tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330447532024-03-07T16:18:34.892-08:00A Blog for Bloggers - Blog Directories ReviewsMany blog directories ask for a reciprocal link and end up not listing your blog (by building one way links also known as "inbound links" they improve thier own page rank on search engines). From time to time I research a blog directory or index to help bloggers invest their time on submitting blogs to fair directories. Before I give a bad recommendation on a directory, I approach them via email a couple of times and post their response, if any...Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251960731773642269noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33044753.post-64498482009968432512010-08-24T01:39:00.000-07:002010-08-24T01:41:54.889-07:00Next Google page ranks updates for 2010Below is an estimation of the next <span style="font-weight:bold;">PR updates</span> based on previous updates:<br /><br />Third 2010 PageRank (PR) Update 31 September – 7 October 2010<br />Fourth 2010 PageRank (PR) Update 31 December – 2 January 2011Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251960731773642269noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33044753.post-7949753682644862262010-08-09T22:29:00.000-07:002010-08-09T22:35:13.464-07:00bloghints.com continuation - recommendedThis post is in continuation to my previous post on bloghints.<br />They responded to my email very fast, they solved the problem and were nice and kind, here is a small quotation from our correspondence:<br /><br /> <span style="font-style:italic;">We have changed a few submission parameters making it easier for people to submit their blogs. This had been one cause of the problem. Secondly, we have changed a section of problematic code that detects reciprocal links. We believe these have fixed the issue, as we are no longer able to replicate the error you and others encountered. If you have any further problems or suggestions for improvement, feel free to contact me. </span><br /> <br />I must point out that Michael from the customer support team was very professional.<br /><br /><strong>Recommendation:Good</strong>Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251960731773642269noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33044753.post-43681434660588007482010-08-02T00:47:00.000-07:002010-08-02T00:50:35.978-07:00bestblogs.orgLet's see how long it takes them to add my blog. <br />Click on "read more" to see their link.<br /><br /><strong>Recommendation: On hold</strong><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><a href="http://www.bestblogs.org"><img src="http://www.bestblogs.org/blog_directory_BG.png" border="0" alt="Blog Directory"></a>Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251960731773642269noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33044753.post-83766538438469641602010-08-01T23:53:00.000-07:002010-10-10T12:23:02.348-07:00bloghints.comOK, now that I learned how to easily post a reciprocal link not from the homepage I will try to continue reviewing blog directories more often.<br />To tell you the truth, I was a bit hesitant to continue reviewing directories once my homepage got PR3. The reason is because I didn't wan to link to directories from a PR3 page and get a reciprocal link from a PR0 page.<br /><br />Anyway, let's review bloghints.com (click on "<span style="font-weight:bold;">read more</span>" at the bottom of this post to see their button)<br /><br /><br />I was surprised to see that it will take them 30 business days to review and approve my blog! Obviously in the meantime they get a one month link to their directory from my blog for free. I also wonder how many people submit their blog and forget to check one month later if their blog was added to bloghints or not... I will check it and update this post in 30 days. This is what they write:<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">"A reciprocal link is required to your blog's homepage is required. Submissions without a reciprocal link will be rejected.<br />Reciprocal Blogs will be approved within 30 business days"<br /></span><br />Also, it says that my link will be live for 1 year only... after that I'll have to resubmit. You should take that into consideration if you are thinking to submit your blog on bloghints.<br /><br />UPDATE 1:<br />it looks like it's going to take me more time than what I thought... there is an error message on bloghints and I can't submit my blog... here is the message I get:<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Warning: Smarty error: validate: validator id 'v_LINK_TYPE' is not registered. in /home/bloghint/public_html/libs/smarty/Smarty.class.php on line 1095</span><br /><br />I will write them and notify them of the mistake... we'll see what they say.<br /><br /><strong>Recommendation: Good</strong><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />this is what bloghints will ask you to put on your blog once you submit to their directory:<br /><a href="http://www.bloghints.com/"><img src="http://www.bloghints.com/images/button.gif" alt="Blog Directory" width="80" height="15" border="0" /></a>Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251960731773642269noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33044753.post-2501902462839865812010-08-01T23:33:00.000-07:002010-08-02T01:08:44.320-07:00Give reciprocal links from a PR 0 pageI found a new feature in <span style="font-weight:bold;">blogger</span> (jump break in HTML)that will enable me to continue reviewing blog directories without linking to them from my blog's homepage, which has a higher page rank.