Posts: 355
Name: Eric Lyon
Location: San Antonio, Texas
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Not intending to be the Devils advocate here, so i will try & keep it equal on both parts.... I am listed in over 1,200 directories... the first 800 were automated & the remaining 600 were manual. (In addition, only around 320 show as back links out of the total 1,200)
When checking my server stats for referring sites (keeping in mind that my site is only 10 months old) I found that I have 3 Referrals from directory sites & 6 referrals from classified sites (I only mention classified sites due to some similarities).
The 3 directories I received my traffic from are Very authoritative, just to name one - Dunns & Bradstreet -
While I think that a majority of directories are over rated in a market drowning in saturation, there are a handful out there people still actually utilize on a professional level.
I haven't had much luck with directory traffic so to speak (Even authoritative ones), yet they do seem to help on overall inbound link counts (Targeted / Anchored Preferably).
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