We got some database issues at DirectoryRoll and it affects directory list as well as directory submission tracking. We are trying to restore as much data as we can. If you are a user, please feel free to contact us if you don’t see your tracking working after today.
Our article directories and social bookmarking sites list are still functional so you can use them without problems.
Update:
We have updated the directory list but user data has been lost. If you have saved reports, we can try to help you get your account back to original shape.
You will have to create a login again.
Tags: database issues
We have launched a new article directory list for our users. We got a great response for directory list and social bookmarking list. I hope this new list of article directories gets a similar treatment.
At the last count, we have 450 article directories in our list. Out of which more than 175 have PR1 (or more) on home page.
Time for regular cleanup and I thought I will also post about it on the blog. I regularly check which directories are not approving any submissions and remove them from the list.
The ones I have found so far are these:
www.hitwebdirectory.com – 86438 pending links
femeba.net – 42857 pending links
freeprwebdirectory.com – 62290 pending links
www.aaasmeetings.org – Google deindexed (probably because of fake PR 5)
www.culaciati-libros.com – Google deindexed
www.yxdmw.com – No updates after 13th July
www.batfox.com – No updates after 14th July
www.alibabadownloads.com – No updates after May 2009
If you own any of these directories and want to get included again, please use the contact form on the site.
Google has updated PR for websites multiple times and I have been waiting for pagerank update to get stable. Here is our take on how free directories are doing.
Here is a comparison of number of PR directories in the list before and after updating pagerank.
| Directory PR | Number of Directories (31st Dec 2009) | Number of Directories (1st April 2009) | Number of Directories (8 July 2009) |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 15 | 25 | 30 |
| 4 | 68 | 60 | 61 |
| 3 | 154 | 216 | 268 |
| 2 | 315 | 365 | 418 |
| 1 | 388 | 396 | 563 |
As with last time, PR of free directories has not really improved significantly.
Tags: Free directories, PR update
As you might already know, DirectoryRoll.com free directory list also keeps pagerank of directories along with other stats like backlink count in various search engines.
We took stock of how the directories fared in this PR update. We have not included numbers of PR 0 / PR N/A directories because we add new directories everyday to our list and it’s rather dynamic.
Here is a comparison of number of PR directories in the list before and after updating pagerank.
| Directory PR | Number of Directories (PR Update 31st Dec 2009) | Number of Directories (PR Update 1st April 2009) |
| 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 15 | 25 |
| 4 | 68 | 60 |
| 3 | 154 | 216 |
| 2 | 315 | 365 |
| 1 | 388 | 396 |
Overall, PR of directories has improved very slightly in this PR update. What do you think about PR on directory homepages?
Tags: directory PR, pagerank directory
I visit more than 20-30 directories everyday for adding them to my free directory list. I visit both old and new directories and it’s often disappointing to see that directories still have old copyright notices with 2007/8 dates. Some directory owners make sure that they update the notice every year but it’s not such a smart thing to do. I will share a simple trick here so that your directory’s copyright date is updated automagically every year.
This is another simple smarty change similar to the analytics on directory I posted earlier.
Rather than writing the actual date you write this code in your footer.tpl (or whichever file has copyright notice)
{$smarty.now|date_format:”%Y”}
Some directory owners also include the year their directory started, in that case you can just replace the ending year
2000 – {$smarty.now|date_format:”%Y”}
I hope more directory owners will adopt this and fix their copyright dates.
Tags: copyright dates, directory copyright, Smarty
I see a lot of directory owners complaining about SPAM on their directories. Our last post covered a method to <a href=http://www.directoryroll.com/blog/remove-spam-on-phpld-free-version-free-mod/>get rid of SPAM using keywords in description</a>. Today I will show you a small change that can make your captcha a math question. It will sure reduce automated spam submissions.
I have rewritten create_CAPTCHA method in libs/captcha/captcha.class.php file in free version of PHPLd to get this change. Its now generating two integers and using the sum as the captcha value. You are free to change it to multiplication.
Simply download the attachment and replace your captcha.class.php file. You may want to change phrase_length to 5 in your captcha.php but that’s totally optional. Don’t forget to change your template to say ‘enter the sum’ instead of type the characters.
You can see a demo at my new <a href=http://www.weblinkstoday.com>web directory</a>. This screenshot might help you understand the mod better.
Math Captcha
Download the mod by clicking the link: mathcaptchaclass
Tags: captcha, math captcha, phpld mod, spam
I hope you liked our last tip for integrating analytics on phpld today we will give you a free PHPLD mod that can help you quickly locate bad submissions (or good ones in some cases).
Following is an example for searching listings that use ‘directory’ word in their description.
Use keyword in description to search pending submissions
Download this file search-keywords-description and install in your PHPLD Directory (Free Version) to remove spam entries from your directory.
Tags: keyword description, phpld mod, remove spam
Welcome to DirectoryRoll’s new blog. We hope to make this a good resource for directory owners and webmasters using directory for promoting there websites.
Installing Analytics on PHPLD Directory
Google analytics remains one of most used analytics tools that webmaster use to track visitor number, visitor behaviour and sometimes effect of marketing campaigns. Installing analytics on a directory would be as easy as logging on to Google Analytics account at http://www.google.com/analytics (You may create a new one if required).
Add a new domain and google will give you a code that should be put just before </body> tag in your footer.tpl (Location : phpldhome/templates/footer.tpl)
The code given by Google is javascript code and will look like this:
<script type=”text/javascript”>
var gaJsHost = ((“https:” == document.location.protocol) ? “https://ssl.” : “http://www.”);
document.write(unescape(“%3Cscript src=’” + gaJsHost + “google-analytics.com/ga.js’ type=’text/javascript’%3E%3C/script%3E”));
</script>
<script type=”text/javascript”>
try {
var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(“UA-*********”);
pageTracker._trackPageview();
} catch(err) {}</script>
***** will be replaced by your tracking code.
However, when you install this code as it is by copying in your theme’s footer.tpl, you are in for a surprise, you will get an error related to var not being recognized.
To solve this just use {literal} and {/literal} delimiters around this code to make this work.
Happy tracking !
Note: These instructions have been tested on free version of PHPLD.
Tags: Google Analytics, Install, PHPLD, Problem, Smarty