Below are our latest PageRank stats, compiled from our database of over 16,000 web directories.  Sorry it has taken so long to produce new stats.  We have been having trouble updating PR since Google changed their APIs in September.  David of PHPLD was kind enough to provide me with a beta copy of an update tool that runs on my local machine, but unfortunately a percentage of sites receive a false PR of NA.  This time around, I ran the script on directories that were PR2 and lower.  I then updated the PR manually in high usage categories.  I then reviewed a good portion (but not all) of the NA directories.  Over the last month, PR in the database has been corrected in various ways. Nevertheless, the number of NA directories is a bit higher than it should. Having said that, here are the PR stats.

Directory PR Statistics as of Feb 11, 2010

Directory PageRank have been very strong over that last 4 Google PR updates. The following table compares PageRank in our database, showing percentage changes between July of 2009 and the present.

Factors that may have affected these numbers:

• Since many of the directories are added by the editor of this site, the directories included cannot be considered random. The results of any given date can be skewed by the types of directories that were added in the previous period.  Of late, we have stopped adding most .info general directories and concentrated on adding niche and regional directories.  The number general directories has grown slower than other types.
• Some directories in the database have a false PR of NA (see first paragraph)

As a result of the factors above, the statistics produced are more useful in showing general long-term trends.

As most of you probably know, Google updated their toolbar PageRank on December 31st.   Overall I would have to say that the news was very good for directories.   As usual some went up and some when down.   It looks like the majority of sites only fluctuated by one.  The big news is that a bunch of directories that were penalized 2 years ago recovered their rankings and their PR.  I will complete a full analysis and post the results in the next couple of days.

 We have been working pretty hard over the last 6 weeks and have added over 1500 new US directories.  The majority of them are State and local directories.  If your business is local in nature then links from directories in your state or city should really help your search engine ranking.  See our  list of USA Directories.

If you would like to have your USA directory considered for inclusion in our list then add a comment to this post in the following format:

• URL*:

• Type*: (e.g. general, travel, blogs)

• Region*:  (e.g. USA, California, Chicago)

• Cost*: Free, Paid or Recip. ( free directories provide “dofollow” links without requiring anything in return).

• Comment:   If there is something about that sets it apart then include a 10 word comment.

Yes, we have been quite busy  over the last couple of weeks, adding new directories to Web-Directories.ws.  This represents unprecedented growth.  We just reached 14,000 directories 10 days ago.  It usually takes us 6 months to add an extra 1000 directories.

We have been aggressively researching directories.  Mostly from Google.  We have concentrated on adding regional sites.  We have added well over a thousand United States and Canadian directories.  Most of these have been at the state, provincial and city level.

United States

Here is a link to the USA directory listings.  I still have some State to do so I will be adding more in the coming week.  There are now over 500 Canadian directories listed.

 Canada

Here is a link to the Canadian directory listings.

Yes, we have been working hard and we now have well over 14,000 directory listings in our database.  We have done some extensive research and added quite a few high quality regional and niche directories.   For example, have a look at the lists of Canadian and United States directories.  There are quite a few provincial,  state and city listings.  For niche sites, check out the science directory list.

Yes it took a while but PR has finally been updated on our directory list. I apologize for the delay.  For years, I ran a program that ran through the database and updated the PR.  As a result of some Google changes this program recently stopped working.  To make matters worse, the writer of the program was no longer supporting it.

I searched around for a while but did not find anything to update the PageRank.  Finally, I was able to test a program from David at PHPLD that ran on my own machine. This program worked, but it’s results were far from perfect.  The good news that it updated the high PR well.  The bad news is that I received almost a thousand inaccurate PRs of NA (-1).  I then spent 4 days going through all the NA PRs to verify them.  On the brighter side, it gave me a chance to look at many of the directories that don’t get reviewed very often. I removed many dead directories or sites that are no longer directories. Unfortunately, I did not look at all of them.  I skipped many directories that had less change of having PR, such as sites where the directory is a sub-folder (e.g. abc.com/directory).

In the coming weeks, I will be working through improving the data further. If you see a site with inaccurate PR please help me out by filling in a report. Thanks in advance.

UPDATE  Jan 27, 2010 - Because of the number of comments (over 350), this post has been replaced by a new one.  Please use this new submission link.  

Have your site listed in our directory of directories for free. Our only criteria is that the directory should have some type of submission process. We also do not list adult directories. Please note that lower quality directories may be given a nofollow attribute.

To have your directory considered for inclusion in our list of directories simply add a comment to this post in the following format:

• URL*:

• Type*: (e.g. general, travel, blogs, USA, Spanish language)

• Cost*: Free, Paid or Reciprocal (a free directory provides “dofollow” listings without requiring anything in return).

• Comment: Include a very short description if there is something about the directory that sets it apart.

Example

• URL*: afreedirectory.net
  

• Type*: General

• Cost*: Free

In order to reduce automated submissions only comments in the above format will be reviewed. Add as many as you want in a post. We usually add sites every 10 days unless high volumes warrant quicker updates.

Click the comments link below.

Note: This post replaces the previous submision post. A small percentage of users have reported a blank screen when they try to add a comment. We suspect that these people are getting caught in the blog’s Askimet spam software. If you receive a blank screen please use our contact form to email your information.

We are just added a new sort by option.  You can now sort by “Date Added”.  Frequent users of our site can use this option to see which new directories have been added since their last visit.  For example, New Sort by “Date Added” Option.

For example, here are the latest free directories added to the site.

Web-Directories.ws has reached the 13,000 directory listing mark. We have reached this mark despite our effort to concentrate on quality rather than quantity. For many months the size of the database actually shrunk as we deleted hundreds of directories that were parked. We had to do a manual review as most of these do not get kicked out when we use the automated tool to validate links. We attacked the listings in various manual and automated manners to clean it up. The information is as current as it will ever get.

Just this week we added an additional 300 free directories to raise the total to 3000 free directories. We also added over a hundred article directories.

Over the last year we have added thousands of new niche and regional directories. These seem to be doing well based on our latest Pagerank statistics.

I would like to thank our increasing loyal users who send in directory reports to identify inappropriate and mis-categorized directories. Thank you and I hope to hear from you.

Update Oct 9, 2009 -  This post has been replaced.  Please visit the new submission post.

Our site is a categorized collection of most of the web directories on the net.  We add most of the submissions through our research.  If we have missed yours please suggest it below.   As our list is inclusive we generally add all directories.  We never ask for any type of payment, although we do sell advertising on some parts of the site. Our only criteria is that the directory should have some type of submission process. We also do not list adult directories. Please note that lower quality directories may be given a nofollow attribute.

To have your directory considered for inclusion in our list of directories simply add a comment to this post in the following format:

• URL*:

• Type*: (e.g. general, travel, blogs, UK, USA, German language)

• Cost*: Free, Paid or Reciprocal (a free directory provides “dofollow” listings without requiring  anything in return).

• Comments: Include 3-10 words if there is something about the directory that sets it apart.

Example

• URL*: environmentaldirectory.net
  

• Type*: Niche  - environmental

• Cost*: Reciprocal

In order to reduce automated submissions only comments in the above format will be reviewed. Add as many as you want in a post. We usually add sites every 10 days unless high volumes warrant quicker updates.

Click the comments link below.

Note: This thread replaces the previous post that has over 500 comments.  A small percentage of users have reported a blank  screen when they try to add a comment. We suspect that these people are getting caught in the blog’s Askimet spam software.  If you receive a blank screen please use our contact form to email your information.