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	<description>SEO analysis of the world of general, niche and regional web directories</description>
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		<title>PageRank has Updated</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Guide to Creating a Really Bad Directory</title>
		<link>http://www.web-directories.ws/blog/guide-to-creating-a-really-bad-directory.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.web-directories.ws/blog/guide-to-creating-a-really-bad-directory.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Directory Submission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Directories]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have created a step by step guide to creating a Really Bad Directory. Why stop at one, why not create a slew of bad directories. When it comes to SEO, here are methods that you should use to make a crappy directory. Please feel free to combine these methods for optimal non-performance. &#160; 1. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Improvements to Our Paid Directory Listings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Directory Submission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Directories]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A recent post on a SEO forum was asking which directories were the oldest. I realized that I could not readily answer the question so I went into research mode. I researched archive.org and found the date that the directories were first crawled. In some cases, the domain had other uses before becoming a directory. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Submit your directory to our list</title>
		<link>http://www.web-directories.ws/blog/submit-your-directory-to-our-list.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Directory Submission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What's New on the Site]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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. &#160; First, please do a search of our directory list by entering your directory domain (e.g. abcdir.com). We research most of our additions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 15 Factors in Selecting a Paid Directory</title>
		<link>http://www.web-directories.ws/blog/selecting-paid-directory-htm.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Directory Submission]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.web-directories.ws/blog/?p=161</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are good and bad directories. When it comes to dishing out hard-earned money, you should ensure that you are getting a good return for your money. 1. Directory Age. Choose a well-established directory. 2. Search engine friendly URLs 3. Human edited 4. Well indexed. 5. Unique IP. 6. Good search rankings. 7. Original categories. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do you have to keep paying for a Yahoo directory listing?</title>
		<link>http://www.web-directories.ws/blog/yahoo-directory-listing.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Directory Submission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Directories]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.web-directories.ws/blog/?p=159</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For 3 years I paid the $299 a year for a Yahoo directory listing for one of my sites. A year or two ago I cancelled the annual payment. When going through my Analytics logs I noticed that I had a bunch of referrals from dir.yahoo.com . &#160; I checked and there is still a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Update to Legal Directory List &#8211; Now With 400 listings</title>
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		<comments>http://www.web-directories.ws/blog/big-update-to-legal-directory-list.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Niche Directories]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We have just completed a a big update to legal / lawyer directory list. The list has grown from 150 to 400 listings. The information will never be as current as it is now. &#160; In order to improve the usability of the list we created a number of new categories. The lawyer / attorney [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best Web Directories Introduces a New Content Writing Service</title>
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		<comments>http://www.web-directories.ws/blog/best-web-directories-introduces-a-new-content-writing-service.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.web-directories.ws/blog/?p=146</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since 2006, Best Web Directories has been helping thousands of webmasters gain popularity and traffic to their sites through our link building services. Now we are moving one step further by offering a writing service to make your site stand out with quality informative content. &#160; Best Web Directories is happy to introduce a new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Matt Cutts Explains PageRank Changes</title>
		<link>http://www.web-directories.ws/blog/matt-cutts-explains-pagerank-changes.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.web-directories.ws/blog/matt-cutts-explains-pagerank-changes.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a video where Matt Cutts explains how Google updates it&#8217;s Pagerank metric. &#160; &#160; Here is a post from Matt Cutts&#8217; blog  where he explains PageRank updates.]]></description>
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		<title>So, What Happened to Google PageRank</title>
		<link>http://www.web-directories.ws/blog/so-what-happened-to-google-pagerank.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.web-directories.ws/blog/so-what-happened-to-google-pagerank.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.web-directories.ws/blog/so-what-happened-to-google-pagerank.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A lot of people have been wondering what has happened to their little green bar, AKA PageRank.  People have been reporting that all websites are showing NA. &#160; The good news is that PageRank is alive and well.  Just check the Google toolbar on Internet Explorer.   Google has change the way third-party tools can access [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Submit Your Directory for Inclusion in our List of 20,000 Directories</title>
		<link>http://www.web-directories.ws/blog/submit-your-directory-for-inclusion-in-our-list-of-20000-directories.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.web-directories.ws/blog/submit-your-directory-for-inclusion-in-our-list-of-20000-directories.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Directory Submission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What's New on the Site]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[January 2012 &#8211; This post has been replaced by: Submit your directory to our list for free. &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>484</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Great List of Financial Directories (just updated)</title>
		<link>http://www.web-directories.ws/blog/a-great-list-of-financial-directories-just-updated.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.web-directories.ws/blog/a-great-list-of-financial-directories-just-updated.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Niche Directories]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the result of a custom submission request, we have spend the last couple of weeks researching and editing our financial directory list with over 100 finance listings.   We have spend time identifying most of the free/paid status.  We also created a new sub-category for banking directories. &#160; If your time can be used, let [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEO must be mainstream if Dilbert is trying to game Google</title>
		<link>http://www.web-directories.ws/blog/seo-must-be-mainstream-if-dilbert-is-trying-to-game-google.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.web-directories.ws/blog/seo-must-be-mainstream-if-dilbert-is-trying-to-game-google.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Funny]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For the last 10 years SEO has been something that I have to explain to almost everyone I meet.  It looks like that may change as even Google is in on the act. &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Updated Directory PageRank Statistics</title>
		<link>http://www.web-directories.ws/blog/updated-directory-pagerank-statistics.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.web-directories.ws/blog/updated-directory-pagerank-statistics.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Directory Submission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What's New on the Site]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Web-Directories.ws now has 20,000 directory listings</title>
		<link>http://www.web-directories.ws/blog/web-directoriesws-now-has-20000-directory-listings.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.web-directories.ws/blog/web-directoriesws-now-has-20000-directory-listings.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 18:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Directory Submission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What's New on the Site]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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. [...]]]></description>
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