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Google Directory Penalties

Sites that have been penalized (September - October 2007)


September - October 2007: The directories below were penalized by Google. PRs were dropped to 0.
January 2010: It appears that all the Google penalties have been removed. PR has been restored.*

* lower PR can be attributed to much lower promotion of the sites during the penalty period.

First Round Penalties - as observed Sep 21 - Sep 24, 2007

Paid Web Directory Sep 2007 PR
Jan 2010 PR
Script Site has Links to other sites on the list (2007) Do directory pages have unique Title, Description & Keywords? Notes from 2007 (unless specifed)
   
   
Title
Desc.
KWs
 
123world.com
5
5
custom? None found
Y
Y
Y
a lot of additional content
aerospect.com
5
not active
PHPLD 3.2 Yes, sitewide links + directory listings
Y
N
Y
 
alltopsites.info
4
2
hand coded? None found
Y
N
N
 
AliveDirectory.com
6
4
PHPLD 3.06 Yes, cross-linked sitewide links to its own group of directories.
Y
Y
Y
** same owner
AvivaDirectory.com
6
3
PHPLD 3.06 Yes, directory listings. Most of the sites are linked on their strongest directories list.
Y
Y
Y
Feb 2008 - Aviva has emerged from the Google's penalty box.
bakie.com
4
2
PHPLD 3.2 No
Y
N
N
 
bestofthewebs.com
1
3
PHPLD Yes, sitewide links + directory listings
Y
N
N
 
bestinternetresource.info
6
3
PHPLD 3.1 Yes, sitewide links
Y
N
N
 
bigweblinks.com
7
4
Custom Yes, cross-linked sitewide links to its own group of dirs.
Y
N
N
** same owner, bid for position
cbravo.com
5
2
PHPLD 3.1 Yes, sitewide links + directory listings
Y
Y
Y
 
cdhnow.com
6
4
Custom Yes, cross-linked sitewide links to its own group of dirs.
Y
N
N
** same owner, bid for position
deluxdirectory.com
4
not active
   
now parked
directorydream.com
6
not active
PHPLD 3.1 Yes, directory listings
Y
N
N
 
directorydump.com
6
3
  Yes, directory listings
N
N
N
 
dirspace.com
6
5
SiteSift Yes, directory listings
Y
N
Y
 
elegantdirectory.com
6
4
PHPLD ?  
Y
N
Y
 
eonte.com
6
0
PHPLD 3.2  
Y
Y
Y
 
ewebpages.org
6
4
PHPLD Yes, directory listings
Y
Y
Y
 
forplex.com
5
4
PHPLD 3.1 Yes, sitewide links + directory listing
Y
N
N
 
freewebindex.com
5
3
PHPLD 3.02 Yes, sitewide links
Y
N
N
 
frogengine.com
4
not active
PHPLD No
Y
N
N
 
haabaa.com
5
4
SiteSift Yes, directory listings
Y
Y
Y
 
linkbook.org
4
2
PHPLD Yes, sitewide links
Y
N
N
 
LinkForever.net
5
3
PHPLD 3.2 A couple
Y
Y
Y
Good content
LinkLister.co.uk
5
not active
PHPLD 3.1 Yes, sitewide links + a large # of directory listings
Y
Y
Y
 
linksarena.com
6
2
PHPLD 3.1 Yes, sitewide links
Y
N
N
 
linksfactory.net
6
0
PHPLD 3.2 Yes, sitewide links
Y
N
N
 
linksholder.com
4
2
PHPLD 3.1 Yes, sitewide links
Y
N
N
 
livelydirectory.com
4
3
PHPLD 3.1 Yes, directory listings
Y
N
Y
 
mingleon.com
6
N/A
SiteSift Yes, directory listings
Y
Y
Y
 
premiumdir.com
5
3
PHPLD 3.06 Yes, sitewide links + a large amount of directory listings
Y
N
N
 
rdirectory.net
5
5
PHPLD 3.06 Yes, sitewide links
Y
Y
N
Free + Paid options
rlrouse.com
5
3
  No
Y
Y
Y
 
searchmonster.org
5
4
? Yes, some regular directory listings.
Y
Y
Y
They offer automatic listing in 75 of their directories.
submission4u.com
5
3
PHPLD 3.1 Yes, sitewide links + directory listing
Y
Y
Y
 
