Find the Needle UK Link Quality Advice

[Antony_Towle]

Moz,

We are a UK manufacturer and we historically have a link from the site http://www.findtheneedle.co.uk/ which is sort of a UK manufacturer database/directory

I understand directory type links are not what we need nowadays in SEO but i feel with this one being quite well targeted towards UK manufacturing businesses it may be worth keeping the link,

From my research we receive little quality referral traffic from this site,

Moz OSE doesn't seem to be able to see the link at all,

Majestic Says:

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Any Advice on this ?

Thanks

James

Any Advice ?

[Antony_Towle]

Apologies the formatting is slightly off,

Majestic Says:

TrustFlow: 28  / CitationFlow: 35

[TimHolmes]

In my experience the smaller niche directories are a little different to those that are very large, generic and spammy which any Tom, Dick and Harry can feature on. As it focuses a bit more on the manufacturing industry It will most likely be ok and in essence actually probabaly provide a bit of a benefit due to its relevancy.

If it is a paid for directory the links should really be no followed to avoid any penalties, I would also try not to use directories for link value but more for brand awareness and driving relevant traffic.

It is the aforementioned larger none niche specific directories I would certainly steer well clear of.

Hope that makes sense.

Cheers

Tim