martinibuster on Crapola Directories

I like martinibuster’s blog a lot, my only complaint being I wish he posted more often. Maybe he read my mind as he made a killer post yesterday.

Taking the Brain Cells Out for a little exercise
Let’s whip out those two brain cells and rub them together: What do you imagine the search engine engineers would think about a directory that is marketed exclusively to webmasters? Aren’t directories supposed to be useful to web surfers? Would the search engineers think that these directories were a scheme for helping SEO Webmasters manipulate their ranks? If so, what action do you think they would take?

Sometimes it’s hard to step back a bit and look at search algorithms with a long term perspective; martinibuster seems to have a talent for this. Read more: Directories with a Kick Me Sign on Their Backs