When directory losses its glitters

The web directories had been invented with the objective of facilitating a better search environment for the browsing individuals. The overwhelming popularity of directories have authenticated the basic concept but the problem has occurred when people had started taking undue advantages of them.

Webmasters have found web directories to be a lucrative place to achieve one way links.

As directories are crawled by the search engines on a regular basis due to its immense popularity, the webmasters got a chance to highlight their websites through those directories.

On the other, people have started launching web directories like anything as they used to get a remarkable PRV in the beginning itself. The twin blow have affected the web directories badly and search engines have also started loosing their keenness in web directories.

The situation has become even worst when the directory owners have lost their interest to update them regularly and it is even observed that a submission is kept on hold for more than 3 months, by the time, even the link submitter might have forgotten.

As the initial objective of web directory had been really good, we should try to make them effective again.

Like a link submitter should find the real relevance before submission and a directory owner should be prompt enough in approving or discarding the websites. We must show respect to the originator as the creation had been for the benefits of people at large.