Authority Web Directories
Many webmasters are fascinated with Authority sites. But it is not easy to define an authority site!
Without going into lengthy details - I would like to illustrate them with pictorial evidence.
From the above picture we can see that - Google is showing four (4) deep-links or sub-pages along with the main URL of XOOPS - the parent site of Object Oriented content management system. This means that Google recognizes this website as the authority in its niche. It is the ultimate website when it comes to everything related to content management using XOOPS.
While its all speculative when it comes to how Google awards Page Rank, SERPs or other status to websites, the consensus belief is that - a site has to getreference links from majority of websites in its niche, it has to get reference links from other authority websites, it has to be content rich and be online for a sizeable period of time without doing anything that Google deems illegal. Based on these factors Google, awards its ultimate recognition, the Authority Status to an established website.
Authority Web Directories
Today, there are seemingly thousands of human edited web directories online catering to hundreds of thousands of websites coming up every year. This phenomenon has been result of the creation of Open Directory Projec (ODP) or DMOZ. Google’s search algorythm or Google Technology that is mainly based on votes (inbound links) by other sites has also contributed to the growth of human edited web directories to provide webmasters a jump-start to their newly launched websites by helping them to get indexed quickly by Search Engines.
However, out of those thousands of human edited web directories , only 25 have been able to achieve Authority Status so far.
1. DMOZ - aka Open Directory Project (ODP) -the Web’s largest directory and most comprehensive directory where sites are reviewed by voluntary editors from around the world.
2. Yahoo Directory - The Official Directory of Yah00 offers free listing to quality websites and commercial sites have to pay a review fee of $299/year.
3. Google Directory (Mirror of DMOZ) - The Official Directory of Google that uses the database of DMOZ.
4. Business.com - A B2B Search Engine cum Internet Directory. Directory listing is $199 per year rate for PPC depend on clients’ requirements.
5. Best Of The Web - The oldest web directory on the net. Inclusion in the directory cost $69.96 annual recurring or 199.95 permanent listing.
6. JoeAnt — Very Old and respected web directory that offers free listings to Quality websites and a fee of $39.99. Editors are volunteers from amongst the web community.
7. Gimpsy - A unique directory where sites are listed using a unique action based classification method.
8. GoGuides - A web Directory providing information on websites since 2001. A one time review fee of $69.95 is required for inclusion.
9. Web World Index - A Quality web directory directory providing both free and paid listing to quality websites. Paid inclusion is termed as Premium listing and appears above free listings requires a fee of $25 per year.
10. Abilogic - A premium business web directory catering to business sites offering free Basic and Paid Premium and Express listing options
11. Webopedia - Computer and Internet related sites only, a sister site of Internet.com of Jupitermedia
12. Free UK Business Directory - A catalog of websites based in the UK.
13. Clush.com - Another Search Engine cum Internet directory offering mebership based listing. Fee for membership is %19.95
14. Wowdirectory - Only quality websites are reviewed and listed - Offering free and paid inclusion options. It also offers a full page business profile listing for a one time fee of $100.
15. Exactseek - Search engine and web directory offering free and sponsored inclusion.
16.Site-Sift - The parent Web Directory of Site-Sift directory script has been online since 2004. Different listing options - Minimum-$29.95, Maximum- $99.95.
17. Alive Directory - The most agressively promotted Web Directory owned by the great online enterpreneur Chris Hoffman. It is visible almost everywhere on the internet today, and provides quality web resources to the Internet community. It offers different review packages for inclusion into the directory - that ranges from $49.95 to $299.95.
18. Aviva Directory - Owned by great directory owner Jeff Behrendt of Behrendt Enterprise, this directory is one of most popular among webmasters. With his unique and resourceful articles on his directory blogs Jeff is a master of getting free links from the web community who love to read his web-business posts.
No wonder - Aviva directory is on top every webmaster or SEO’s list of must submit web directories. Fee for inclusion is Annual recurring - Normal -$49.95 and Featured -$74.95.
19. Sevenseek - Another of great web directory owned by Jeff - Basi inclusion -$40.00 and Featured - $99.95. All listings are permanent.
20. UK Small Business Directory - A basically free directory of business websites catering to the UK customers. International websites rendering services to UK are also listed. Basic listings have only information on them and do not get any direct links. However, Special listings may get a direct hyperlinks to their websites for a fee of Pound Sterling 29.95.
21. isedb.com — The site is not a mere directory -but a portal of search engines, internet marketing and web directory resource.
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August 6th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
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August 8th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
Just a quick question: With www.stpt.com having such a high PR of 8 and being a directory. Do you have an idea why it has not become an authority directory? Does PR outweigh Authority?
August 8th, 2007 at 11:36 pm
PR has nothing to do with authority - thats what I believe - personally.
I have seen PR3 authority site and also PR9 non- authority site. I believe - they are totally different algo.
As to why Starting Point is not an authority - I don’t know why. LII.ORG is another high PR directory that is not an authority.
August 13th, 2007 at 8:08 am
hello,
V7N directory is an authority directory, you can add it in your list!
regards,
uttoransen!
August 13th, 2007 at 10:46 am
Hi Uttoran
Thanks for your recommendation of V7N Directory. But I have checked again and again –and could not veryfy for which term, or URL it has become authority. I know its main site V7N is an authority site. But the directory is a sub-url.
Can you please help me verify it so that I can gladly add it on my list!
August 15th, 2007 at 12:25 am
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August 20th, 2007 at 3:22 pm
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August 22nd, 2007 at 8:17 am
The image at the beginning of the post doesn’t seem to work. Is there any way I can get that image please. Thank you.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:46 am
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August 25th, 2007 at 8:18 pm
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September 19th, 2007 at 8:09 pm
How can DMOZ be considered an authority directory when it never seems to be updated?
Inclusion in DMOZ is nearly impossible for new sites with unique content, but scrapper sites owned by the volunteer editors get listed quickly.
DMOZ is not an authority on anything these days,
December 19th, 2007 at 2:45 am
The term for those “deep links” in the SERP is “Snippet”….not “Authority Sites”
I found this post amusing considering the lack of basic knowledge on the subject.
January 8th, 2008 at 10:04 am
Hi Dito -
Thanks for your comment. Actually, I also find your comment amusing when you call those extra links as “deep links” whereas officially they are called “site-links” on Google webmaster central.
On calling these sites with “site-links” as authority sites - please do a little bit of research on what is known as “Authority-Score” and what is known as Hub-Score”.
February 22nd, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Looks like Romow.com is joining the sitelink club.
February 27th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Yes Peter - You are right. Romow along with a host of others like ” gii.in ” “umdum” “elib” etc. is certainly joining directories with sitelinks.
I am updating my list of directories with sitelinks–and it seems there are quite a lot. I’ll write a new post rather than updating this list on directories with sitelinks.
Regards
John