PageRank has Updated. Looks like quite a few sites have changed PR. We are currently updated the database of 20,000 directories. Everything should be up-to-date by late Thursday.

Our submissions are completely free, although we are not a directory in the traditional sense. Our listings are intended for the benefit of our readers rather than the benefit of the directories.

First, please do a search of our directory list by entering your directory domain (e.g. abcdir.com). We research most of our additions ourselves so your directory is likely listed already. Our only criteria is that the website is a directory of websites that offers website submission process. We do not list adult directories. Please note that low quality sites may be assigned nofollow attributes.

To have your directory considered for inclusion in our list of directories add a comment below using the following format

Directory Domain*: The domain of the directory
Directory Type*: (e.g. general, legal, blog, USA, German language)
Cost of a Listing*: Free, Paid or Reciprocal. To be considered a “free” directory it must offer permanent, “dofollow” listings without requiring anything in return (like a reciprocal link).
Language: The language of the directory, if it is not English.

Example:

Directory Domain*: legaldir.com
Directory Type*: Niche / Legal
Cost of a Listing*: Paid
Language: Polish

In order to identify automated / spam submissions only comments in the above format will be reviewed. We review submissions every 3-10 business days.

January 2012 – This post has been replaced by: Submit your directory to our list for free.

Please do a search of our directory list by search for your domain (i.e. abcdirectory.com). If your directory is not in the listed we will add it for free. Our only criteria is that the website is a directory of websites that offers website submission process. We do not list adult directories. Please note that low quality sites may be assigned nofollow attributes.

To have your directory considered for inclusion in our list of directories simply add a comment below using this format:

Directory Domain*:  The domain of the directory
Directory Type*: (e.g. general, travel,  blog, USA, French language)
Cost of a Listing*: Free, Paid or Reciprocal .  To be considered  a “free” directory it must offer permanent, “dofollow” listings without requiring anything in return (like a payment or recip link).
Language: The language of the directory, if it is not English.

Example:

Directory Domain*: frenchtravel.com/dir
Directory Type*: Niche / Travel
Cost of a Listing*: Paid
Language: French

  To submit, add your info as a comment  below.

In order to identify automated submissions only comments in the above format will be reviewed. We  review submissions  every 5-15 days.

I apologize for the delay but we have finally updated our PageRank stats.  Google has had 2 separate PR updates over the last month or so.  Below are PR stats that result from queries to our database of 20,000 web directories.  I would have to say that overall, directory PR is still looking quite good.

Sure, there are still a lot of crappy, cookie cutter general directories being created with dropped domains. The majority of the directories in the database have been around as directories for years. The stats can be used to give us a general idea of the directory world.

Directory PR Statistics as of Jul 27, 2011

 Percentage distribution of PR

Change since the Last PR Update

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.  We rare;u add .info general directories.

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

Web-Directories.ws has reached a major milestone.  After 6 years of continuously adding directories they have reached a total of 20,000 listings.  These listings are divided into general directories, niche directories, regional directories, non-English language directories and Internet Press.  The Internet Press category is made up of things like blogs, articles, press releases, and social media.

The most popular directory list  is the free general directory list. There are currently 3200 listings. This list takes a lot of effort to maintain as directories continuously switch from free to paid. I spend a lot of time identifying the directories that are actively adding new free listings. On the other side of the coin you have dead directories that have not added a listing in years or some that only approve paid featured links.

We have also done a lot of work on our niche and regional listings. Most of these listings come from research, the majority of which come from good old fashioned Google searches. I do the work so you don’t have to.

How can I make the site better? Your comments are always appreciated.

Our sister site, Best-Web-Directories.com now offers a UK Directory Submission Service. We will submit your site to UK related directories. These directories include UK specific sites as well as .co.uk directories. If your  website offers local products or services then UK related links will really help your rankings.  You may also gain traffic from searchers looking for local sources.

Best-Web-Directories.com has been providing quality, cost-effective submissions for the last 5 years. They offer a wide range of general and niche submissions.

Looking for Free UK Directories

We are currently offering 50 UK submissions. We would like to offer a 100 submission package but we require a few good free UK directories. If you have one, please post it as a comment below.

UK Directory URL*: UKDirectory.co.uk
Type of Directory:  General
Cost of a Listing*: Free

In order to identify automated submissions only comments in the above format will be reviewed.

After weeks of work I have just finished a new list of  social bookmarking sites.  There were some bookmark sites within the  social media category but I created a new category for the bookmarks.  Here is the social bookmarking list. The info is always at its best when it is fresh.  You will have trouble finding dead links in this list right now.

In all, there are actually over 550 social media listings including a list of niche, regional listings and twitter directories.  The definitions of social networking and social bookmarking seem to overlap as many sites usually include some aspect of both.  For our social media lists I have included in the social bookmark list sites that allow you to submit your website or news story.

If your time is very important to you then you should look into a submission service. Our sister site best-web-directories.com are now using their 5 years of directory submission experience to offer a social bookmark submission service.

Yes, our list of free general directories is in better shape than it has been in the last 5 years. The first quick review happens when a new site is added to the list.

Usually, I use an assortment of automated and manual methods of keeping the list updated. I regularly do separate checks for dead directories and parked sites. I also check through the data and identify the networks of directories hosted on the same IP.  I supplement that with feedback from our loyal users (reports) and information we get from our manual submission service. For the free list, I regularly review high PR listings and try to outline the ones that are active.

Why is it better?

Over the last week, I have being doing a detailed review of the free list by hand.  I have been concentrating on identifying the directories that are not actively adding free submissions.  Along the way I have cleaned up a lot of things to make the list more useful. I am almost done the top PR sites and  and done most of the PR2s. I was quite shocked at the number of sites that call themselves free directories although they are obviously only listing featured listings.  While looking through the list just stay away from the sites with red comments.

Update: Jan 25, 2011 -  The directory submission page has moved.    

We research and add the majority of our directory  listings ourselves so your directory could very well be in our list.   Please do a search of our directory list

If your directory is not listed then we will gladly add it for free. Our only criteria is that the website is a directory that offers  some type of submission process. We do not list adult directories. Please be advised that low quality directories may be given nofollow attributes.
To have your directory considered for inclusion in our list of directories simply add a comment below using this format:

Directory URL*:
Directory Type*: (e.g. general, travel,  blog, USA, French language)
Cost*: Free, Paid or Reciprocal

A “free” directory should provide “dofollow” listings without requiring anything in return (like a payment or reciprocal link)

Example:

Directory URL*: abctraveldirectory.com
Directory Type*: Niche / Travel
Cost*: Free

  To submit, add your info as a comment  below.

In order to identify automated submissions only comments in the above format will be reviewed.. We  review submissions  every 5-15 days.

Note:  A small percentage of users receive a blank screen when they try to add a comment. We suspect that these people are getting caught in Askimet’s spam software. If you receive a blank screen please use our contact form to email your directory info.

Remember:  Directories Only.  Do no add you site if it is not a web directory. 

I thought it might be interesting to look up which sites received the most hits from our site.  It appears that most hits came from our free directory listings or were on it for a long time. This category get’s the most traffic by far.

Directories Receiving the Most Hits Since January 2006