of directory additions (listings) that a site takes, in the hopes of staying very on topic (keep only related sites within your directory), write articles that are also within the topic of your directory.. and to that I agree.

One person even went as far as to say:

“I don’t think directories have much of a future, except for directories that add value in the form of editorial content.”

And to that I wholeheartedly disagree. While it’s true that a lot of directories really aren’t much more than link farms, quite a few directories actually fill a niche or void not covered by other search engines.

So, if ‘content is king’ (as they say), then on topic content is master of the universe…

I’m not only going to continue development on my directories, but focus on providing better on-topic content and probably not try to be the ‘all knowing’ directory. Pick a niche, fill it, and do it better than any one else out there, and I’m convinced you’ll have a site worthy of traffic.

Until next time..

Scott

Directory Trials is a new directory blog on the scene that is very quickly gaining visitors and popularity. The topics covered by the blog are issues that I come across quite often, and its nice to see such an open and frank discussion about these topics.

Kiviniar has such a conversational writing style that makes his content easy and a pleasure to read. I can see that Directory Trials will easily overtake Directory Spy in popularity and traffic. I can see that Directory Trials would be an opinions based blog, whereas I want Directory Spy to be more of a technical resource (especially with my plans for the near future).

I am already looking forward to future articles from Kiviniar, and I hope that he can continue to find interesting content to blog about on Directory Trials. All the best Kiviniar!

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Keep you eye on this blog, as its not just any ol’ directory blog!