http://www.googletutor.com/forums/tags/directories Google forums en-US Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:14:04 +0000 bbpress 1.0-alpha-2 q http://www.googletutor.com/forums/search.php http://www.googletutor.com/forums/topic/why-arent-directories-considered-paid-links/page/4#post-106 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:14:22 +0000 10minutes 106@http://www.googletutor.com/forums/ <p>If I had it my way my clients would buy links all the time. However I'm not talking about buying links for the purpose of improving rankings; I'd rather buy links from websites that will drive targeted traffic to my client websites and a lot of it.</p> <p>Should one of those paid directories / websites pass a little link love then that is an added advantage and not the primary focus.</p> <p>I can almost always identify traffic generating websites and low quality link love passing websites with the following principle (among others):</p> <p>- Traffic Generating Websites - Cost several hundred a year or month.<br /> - Low quality link love passing websites - $10 - $100 per year tops.</p> <p>Anyone agree or disagree? </p> http://www.googletutor.com/forums/topic/why-arent-directories-considered-paid-links/page/2#post-47 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:33:59 +0000 The Tutor 47@http://www.googletutor.com/forums/ <p>in general I agree but the algo can do similar simply by using backlinks/trust. meaning I could make a directory that looks and acts great but has lower quality incoming links, google algo will notice that and not trust the links automatically, no matter if a person reviewed it. </p> http://www.googletutor.com/forums/topic/why-arent-directories-considered-paid-links/page/2#post-46 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:31:24 +0000 footinmouth 46@http://www.googletutor.com/forums/ <p>I can see that this is one of those areas where Google's policies are a bit conflicted. "That review is why Google acts like it is ok"<br /> It seems like that is a determination that could only be made by hand, and not an algorithm... What do you think? </p> http://www.googletutor.com/forums/topic/why-arent-directories-considered-paid-links/page/2#post-45 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:25:07 +0000 The Tutor 45@http://www.googletutor.com/forums/ <p>the short answer: most directories are considered paid and provide little to no value. </p> <p>the reason some still work and can provide value is that you *supposedly* pay for a human review. that review is why google acts like it is ok. </p> http://www.googletutor.com/forums/topic/why-arent-directories-considered-paid-links/page/2#post-44 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:16:53 +0000 footinmouth 44@http://www.googletutor.com/forums/ <p>We have all heard the war drum for the past few years, as Google raises the question of paid links. My question is, if you go to a directory, pay a fee, and you are given a link...How is that not considered a paid link? </p>