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Well, I am here to share with you guys some of my thoughts on the web directory industry again. This time it is on big and well-known directories. The current buzz on the directory scene is well, to grow in numbers. No, not grow big but grow in numbers. These people think that there are strength in numbers. If you were to look at the famous web directories, you will realize that the directory owners are starting new directories and in great numbers. They no longer own 1 or 2 directories, they own like 5 to 6 directories.

I understand that directories need to grow and expand, but having like 5 to 6 directories isn’t the right way to go. By all mean, expand your directory and add more features and content, but how does having so many directories do that? It will just dilute the attention and the care a directory owner can give to each directory and hence the quality will definitely drop. Sure, some directory owner employs editors to do the dirty work for them, but still it isn’t the same thing as the (famous) owner himself doing it. And, is this really good for the web directory industry on the whole? This industry is already overcrowded and by adding more directories into the fray will not help.

What we really need is high quality directories, not just more directories. Being successful in one directory, does not mean you will be successful in another. And being successful can only work if a directory is well-maintained and well-oiled. This requires effort and time. And owning is web directory is a full-time job (especially if you are a commercial entity), it’s not going to improve by having MORE of such directories. I would rather directory owners spend more time on their current directories rather than creating more directories and asking me to “invest” again. Feels like I am being cheated, you know what I am saying?

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