Many months back I have done a list of all web directories having Google authority score or authority status here . While many do not think that websites that attain sitelinks are not authority sites, I certainly believe that those sites are authority sites and hold great value.

Why?

Simply because, sites that have sitelinks seems to dominate Google SERPs. Don’t believe me? Type any competitice keywords/phrase on google and check the top 20 results and how many of them have site links.

According to Standford University research paper, websites can achieve two types of scores - hub score & authority score. When they attain a certain level of links from renowned and trusted sites in their own niche categories, they become authority themselves. Of course they have to be online and serve the net for a certain amount of time. One can also refer to this page on authority score.

I have been doing lots of studies on this subject. The detractors always point out that -nobody from Google has ever acknowledged sites having sitelinks are authoritative. But this old thread on webmasterworld.com shows that GoogleGuy (ala Matt Cutts) was the one who used the term Authority Sites. Or one can also refer to this thread on the home of webmasters regarding the topic.

Has anybody ever heard Google coming out clean on any of its algorithm? It can’t simply do it - otherwise greedy/super talented webmasters, if they know the secret of the algorythms Google uses will always find ways to manipulate it.

In reality, its not easy to get those sitelinks - neither is it difficult. IMHO, a site must score a certain level of points to receive sitelinks. I have a site which is much older and has more inbound links than many sites who have sitelinks. The fact is - they have those important sitelinks - and my site does not have them. Another example about the difference is that - one of my site has been ranking within top10 for a term for last 6/7 months and one site in my own niche was no where near top 200. But recent sitelink updates has changed it all. My site has gone down out of top 10 and some sites about whom I never had any idea in relation to my phrase have come up from no-where. (If you are interested to know- post a comment here- and I’ll send you the info to your e-mail).

When I did my first list on authority directories, only few directories out of thousands could achieve the so called authority score. But recently, Google might have lowered the qualification BAR and hence many websites and directories are having sitelinks links. My concern is with web directories.

One very important thing I would like everybody to note is that - Page Rank of a site means nothing once it attains authority status. To me a PR0 5 years old site with sitelinks is more valuable than a PR6 site/link which is new and does not have sitelinks.

So here is a list of those directories which have attained the ultimate trust of Google by getting sitelinks.

(PS : My search/research is still going on –and its not easy to check thousands of directories within short time. There are lots of old free directories which I am reviewing/checking now. I’ll keep the list updating with lots more useful information like directory type, whether free.paid or rate of review fee. So please keep visiting the list at least once in a week to get the latest information).

I plan to arrange the list according to different criteria - like — PR/Free or Paid/Review Fee etc. And - I’ll keep my work continuing all the time.

maxlinks.org

freewebsitedirectory.com

webdirectory.com

splut.com

webhostdir.com

umdum.com

arielis.com

cascandra.com

allthelook.com

www.prolinkdirectory.com

ask-dir.com

linkdirectory.com

mygreencorner.com

www.thisisouryear.com

www.seekon.net

linksjuice.com

busybits.com

romow.com

gii.in

urlz.net

2yi.net

webotopia.org

worldsiteindex.com

allydirectory.com

web-directories.ws

green-talk.com

lii.org

www.klottra.com

khoj.com

canlinks.net

canadianeh.com

dmoz.org

dir.yahoo.com

botw.org

directory.google.com

joeant.com

gimpsy.com

goguides.org

webwordindex.com

uksmallbusinessdirectory.co.uk

freeindex.co.uk

New Additions:

domaining.in

webdirectory.com

poozl.com

ezilon.com

linkopedia.com

chiff.com

intelseekc.om

site-sift.com

www.massivelinks.com

www.searchmonster.org

www.somuch.com

wowdirectory.com

Shopping Niche Directories:-

www.shobby.co.uk

www.british-shopping.com

www.shopsafe.co.uk

www.monstermarketplace.com

www.shopbritain.co.uk

www.toponlineshopping.com

www.aussie-shopping.com

www.uk-shop-directory.co.uk

www.giftware.net.au

www.thethriftshopper.com

www.shopincanada.com

Directory related authority site –

directorycritic.com

info.vilesilencer.com

best-web-directories.com

www.isedb.com

I am personally a dynamic person, and there is nothing more dynamic than then Web. I might not know lots of authority directories as of now– so please do let me know if you know a directory that is not already in my list.

New Update/Additions

dirjournal.com

idk.in

zorg-directory.com

First of all, I would like to Wish A Happy and Prosperous New Year -2008 to all my visitors and supporters. Another year has just gone by and I must say, this year was more than hectic for me as its not always easy to hold a regular full-time job and be a webmaster at the same time.

I started my “webmastering” – as a hobby on 7^th January 2007 – exactly one year ago by acquiring two web directories – www.dbestdir.com and www.pagerankluck.com . Later on I tried my hand on blogging ( www.amazingindiaexperience.info , www.searchenginematrix.org ) – but I was always short of time that is required to write high quality posts on a regular basis. So, I had to abandon it and concentrated on developing few more directories which do not demand a lot of time. I must say that, it has been a mixed year – with lots of experience – both bad and good.

Going into 2008, I am much more confident and experienced as a pure web directory owner and I feel that I will develop ¾ more directories which will be based on specific Niche topics. I have already developed a Shopping Directory ( www.onlineshoppingindex.org ) and a Gambling Directory ( www.onlinegamblingindex.org ) and by second half of 2008, I have plans to develop 3 more directories on Business, Health and Real Estate. I reckon that will be the completion of my web directory network.

Being in academics, its there is always an urge inside me to share my knowledge with anyone who is interested. So, once my directory network is completed, and the sites are established, I have plans to start blogging again on those two blogs and I won’t make them commercial – I’ll blog to share my experience, life and knowledge.

There goes a rough sketch of my 2008 online road-map.

Now let me talk a little bit about my personal life.

On Friday (the 4^th January), my colleagues proposed for a new year picnic at a tea-garden nearby ( 20 KM away). I am always looking out for such type of programs to go out and enjoy some good times. So we went to picnic yesterday (Sunday) and had some real free-wheeling time outdoor. It was fun to go around the tea-plats, climbing some slopes and enjoying some good whisky sitting on the grass in between tea-plats and playing some games of chess.

The Picnic

Tea Garden

Tea-Leafs

The Factory -usable tea-leafs can be made from fresh leafs in 2 hrs!

I am also resuming my Bachelor of Education ( B.Ed) course that I left mid-way in 2004 due to my father’s serious illness (hearth-attack). To tell the truth, although I have been a teacher for more than 7 years, I am not yet professionally trained for it. It’s a real shame on me. But, I don’t want that shame to be there for long. So, I’ll have my first year final examination starting from 14^th January. If I get through it, I’ll have to attend lectures for 3 weeks in May and 2 weeks in October. Then again the final examination in January, 2009. Hopefully, I could claim to be a trained teacher by May-2009.

Hope, you enjoyed reading the post.

The role of a web directory is to review and list quality websites in the best organized manner possible by topic and categories so that surfers and search engine bots find it easier to find them.

In order to add more quality and make our directory unique, we have initiated re-categorization of all topics and categories. It might take couple of weeks to complete the job for us.

Hence, webmasters are kindly notified to excuse our editors if reviews are a little late.

Best Regards

John

Admin of BIR