<br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7QmTBsqMi_wrq8jFX53Af5DFeXdjyuGqW79-dwei5cMPtA0dYAPPJ13RlCu_gAFXoddm0ntp52JDK6JFazLUc6gCgW5O86tp_mBncHrFt44ltzeEJPh3on935Lld8UM950Pz/s400/jumppoint.png" /><br /><br />This creates a "read more" link that directs to another page (with lower PR than the homepage).<div>Let's see if it works, I will add "more" as described on the image above.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><br />And here I will add the links :)Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251960731773642269noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33044753.post-41795797488551565732010-07-26T00:32:00.000-07:002010-07-26T01:32:20.547-07:00Google PR updatesThis is just an update that the next google PR update should happen very soon.Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251960731773642269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33044753.post-10627862439933489572009-10-26T14:56:00.000-07:002009-10-26T15:12:43.492-07:00Is it worth to continue submitting your blog to indexes?<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="margin-top: 0.25em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(128, 128, 255); "><a href="http://mashma.blogspot.com/2009/10/is-it-worth-to-continue-submitting-your.html" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none; display: block; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Should you continue submitting your blog to indexes?</span></span></a></h3><div class="post-header-line-1"></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.6em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:15px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Is it worth to continue submitting your blog to indexes or directories? Once a blog achieves a certain PR (for example PR3 like this blog), that a question worth asking.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">On the one hand, you want inbound links in order to increase your blogs ranking in the "eyes" of google. On the other hand, most of these blog directories or blog indexes, request that you link back to them in exchange for submitting. This can be tricky, especially if your posts appear on the homepage like on this blogspot blog.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">You may end up linking to them from a PR3 webpage while they link back to your blog from a PR0 webpage. So, probably the best next steps to to try to improve your google PR without buying links, are:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1. Find blog directories that will link to you from PR3 or more webpages. That way you won't end up exchanging links with a low PR indexes.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2. Get inbound links without having to link back. This can be done by posting comments on high PR pages.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">3. Be active in forums.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">4. Post blogs on RSS feeds.</span></div></span></div></span></b>Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251960731773642269noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33044753.post-45157092817119057922009-02-21T13:18:00.000-08:002009-02-21T13:36:50.123-08:00seniority.co.uk (not recommended)<strong style="font-weight: normal;">Hello! I'm back and hopefully will stay around for a while. A long period since my last post, and I thought I'd share a fact I just found out.<br /><br />I co-own a </strong><strong style="font-weight: normal;">gaming website</strong> <strong style="font-weight: normal;">since 2004</strong>. Back then, we added a "link exchange" page for the purpose of increasing our page rank by linking to related websites /indexes and receiving in return a link back.<br /><br />5 years later (it was about time) I decided to start checking who is still linking back to us. Below is my first finding:<br />A UK based directory named seniority.co.uk removed our link. I tried to find out a way to contact the site owner and guess what, nothing under "contact us" actually leads to a way to contact them. By the way, their google page rank is 5... who know how many other sites were cheated by them.<br /><em></em><br /><strong>Recommendation: Not recommended<br /></strong>Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251960731773642269noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33044753.post-9825458915652710802008-07-04T05:56:00.001-07:002009-10-03T14:04:19.201-07:00My new blogThis post was removed as I didn't get the chance to update that blog. there should be new stuff coming up sometime soon...Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251960731773642269noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33044753.post-60249247269987380872008-02-15T12:58:00.000-08:002010-07-26T00:06:50.949-07:00topblogarea.com<strong>QUOTE:</strong> <em>This is the little tracker code you need, you need to place it on your blog or else our tracking system wont be able to count your visitors and rank your blog. The tracker will look like this</em><br /><!