A lot of people have requested that I update the list of Which Directories Have The Most Backlinks post. I have been somewhat hesitant to do so. Although backlinks to a web directory are no doubt important, I think there is too much emphasis in the industry on backlinks, and not enough on the content of the directory. If you or your company own a web directory, you may well be better served in the long run re-allocating some of your link building resources to the editorial side of operations.

That being said, I think the list is still helpful, so here’s the updated list. The snapshot is as of December 6, 2007. Please note that for directories that are in subfolders, the number of links is for the entire domain, not just the subfolder.

More then 1,000,000 backlinks
Dir.Yahoo.com – 42,900,000 (Yahoo.com)
Dmoz.org – 3,120,000
AliveDirectory.com – 2,580,000
BigWebLinks.com – 1,430,000
BlazeMP.com/dir – 1,170,000 (BlazeMP.com)
Business.com – 1,140,000
AvivaDirectory.com – 1,070,000

From 500,000 to 999,999 backlinks
Romow.com – 923,000
ElegantDirectory.com – 746,000
RelmaxTop.com – 700,000
Botw.org – 528,000
DirectoryDump.com – 524,000

From 250,000 to 499,999 backlinks
AllyDirectory.com – 497,000
SevenSeek.com – 446,000
LinksJuice.com – 442,000
DirJournal.com – 416,000
Gii.in – 416,000
2yi.net – 415,000
BusyBits.com – 365,000
Haabaa.com – 360,000
FamilyFriendlySites.com – 354,000
DirectoryDream.com – 348,000
MingleOn.com – 316,000
LinkForever.net – 309,000
Bakie.com – 304,000
Cascandra.com – 304,000
e-Topic.com/directory – 304,000
AllInfoDir.com – 300,000
Index-It.net – 274,000
Umdum.com – 261,000

From 100,000 to 249,000 backlinks
Bloggeries.com – 241,000
AddUrl-Free.com – 240,000
eWebPages.org – 237,000
Szab.net – 214,000
DirectoryShare.com – 213,000
Elib.org – 203,000
LinkWith.us – 194,000
AlikeDirectory.com – 189,000
Apahcinc.org – 189,000
Idk.in – 184,000
Domaining.in – 178,000
Submission4U.com – 174,00
KwikGoblin.com – 165,000
WebWorldIndex.com – 164,000
BlogAboutMySite.com/directory – 162,000
FourFind.com – 147,000
Qoobe.org – 140,000
Frogengine.com/search – 134,000 (FrogEngine.com)
NobleDirectory.com – 132,000
PegasusDirectory.com – 130,000
Aerospect.com – 126,000
Wezp.com – 126,000
PremiumDir.com – 124,000
PostDotCom.com – 120,000
ProLinkDirectory.com – 120,000
Map100.com – 118,000
BeaconPost.com – 117,000
WowDirectory.com – 116,000
SearchNLink.com – 106,000
Biz-King.com – 104,000
MyGreenCorner.com – 104,000
Cbravo.com – 103,000
SleekDirectory.com -102,000
AuthorityDirectory.com – 101,000
OnlineWide.com – 101,000

If your web directory has over 100,000 backlinks (in Yahoo!) and isn’t on the list, please leave a note in the comments and I’ll add it.