Directories Section on SeoMoz
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Is this section still being used?
http://www.seomoz.org/directories
I wasn't sure about the quality of some of them (ex. porn chat). I've seen better lists of directories!
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Ok, that makes a lot more sense now! If you do see errors though, drop us a line. Here's a post we did when we updated the directory last year that can also help give you some context. http://www.seomoz.org/blog/web-directory-submission-danger
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Oops, that was "chart porn" not "porn chat".
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We do maintain that list, and updated it in the past few months. Could you drop the help team a note (help at seomoz dot org) and let them know about the porn chat directory you saw? That's not the type of thing we would include on purpose!
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From what I can tell, it is maintained; however, I believe the value of Web directories in general has fallen tremendously. Additionally, I feel like some of the sites on the list are low quality.
That's my two cents
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