It's been a couple of weeks since it became apparent that Google was penalizing link directories – at least a few of them – knocking them out of the SERPs even for their own business names. There's still no official word from Google on this, but there is plenty speculation that it wasn't algorithmic.
The directory earthquake expected never really came, the penalties laid limited to a select few. Let the theorizing begin as nobody at the Googleplex is talking about it. A horse head in the directory bed; a message? Or do you think this is the direct result of selective enforcement via paid link reports? Let us know what you think in the comments section.
The reason that speculation has arisen is that though there was a seeming spate of directories hit, the number of them up to 60 or so that we know of, is relatively small compared to the number of directories out there, hundreds or thousands passing on PageRank.
The directory earthquake expected never really came, the penalties laid limited to a select few. Let the theorizing begin as nobody at the Googleplex is talking about it. A horse head in the directory bed; a message? Or do you think this is the direct result of selective enforcement via paid link reports? Let us know what you think in the comments section.
The reason that speculation has arisen is that though there was a seeming spate of directories hit, the number of them up to 60 or so that we know of, is relatively small compared to the number of directories out there, hundreds or thousands passing on PageRank.
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