Video Review Directory

DM Web Directory is a general category Video Review Directory. All websites in all niches are allowed to submit for review.

Express reviews that are accepted will be recorded on video by our editors. You will also receive a listing in our web directory.

The video review of your website will be uploaded to YouTube and tagged with keywords that relate to your website for even more targeted traffic.

Express Video Reviews will be very thorough, 3:00 - 7:00 minutes long.

Minimum time spent on each review including the creation of the video is 30 minutes. We offer a real service and actually do a systematic review of your submission.

Express submissions from this point on will be paying for a video review and if accepted will also receive a traditional directory listing.

Backlink Update

For those of you who use Google Webmaster Tools you will notice that there was a recent update to backlinks a couple days ago.

Dm Web Directory added an extra 16,000 backlinks and about 60% or so looked to be from unique websites. The multiple links from the same websites look like they are coming from forum and blog posts with many pages.

It seems like Google is updating backlinks more often in the Webmasters Tools back office now. My only complaint is that I wish they would update the actual "link" command more often so I can judge other websites strength. Of course we can always use the "link" command in Yahoo! but I would like to compare the results with Google also.

For those of you who still don't use the Google Webmaster Tools I suggest you jump on it. You will find out a ton of useful information about your website once you verify it.

Google Serps

Wow, there are been some major ups and downs in the serps lately. I have seen some big brand websites lose a lot of search engine position. I have also seen a lot of well know websites have many pages deindexed.

If you ask me it looks like there are some big changes going on at Google. I know SE positions are always jumping and changing around but this is something different. With the delay of the PageRank update and the aggressive nature of the serp changes this makes me believe we are on the horizon of some big changes.

It looks like reciprocal links are losing just about all their value. Any paid link that is not a review seems to be loosing it's value. Granted detecting paid links is going to be a huge challenge for Google they are getting smarter. It seems that the only safe option is a paid for review website or directory (per Matt Cutts from Google).

Websites that offer unique quality content seem to finally be pulling ahead of spam and scrapper websites. This is great news for all the webmasters that actually create unique content but for those who don't well, I think you have had better days.

My advice from personal experience and live search engine rankings is to

1. Create Unique Content as Often as Possible

2. Create Link Bait to Attract as Many Natural Backlinks as You Can.

3. Submit to Only High Quality Website Review Directories. Make Sure the Directory Actually Rejects Submissions and is Not a Spam Fest.

4. Images and video is Becoming a Big Part of SEO in my opinion. If You Can Add Images or Video to Your Website Do It. Make Sure You Use The Appropriate Alt Tags to Label Your Videos and Images.

No one can tell your for certain exactly what is going on including myself. The best advice I or anyone can offer you should be based off results from their personal websites which is what I have used.

Directories Still A Powerful Advertising Tool?

Lately there has been a lot of discussion about the future of directories. Questions have been brought up about whether or not directories are still a good method of advertising.

It looks like we are finally getting some solid information on whether or not directories should will play a roll in you websites advertising strategy. Besides the fact that Google has said to submit to Dmoz and other strong directories, Matt Cutts has one again stepped up and made a statement.

Yes - directories are still relevant and play a major role in advertising as long as the directory is of high quality. There are several factors that are going to determine the quality of a web directory and Matt gives a hint what a few of those might be.

If you are interested in finding out what Matt has to say check out this post.

Paid Directory

We recently changed to a free directory and took a shot at a different business model. After a very short test period I have realized that opening a directory of this quality up to free submissions was a mistake.

The quality of the submission that pour in everyday are below par at it's best. Myself and my editor were spending a minimum of 4 hours a piece per day sifting through and rewriting the submissions. In total we approve only 27 new submissions out of the many submissions we received due to the quality of the websites submitted.

This has proven to be very time consuming and does not allow us the time to add new features and make improvements to the directory. As of this post we are reverting back to a premium paid directory.

On another note you will notice that all top categories now have UNIQUE titles and descriptions. We will be working our way down through all the sub categories giving them unique titles and categories also.

You will also see in the near future unique articles being posted in each category. All the improvements that are taking place and will take place are in effort to better serve your review by increasing traffic.

We have one last improvement that is in the works that will surely make DM Web Directory stand out from the crowd. This new feature is in the process of being structured and will be released at a later date.

Keep your eyes peeled and thank you for your support.

Daniel