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mikey1090 · 01-28-2008, 11:46 AM

Heres how I voted (also commented your blog) -

Age -

Generally age is not important, however a long established directory is not likely to be gone next week.

PageRank -

This is a good measure of link-passing-power, but updates too infrequently and we can rarely see the true value due to penalties.

PageStrangth -

A general all round measure of the things you mentioned. Useful for comparisons.

Design -

This is a big one for me. All my directories have unique designs. It shows you're willing to spend anything from $50 - $1500 to make your directory stand out from the croud. I'm always willing to submit to directories like this.

Content -

This is a big issue for me too. I generally include editorial standards in this. A site with spam free resources and unique content on each page, with many new sites and articles always being added is likely to be cached by search engines much more often, and pass greater link juice.

Alexa -

I used to check this when bidding high on bid directories. highly biased but can reflect how alive a site actually is.

Free or paid -

Paid directories generally review submissions sooner, have better editorial standards, are less likely to vanish and also pass greater link-juice. There are of course some great free directories around. However I generally spend my time on the paid directories, they give better results.

Directory Owner -

Just because they don't hang around on forums doesnt mean there is anything wrong with them. Good well written communication and ethical practices I do look out for though.

How was that? :p