submitdotcom.com
5
2
SiteSift Yes, homepage + directory listings
Y
N
N
 
trincas.org
5
0
SiteSift Yes, sitewide links
Y
N
N
Jan 2010 - No longer a directory.
techtoplist.com
5
not active
PHPLD 3.1 Yes, sitewide links + directory listing
Y
N
N
technology/Internet related niche directory.
theorangepages.com
4
3
PHPLD Yes, some directory listings
Y
N
Y
Mar 25, 08 - Site not penalized.
uncoverthenet.com
6
5
SiteSift Yes, directory listings
Y
N
N
Penalized before Sept 2007?
webdirectorylist.com
4
3
Custom Yes, cross-linked sitewide links to its own group of dirs.
Y
N
N
** same owner, bid for position
webverve.com
5
3
PHPLD 3.06 Yes, directory listings
Y
Y
Y
 
wezp.com
4
4
Custom Yes, 1 homepage + directory listings
Y
Y
Y
 


Second Round Penalties - as observed Sep 25 - Oct 1, 2007 (note: some of the directories may have been penalized in the first round but were only found after the second round)

Web Directory
Sep 2007 PR
Jan 2010 PR
Site has Links to other sites on the list Notes from 2007 (unless specifed)
2listnow.com
5
3
Yes, sitewide links + directory listing.  
2searchsmart.com
5
3
Yes, sitewide links + directory listing.  
addyoursitefreesubmit.com
5
4
Yes, many directory listings + a list of separate directory list.  
allthewebsites.com
3
1
Yes, directory listings. Free + Paid options
alookwebdirectory.com
4
2
Yes, a couple of sitewide links + directory listing.  
biz-dir.co.uk
6
2
Yes, directory listings.  
biz-king.com
6
3
Yes, sitewide links + directory listing.  
dirsurfer.com
5
Yes, sitewide links + directory listing. Also sitewide links to its own group of directories. *** same owner
Jan 2010 - Not an active directory.
dirsensei.com
5
4
Yes, sitewide links + directory listing. Also sitewide links to its own group of directories. *** same owner
ecommerce-directory.org
3
N/A
Yes, directory listings. Free + Paid options
Jan 2010 - No longer a directory.
hotproduct.info
6
2
Yes, directory listings. Mar 25, 08 - Site no longer penalized.
iconcave.com/partners
3
0
No advertising. Directory listings? Free submissions only
indexwide.com
4
not active
Yes, sitewide links + directory listing. Also sitewide links to its own group of directories. *** same owner
jimac.co.uk
4
0
Yes, 1 sitewide link, directory listings? Free (reciprocal) + paid submissions
littledirectory.com
6
1
A couple of directory listings.  
magx.net
5
2
Yes, homepage (highest bid) and internal listings. bid for position
Jan 2010 - Free directory.
mrktcity.com
5
2
Yes, homepage (highest bid) and internal listings. bid for position
onlineaddirectory.com
4
1
Yes, cross-linked sitewide links to its own group of directories. ** same owner
premiumdir.com
5
3
Yes, cross-linked sitewide links to its own group of directories. ** same owner
seodir.org
3
0
Yes, directory listings. Free submissions only.
sponspot.com
4
not active
Yes, many homepage (highest bid) and many internal listings. bid for position
submit4backlinks.com
5
0
Yes, sitewide links + directory listing.  
zorg-links.com
0
4
Yes, many homepage (highest bid) and many internal listings. bid for position


Penalties - as observed Oct 3- Oct 14, 2007 (note: some of the directories may have been penalized in the first round)

Directory
Sep 2007 PR
Jan 2010 PR
Site has Links to other sites on the list Notes from 2007 (unless specifed)
addurl-free.com
6
4
Yes, 1 sitewide link + over 1800 directory listings Free + Paid submissions
agreatdirectory.com
4
2
Yes, sitewides + many directory listings  
bestwebdirectory.info
4
2
Yes, many sitewides + directory listings  
clarib.com
5
not active
Yes, directory listings. Free + Paid submissions
directoryking.info
4
2
Yes, sitewide links + many directory listings  
elira.org
5
not active
Yes, 1 sitewide link + many directory listings Paid
purple-directory.com
4
1
Yes, 1 sitewide link + directory listings Free + Paid submissions
sincrona.com
6
2
Yes, many directory listings. 100% Free
smartlinklp.com
3
0
did not check Bid for placement.
Mar 25, 08 - Site not penalized.
smarturl.co.uk
0
0
did not check Bid for placement.
Mar 25, 08 - Site not penalized.
textlinkbid.com
1
1
did not check Bid for placement
textlinkindex.com
0
0
did not check Bid for placement.
Mar 25, 08 - Site not penalized.
topwebdirectory.net
2
did not check Bid for placement
Jan 2010 - No longer a directory
urlindexing.com
3
2
did not check Bid for placement
webdirectory.co.in
5
0
Yes, 1 sitewide link + directory listings Free + express paid submissions

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