Is this Directory Guide by SEOmoz still accurate?

[Francisco_Meza]

I need to pay for some directories, but I don't know if BOTW, Business.com, Joe Ant and others are still worth it.  Anybody know if this is still viable?

http://www.seomoz.org/directories

All Mozzers, can you please give me a 'thumbs up' so I can get more MozPoints?

[randfish]

To be honest, it's more than a year out of date, and not the best resource. We've talked internally about a replacement, but need to spec it out and find a contractor (and we have so many other improvements/upgrades/features to PRO we're in the process of making).

That said, I'll ask the team to look into it further. I do think a great directory list would be a valuable part of PRO content.

postscript update: We have a project in process to replace this with something very cool, updatable and more scalable, too. I believe launch ETA is Q3 of 2011. Justin Briggs from Distilled and Cyrus Shepard from Moz are working on this together.

[MarloSchneider]

In the meantime it might not be a bad idea to add a warning or just take it down.

[petrakraft]

The 3 resources you mentioned are stil valuable.

A tipp regarding JoeAnt, it is quiet easy to become an editor there, then you don't have to pay for the input.

[Francisco_Meza]

thanks Petra, JoeAnt charges a onetime fee of $39.99 USD. I would rather pay the fee.

[Francisco_Meza]

I think a new list of the top 10 or 20 would suffice for the time being while the rest are being deteremined viable or not.

[philwill]

I think if it is outdated and it is not maintained then it may be creating unnecessary focus and wasted energy.  I'd suggest taking it down until it is updated.  Perhaps in the meantime replace it with a top 10.

[SeattleOrganicSEO]

I hope you don't take it down Rand.

Frankly, I picked out one of the resources this past month and found the one site had a sister site that literally 10X's my traffic over 2 days.  Of course, it wasn't the best of traffic, but it definitely was a great resource along with providing me some other great SEO benefits.  If you listed just the top 10 and this site wasn't in there, I wouldn't have had as much fun as I did over those few days.

We can make the judgement call or gauge the quality on our end.  You just keep spitting out the ideas like you do and I'll continue to be a follower/subscriber for as long as you do.

[Goetzman]

I also am in the group of, don't take it down. People just need to see the publication date and make their own judgments.

[SteveOllington]

We (all the other mozzers on here) could help to compile a new list, we've got quite a big list with comments on each at our office which we keep fairly updated... maybe everybody could share lists to compile a big one and then somebody go through it to ensure it's all a-ok

[Francisco_Meza]

Okay, well I can create a google doc and however wants to contribute can be an editor.  After we finish the directory list, we can submit it to Rand and he can update the post.

[wazza1985]

This is good to gather the information. Let me know if this happens as i would like to have an input.

Cheers

[wazza1985]

It may also be an idea to have a List for UK results separate to the US one?

[rhutchings]

I like the idea of crowd sourcing the directory list.   I agree with the "Dont take it down".  Lets all be honest here... we mostly use the directory listings for one-way link building, and whether it actually sends traffic or not- dont really care.  I know if it did send traffic, it would be crappy traffic.

I would be more than happy to contribute to a PRO generated list, only available to PRO members.  That would be a nice perk, and a great value add.  i think we all want to know what directories work for each other   This is probably the only place i would fee ok sharing.

[magicrob]

Yeah it's not great and is out of date, has broken links etc, but as with a lot of SEO advice is useful as a guide as to the sort of places you'd benefit from being listed in.

[JohnW-UK]

Did you create this.... I am up for this!!!

[ReneReinholdt]

as others have suggested it might be an idea to make a directory we could all contribute to and maybe even sort it by country (doing a dynamical domain who is look up?)

[SparkplugDigital]

I recently submitted to JoeAnt after looking at the SEOMoz directory list. The page I wanted to submit to had a SEOMoz page authority of 39/100 and about 5 links on the page, which looked promising enough to pay 39.99. The good thing about JoeAnt is you don't have to pay every year like other directories.

[Hallam]

It may be a little out of date...but hey just proceed with caution! I always find that the seomoz juicy link finder is great for finding the more niche directories.

[Hallam]

I'd second that! There is a lot of UK seos that use seomoz. That said - any volunteers?