-- TopBlogArea.com START --><br /><a href="" title="Marketing SEO blogs"><img src="http://www.topblogarea.com/tracker.php?do=in&id=29665" alt="Marketing SEO blogs" border="0" /></a><noscript><a href=" title=">Marketing SEO</a></noscript><br /><!-- TopBlogArea.com END --><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE: </span>About a year later I checked this site again and I did see my blog listed there. However, there wasn't a real link to my blog, there was a redirected link. This means that when you mouse over the link it does not point directly to my blog, it first goes to an internal link on their database and after it redirects to my blog, so it is not a quality link for SEO... because of this I removed their link from my blog.<br /><br /><strong>Recommendation: You decide...<br /></strong>Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251960731773642269noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33044753.post-25551301793873921592007-06-28T16:29:00.000-07:002007-06-28T16:29:05.043-07:00Sites linking to your blogThere are many ways to check who is linking to your blog. Wholinks2me.com is one of them. To see who is who is linking to this blog click here:<br /><a href="http://www.wholinks2me.com/" title="Click here to see who's linking to my site.">Who links to my blog?</a>Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251960731773642269noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33044753.post-60783869683273746862007-06-28T15:28:00.001-07:002007-06-28T16:26:09.279-07:00PR checking tools1.) There are a few sites and tools whereby you can check your PR. For example <a href="http://www.domainpagerank.com/">DomainPageRank.com</a>.Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251960731773642269noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33044753.post-86969797391996960512007-02-26T13:39:00.001-08:002008-02-15T12:43:38.481-08:00superblogdirectory.com (not recommended)<strong>QUOTE:</strong> <em>Your site has been added to our submission queue. If you wish to gain more exposure for your blog, consider using one of our upgrade packages listed below</em><br />They charge $10 for the above.<br />They added my blog to their directory but a few months later I got an email saying that my blog was rejected... I wonder why... I emailed their admin to ask why they decided to remove the link to my blog from their directory, let's see what he says.<br />superblogdirectory.com (I removed their link as well, watch out)<br /><br /><strong>Recommendation: Changed to NOT recommended</strong>Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251960731773642269noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33044753.post-75890641990820533252007-02-10T22:18:00.000-08:002007-02-22T14:36:26.733-08:002-review.com (Not recommended)They request to add their link first:<br /><a><img border="0" src="http://www.2-review.com/button2.gif" alt="Blog Review" width="80" height="15"></a><br /><strong>QUOTE:</strong> <em>Link Submitted. Thank You!</em><br /><br />This is the message they've been showing for the last few weeks:<br /><em>Bandwidth Limit Exceeded<br />The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later. </em><br /><strong>Recommendation: Not recommended</strong>Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251960731773642269noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33044753.post-1157217828235382942006-12-16T10:22:00.000-08:002007-02-14T22:15:42.407-08:00Findingblog.com<strong>QUOTE:</strong> <em>Thank you! We will send you an email once your submission has been validated. In return for our free listing service, we ask you to put a reciprocal link on your blog.</em><br />I removed their link after several emails to <em>webmaster at findingblog.com</em> remained unanswered<br /><a><img height="15" alt="FindingBlog - Blog Directory" src="http://www.findingblog.com/images/findingblog.jpg" width="80" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I changed my recommendation from bad to god for findingblog.com, after reading the comment that Heris left on this post. Thanks Heris! For more details read comments of this post. This is a good chance to thank all the bloggers who post comments and manifest their interest and appreciation!<br /><br /><strong>Recommendation: Good</strong>Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251960731773642269noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33044753.post-1160796962324446282006-11-13T20:31:00.000-08:002007-02-14T22:13:14.699-08:00Bloghacking.com (Not recommended)<strong>QUOTE:</strong> <em>Thank you! Your link was submitted for consideration</em><br />You'll be asked to add a reciprocal link in your blog.<br />After they got a few inboud links and got page rank, they changed the consept of their website...<br />They seem to have changed the consept of their site, you won't be able to find a submition link...(see comments of this blog)<br /><br /><strong>Recommendation: Not recommended</strong>Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251960731773642269noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33044753.post-1160798856024750242006-10-13T21:04:00.000-07:002007-02-14T11:06:21.783-08:00Rocketinfo.com (Irrelevant)Looks like their submition form is not working <strong>QUOTE:</strong> <em>The url does not refer to a valid RSS or ATOM feed.