Online directories harder than they look

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Even California has a hard time putting together a good online directory:

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  • Profile picture of the author Daniel LaRusso
    Doesn't that give the people who are building legitimate directories, the ones who verify and validate their entries, even more value?
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    • Profile picture of the author dvduval
      Originally Posted by Daniel LaRusso View Post

      Doesn't that give the people who are building legitimate directories, the ones who verify and validate their entries, even more value?
      Despite the number of low quality directories out there, some directories are still well maintained and worthwhile. Really it was google that made the directory biz so smattered with spam, just as they did it to DMOZ and Yahoo years ago. They made it worthwhile to spam them. Then they changed their algorithm and punished the sites that submitted, especially to the spammy ones.
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      • Profile picture of the author dvduval
        Originally Posted by amalpraveen View Post

        Yeah,But it is not only because of that,while integrating a directory to ones business it should be that transparent to targeted audience, so that the purity of that site itself stand out from crowd which in-terms less spam.Legitimate directories are not born/developed legitimate,It becomes legitimate in the way it gets integrated and customized.
        It's more what you put into it, and less of what comes to you in the form of submissions, many of which are spam.
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