Do any of you think that paid directories are good directories? It seems that a lot of people, even experienced webmasters believe that paid directories are good directories and those free directories are just spam listing sites. I wonder how did they come to this conclusion? Does a paid directory has good quality content which free directories don’t have? Does a paid directory means that their editorial integrity is higher? I don’t think so. I mean, a lot of paid directories will accept any site which pays them a sum. They don’t really care about whether the site being submitted is of a high quality or not. So how can anyone say a paid directory is a quality directory? Sure, there are paid directories which are of high standard in design, content and user-friendliness but there are also free directories having the same thing.

I think I need to burst this ridiculous idea that paid directories are always better directories. They are not. In fact, I would be more suspicious of paid directories, since their sole purpose is to make money through paid submissions of websites. Would their editorial standard be up to mark? Would they accept a site just because they are paid? I am sure that there are a number of paid directories which do. And how do you definite quality sites in the first place? The problem propaganda. Paid directories often have the means to “brainwash” us into believing anything they want. Their constant media blitz led us to that paid directories are good directories, which in my opinion is mainly a lie.

Of course I am not dishing paid directories. There are indeed good quality paid directories out there. And since these directories have a higher income, they will be able to hire editors to help manage and maintain their directories. This will definitely raise the standard of the directories.  My main objective of this post is to tell you that there are free directories which are of very high quality as well. You should look out for them in your next website submission job.