Authority Directories
News June 10th, 2007I am proud to announce that both Aviva and her sister directory SevenSeek have become Authority Directories.
What is an authority directory?
I suppose only Google knows the answer to this. However, for quality websites Google tends to given an extended listing with 4 additional links to the site, as shown in the below screenshot. This is not a perfect measure as some obvious authority websites (e.g. Google) do not get listed like this. On the other hand, if a site gets a listing like this, it has clearly achieved a special status in Google.
What directories are authority directories?
Fortunately, I don’t need to figure this out as the appropriately named Autho-rity.com has already done this. According to their list, the following directories are authority directories:
* Dmoz.org
* Botw.org
* Business.com
* UncoverTheNet.com
* AliveDirectory.com
* JoeAnt.com
* ExactSeek.com
* Site-Sift.com
* SevenSeek.com
* AvivaDirectory.com
* GoGuides.org
* Skaffe.com
* Abilogic.com
* WowDirectory.com
I noticed that a few directories were omitted from the list:
* Dir.Yahoo.com
* Gimpsy.com
* Bubl.ac.uk
In addition, there are 2 directory resource sites that are authorities:
* Best-Web-Directories.com
* DrectoryCitic.com
It would be well worth your while to make sure that your website is listed in all of the above authority directories. If you are looking for additional quality web directories, check out my list of the best web directories.
Special hat tip to Amit for noticing that Aviva had become an authority directory, Dave for noticing that Sevenseek had become an authority directory, and John for predicting that both Aviva and Sevenseek were about to become authorities. Thanks also to all the people who have supported and encourage me along the way – I really appreciate it!
Update June 12, 2007: Well, it looks like Google is promoting a lot of websites to authority status. Since this post was written the following directories have become authority directories:
UkSmallBusinessDirectory.co.uk
WebWorldIndex.com
Clush.com
Also, the following directory resource site has become an authority:
Info.Vilesilencer.com
Congrats all around!
June 10th, 2007 at 4:38 pm
[…] Page Strength 10 http://www.dmoz.org/ (Authority Directory) (free) http://dir.yahoo.com (Authority Directory) ($299 per year) (Directory subdomain has page strength of 10 as well) […]
June 10th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
Congrats, Jeff. Well deserved.
June 10th, 2007 at 11:05 pm
Updated : http://www.nobledirectory.com/directory-owners/2007/06/10/aviva-directory-seven-seek-directory-authority-now/
Congrats Jeff for reaching a authority status.
June 11th, 2007 at 8:09 am
Congrats Jeff! This is really a sweet moment. Heartiest congratulations for Aviva and Sevenseek. God bless!
June 11th, 2007 at 8:19 am
That’s a pretty cool achievement Jeff!
What’s the next goal?
June 11th, 2007 at 2:04 pm
Congrats Jeff, it nice to see Aviva finally make the cut. The coming was long due and well deserved for aviva.
Also, you could add Info Vilesilencer in the list of directory related authority links
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=info+vilesilencer
Hope to make the cut myself in the near future
June 11th, 2007 at 11:45 pm
Hi Jeff,
UK Small Business Directory has just got them as well, you might want to add them to the list.
June 12th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
Hi Jeff –I noticed that some authority directories are missing from the list you made. As I am a :Psychic” :D — I always pass my time doing nothing but studying lots of things without purpose.
Here we go
http://www.worldsiteindex.com is an authority directory. ( Most probably -I have not see you there)
Also http://www.webworldindex.com , http://www.clush.com, http://www.webopedia.com ( If you club it as directory), http://lii.org (myself not sure -if I call it a directory -but it does look like one).
Besides -while posting this -I checked Yahoo, Gimpsy and BUBL. They are back to their places –Authority. :D
Thanks and Congrats again.
June 13th, 2007 at 2:10 am
@ Dave – thanks – I’ve added that to the post.
@ John – thanks too – I’ve added some of these. I’m not seeing that worldsiteindex.com is one. Nor am I seeing lii.org, although that definitely should be. I’ve added webworldindex.com and clush.com
June 13th, 2007 at 8:23 am
Hi Jeff
Thanks for adding them. Google is really a Mystery that we would never know.
I checked all sites when I was posting it –and now I too can’t see them as Authority.
Yahoo directory show authority status if I type – “dir.yahoo.com” on the Google bar.
Gimpsy shows it just if I type “gimpsy”
BUBL shows it if I type – “bubl.ac.uk”
And yes -worldsiteindex and LII are no longer Authority directories-just checked all now.
Its really a paradox.
