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Hi Brett, With content being more important now I appreciate DMOZ was a dying breed.  I also became frustrated with the lack of response from some of the editors - not much point in a human edited directory if it takes months to edit parts of it.  I should have thought about it but I just expected it to last a bit longer. I can see what you mean regarding Machine learning.  I bought echo a few months back (mainly because Google Home isn't available in UK yet) but even with their AI you can see how search is becoming more intuitive. It's an obvious advancement and one that has far greater benefit in todays society. Thanks for taking the time to reply.

No problem! Let me know if you need anything else!

Hard to say without looking at everything in more detail Steven. Could be clutching at straws all day, but happy to have a chat in more detail if you want to get in touch. I still suspect a penalty has happened that has knocked the .ie site off the radar. Andy

There are a lot of levels here, but I will address only the URL format. It is accepted practice and generally considered more effective to: http://www.blahblahblah.com/blah as opposed to a subdomain(blah.blah.com). the part that will be up for debate is the sitetowndirectory.com questions. I feel its a great idea for you to build a brand around whatever name you choose. This takes a lot of good old fashioned SEO but with the help of the community here you will be just fine. At the end of the day its up to you to make your domain work for you. There is some benefit to keyword rich domains, but these days we see a real trend towards brand, brand recognition and brand trust. Feel free to shoot me a message if you need more specific information.