Low Quality Directories “Blackmailing” Us to Remove Our Link

[chuck-layton]

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[mrdavidingram]

Hi Scott,

I wouldn't call this blackmailing, I'd say they are simply putting a price on their time and work.

It's not their fault that Webmasters who where chasing a quick win are now trying to back track, and they shouldn't be expected to work for free to undo the bad choices of others.

I know it's not always the fault of the Webmaster, and more often than not it's down to a dodgy SEO they hired in the past, but it's certainly not the responsibility of the directory owner.

By defination, people who set up these low quality directories are out for a quick buck. It's very optimistic to expect them to show compassion in this scenario.

To me, it's a case of live by the sword, die by the sword.

Cheers

David

[chuck-layton]

I guess "Blackmailing: isn't the right term. It's just frustrating attempting to fix something that I didn't do.

[mrdavidingram]

I feel for you, I've been in the position myself.

Cheers

David

[EGOL]

I wouldn't call this blackmailing, I'd say they are simply putting a price on their time and work.

Yes, it is that simple.  Imagine how much unexpected work is hitting these people.

[Klarke]

Well this site just made searchengineland.com.  I hope their "100 directories" don't get de-indexed.