Thanks
June 13th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
[…] Originally Posted by Cornbread Interesting. I just checked and I only think seven directories are currently authority directories: 1. DMOZ 2. Yahoo 3. Business.com 4. Best of the Web 5. Aviva 6. Joeant 7. Web World Directory *Google and Exact Seek are also, but they are just mirrors of DMOZ aren’t they? Did I miss any authority directories? I have a list of 21 authority directories — –submitting to them one by –one –9 done –12 to go The number is actially 24. Jeff –of Aviva has one post on his blog about it ( I have to add 3 more on my list from Jeff’s) Jeff’s List http://www.skaffe.com gimpsy.com Joeant GoGuides business http://www.directorycritic.com http://www.exactseek.com dmoz dir.yahoo site-sift Alive uncoverthenet botw webworldindex.com http://www.clush.com webopedia http://www.abilogic.com http://www.wowdirectory.com sevenseek Aviva Enjoy guys PS: Besides -Congrats John –V&N is now an Authority site. (Check Here) . Jeff says –the directory is also authority -but I could not verify it after lots of try. […]
June 14th, 2007 at 9:39 pm
Ooops — That was my post on V7N forum. Who did post it here?
June 14th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
@John – it’s just a trackback – the blog does that automatically.
June 15th, 2007 at 8:10 am
Thanks Jeff -I should have figured that out.:o
June 18th, 2007 at 2:52 am
Well done Jeff and Aviva for the Authority status.
June 22nd, 2007 at 6:11 am
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June 22nd, 2007 at 2:36 pm
It’s good to see this differentiation finally taking place.
I actually noticed the “authority” listing for Info Vilesilencer back in February, after I asked the question in a thread as to how sites achieved it, back in October of 2006:
http://info.vilesilencer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2032
Congrats to all the directories who have achieved this status :)
July 17th, 2007 at 6:05 pm
Heya – just a note that V7N now has authority status. :)
http://www.v7n.com/forums/google-forum/59259-v7n-gets-authority-status-g.html
July 17th, 2007 at 6:05 pm
And.. I didn’t read the end of the article. Feel free to delete my blather..
July 18th, 2007 at 1:30 am
@chicgeek – no big deal. Good to see you here!
July 19th, 2007 at 11:34 pm
thank you so much for this post. I’ve been reading Aaron Wall for a long time, and always never really understood quite exactly what an authority site was. this post makes it very obvious, and I really appreciate you listing the best directories to be a part of…Being bored, I added the cost to be a part of most of the list, and to submit to all the sites will cost around $7,000 a year! Going from 10 strength pages on down, how many link submissions do you think you need before you see a noticeable increase in the SERPs. thanks. congrats on authority status
July 20th, 2007 at 2:02 am
@Concert Reviews – there’s no definite answer to your question – it really depends on how competitive your industry is and what other links you have to your site. I think for most sites, about 25 or so quality directory submissions make sense to start off with.
After that, as you get more backlinks from other sources, you can increase the number of directory links you have. Also, as time goes on, if you have some internal pages that aren’t ranking well, it can be helpful to submit those internal pages to a few additional directories.
July 20th, 2007 at 6:21 am
thanks. I really appreciate the feedback. No more going out to eat..I need to save for directories LOL,
July 25th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
Congratulation, I’m so happy that I could see so many DP’s member here congrat to you, Jeff. Cool :D
August 11th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
[…] Page Strength 10 http://www.dmoz.org/ (Authority Directory) (free) http://dir.yahoo.com (Authority Directory) ($299 per year) (Directory subdomain has page strength of 10 as well)Page Strength 9 http://www.business.com/ (Authority Directory) ($199 per year) […]
August 18th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
Congrats to all directories for being recognized by Google and becoming authority directories
August 28th, 2007 at 11:42 pm
You can add The Ezine Directory – http://www.ezine-dir.com – to your list of Authority Directories (I’m proud to admit).
August 30th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
This trend seems to indicate that Google won’t be devaluing directory links anytime soon.
September 5th, 2007 at 8:01 am
As the web grows exponentially the directories will become more important to us webmasters.
March 1st, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Hi John,
I’ve noticed you don’t have http://www.affiliateseeking.com in your list of directories as it’s gained authority. It has around 7 of them site links in google. It’s a niche directory for affiliate program owners. In other words it lists and reviews affiliate programs by category. It also has many other things on the site as well so it’s not just a directory.
Thanks for the list of other authority directories also.
February 9th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Guys, im afriad that having google site links (yes thats what theyre called) is only an indicator that your site has a significant number of pages properly categorised. google has an algo to check for this and doles out the links as appropriate.
May 22nd, 2009 at 2:08 pm
good post, many thanks
December 29th, 2010 at 6:58 pm
Directory submission is one of the unique way to maker links. You need to select carefully and this will really help your search engine popularity.
January 12th, 2011 at 7:25 am
in my opinion directory submission is one of the best methods to get your site ranking high. this is the basic seo process. It’s really helps a lot in site rankings