Talking of web directories, please don’t get me wrong. I’m not talking about the directories that were built just for selling links, obviously you’d have come across many and skipped. I’m talking about the valuable, reputed web directories that you should earn a listing at. Its a fact that not all web directories are considered valuable by Google, but some are still considered as good resources to web listings. Some of the factors why these directories still count are -

- Their outbound / inbound link ratio being at a healthy level.

- They having a  quality bar for their content

- Their age and Google PageRank

- Quality submission and review processes

- Minimal signal to noise ratio

- Manual editing and submissions

So here are some of the best ones.

1.  The Open Directory project

Since: 1999    Google PR: 8

2.  Yahoo Web Directory

Since: 1995   Google PR: 8

3.  Librarian’s Internet Index

Since: 1998   Google PR: 8

4.  Business Directory

Since: 1998   Google PR: 7

5.  Ezilon Directory

Since: 2002   Google PR: 7

6.  Best of the Web Directory

Since: 1996   Google PR: 6

7.  Bizweb Web Directory

Since: 1996   Google PR: 6

8.  Gimpsy Web Directory

Since: 2002   Google PR: 5

9.  Go Guides Web Directory

Since: 2001   Google PR: 5

10.  Designer’s Directory

Since: 2006   Google PR: 6

11.  Google Directory

Since: 2000   Google PR: 7

12.  Family friendly Directory

Since: 2001   Google PR: 6

13.  Free Links Directory

Since: 2006   Google PR: 5

14.  Illumirate Directory

Since: 2004   Google PR: 5

15.  Intute Web Directory

Since: 2006   Google PR: 8

Bonus – Other Possibly Reputed High PR Niche Web Directories

1. Ireland Directory – Google PR 6

2. Maven Search Jewish Web Directory – Google PR 7

3. The American National Directory – Google PR 5

4. The Lebanon Web Directory – Google PR 6

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