Is Galaxy.com blackhat?
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They advertise themselves as the internet's oldest free searchable web directory. The MozBar shows their homepage: http://www.galaxy.com/ with these stats... PA: 77, mR:5.81, mT:6.59, DA:93
These numbers seem good. In order to get listed with them there's a $10 fee for a standard listing. So I started wondering why they weren't hit by Panda/Penguin.
After searching SEOMoz and not finding any information that satisfied my curiosity I did a google search for "galaxy web directory". It doesn't show up on the first page. To me this indicates a ban or penalty. If it's penalized, why is Moz giving it such great numbers?
Also, are there any paid directories that would be worth the $$$? I thought the answer was supposed to be automatically no these days, but I keep hearing that some Blackhat still works. I don't like the idea, but if it's working I don't want to be missing out in the SERPs.
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You know what I do when I want to get sense of whether or not a directory page might be worth it? I go to the directory page that I would expect to get a link from, click on a link, then run a OSE report on the page I land on to see how it shows in the report. Do that for a few more links on that and other pages and you'll get an idea of it's value. Keep in mind that directories are often not a good choice when it comes to long-term link value.
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There are multiple paid directories - as far as what is worth the price tag? It really depends on what your competition is supporting in their link profile. I personally don't engage in any paid directories, not because I feel like I'm going to get penalized, but I don't think any of the sites are worth a yearly amount.
1)Yahoo
2) Business Directory
3) Best of the web
4) BBB
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