Surf SEO

Of course. But. And this is a big but! In order to remain viable, directories must continue to strive to offer traffic and exposure, not just PR. To remain viable in the eyes of a SE is to keep your directory clean. Clean of spammy sites, excessive links, and dead sites.

So long as there is a need to attract traffic, directories will remain a viable source of that traffic for years to come.

My suggestion? Don't do it!

WTF is a blackhat fish anway?

Anyone know what a blackhat fish is? Well, I'm here to explain blackhat fish to you. In a nutshell blackhat fish is a keyword term that a new blackhat fish $1000 SEO contest is pimping.

All you need do is rank the keyword blackhat fish in a nifty blog, kinda like this one. Anyone can do it, its simply to copy/paste blackhat fish into a web blog and blog about blackhat fish all day long.

I bet if Dr. Seuss where here he could talk about blackhat fish or rhyme about blackhat fish, one fish, two fish, red fish, blackhat fish.

You just have to love those blackhat fish.

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Consider using a content delivery system in conjunction with your current site to ad articles, news or other information on a daily basis. Joomla and Drupal are two great products that both offer a easy to use back end for creating and maintaining a slew of articles, news feeds and blog type posts.

A great example of a working content driven site using Joomla is here: http://lakegenevajaycees.org

As a directory owner you have a responsibility to your end users, those that list with you and the directory industry as a whole to respond promptly and diligently to copyright infringement issues.

Too often sites listed in directories seem to harbor illegal, or stolen content. Now while the site's may not reside on your server, it is a good idea to remove links take you to sites that do contain illegal or copyrighted material.

While you may not be legally obligated to respond to a DMCA request given the content, again, is not housed on your site - it is a good idea to preemptively comply as a show of good faith. Not only will such a gesture look good in the eyes of the complainant, but so too will it go a long way toward validating your directory in the long run.