</em><br />I sent them an email, waiting for an answer...<br />They have changed the whole consept of their website, they are no longer a directory and their PR is 9<br /><br /><strong>Recommendation: Irrelevant</strong>Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251960731773642269noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33044753.post-1160798553196981282006-10-13T21:02:00.000-07:002007-02-06T00:06:10.880-08:00blogtree.com<strong>QUOTE:</strong> <em>Bandwidth Limit Exceeded<br />The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later.</em><br />Will check again later on<br /><br /><strong>Recommendation: On hold</strong>Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251960731773642269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33044753.post-1160797972757802452006-10-13T20:52:00.000-07:002007-01-04T13:59:50.666-08:00Blogz.com (Not recommended)<strong>QUOTE:</strong> <em>Congratulations! The url has been submitted for validation. It will be reviewed soon, and added to our database.</em><br />blogz.com<br />After they got a few inbbound links and got page rank, they removed the option fo submiting a blog...<br /><br /><strong>Recommendation: Not recommended</strong>Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251960731773642269noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33044753.post-1160796307320829872006-10-13T20:23:00.000-07:002007-02-25T14:46:07.623-08:00Blogstreet.com<strong>QUOTE:</strong> <em>Thank you for submitting the blog. <br />You will be notified through email when the blog is added to our system.</em><br />They only add blogs that are related to India<br /><br /><strong>Recommendation: You decide</strong>Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251960731773642269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33044753.post-1157581490091094492006-09-09T15:18:00.000-07:002010-08-11T04:09:59.828-07:00Directory.ifergan.orgUpdate: I recently checked this directory (actually more than 3 years after my initial submittal)and found out that my link (and many others) where removed... therefore I am changing my recommendation to NOT recommended<br /><br />A reciprocal link is a must. Popular Internet Links directory focused mainly on computers and programming but also covers blogs, humor, entertainment, news, medical, games, real estate and property.<br /><br /><strong>Recommendation: Not Recommended</strong>Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251960731773642269noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33044753.post-1157232562702621112006-09-02T14:26:00.000-07:002010-08-11T04:17:54.526-07:00Bloggapedia.com<strong>QUOTE:</strong> <em>Link submitted and awaiting approval.</em><br /><br />A reciprocal link is not a must. My link was added.<br />Click on read more at the end of this post to see their link.<br /><br /><strong>Recommendation: Recommended</strong><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloggapedia.com/"><img src="http://www.bloggapedia.com/bp_small_images/blog-gapedia9.png" border="0" alt="Bloggapedia - Find It!" /></a>Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251960731773642269noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33044753.post-1157219120638773492006-09-02T10:42:00.000-07:002006-09-29T05:57:34.996-07:00Lsblogs.com (Not Recommended)<strong>QUOTE:</strong> <em>Thanks for registering, and dont worry, your site will be checked soon :) A reciprocal link is appreciated, but not compulsary (if you can't add a link, write about us in your blog)</em><br />I couldn't find their "contact us" section or an email to write them, so I emailed their support@lsblogs.com (buyer of lsblog.com domain according to alexa). No one answered my emails.<br /><a><img src="http://www.lsblogs.com/img/lsblo_small.gif" border=0 alt="Listed in LS Blogs"></a><br /><br /><strong>Recommendation: BAD</strong>Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251960731773642269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33044753.post-1157216271592850812006-09-02T09:56:00.000-07:002006-09-15T00:32:22.566-07:00Blogdigger.com<strong>QUOTE:</strong> <em>Thanks! We've added http://blog-dir.blogspot.com/atom.xml to our database and will begin crawling shortly.</em><br />The feed was finally added.<br /><br /><strong>Recommendation: Recommended</strong>Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251960731773642269noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33044753.post-1157214463193818112006-09-02T09:25:00.000-07:002006-10-22T14:15:48.263-07:00Blogintro.com<strong>QUOTE:</strong> <em>Congratulations you have submitted your Blog. You will be added to the list of Introductions and Introduced soon.</em><br /><br />Ï sent Blogintro an email to ask if there are any problems, that's the answer I got from them:<br /><em>"I have checked my records and found that you submitted on 9/2/2006 at 11:15:42 EST. There are roughly 100 blogs ahead of you waiting to be introduced. Around 40 of those will most likely not be introduced. I would expect your blog to be introduced in 4 week if it is still being regularly updated."</em><br /><br />Well... today is September 15th, countdown begins :)<br />They finally added us, 4 weeks later, as they said.<br /><br /><strong>Recommendation: Recommended</strong>Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251960731773642269noreply@blogger.com2