Below are our latest PageRank stats, compiled from the database behind list of 16,000 directories. The last 2 weeks have been spent updating and cleaning up the directories in the list. We used a combination of various automated methods along with good old fashioned manual checks. We have recently checked thousands of the directories manually and got rid of quite a few sites that we not appropriate for the list. We are proud to say that the list is in the best shape that it has ever been, especially the free and article categories.

 P.S.  A big thanks to David at PHPLD for providing a new version of his PR updater.

Directory PageRank Stats as of Apr 20, 2010

Directory PageRank have been very strong over that last 5 Google PR updates. Google has recently removed penalties to a bunch of directories.   The following table compares PageRank in our database, showing percentage changes between February and April of 2010.  Overall, the outlook for directories seems to be better than it has for years.

 Percentage Change Since Last Update

Factors that may have affected these numbers:

• Since many of the directories are added by the editor of this site, the directories included are not 100% 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 concentrated on adding niche and regional directories.
• We have stopped adding most .info general directories.  Also, we have recently stopped adding most of the  large networks of directories hosted on the same IP.   In the past, we purposely added these directories to identify them.  In the last year, the task has become insurmountable as someone is always adding another 50-70 .info directories.  These directories usually disappear within a year or two.  We do add the .info that are submitted to us manually.

As a result of the factors above, the above stats should be used to identify long-term trends in the directory industry.