{"id":3768,"date":"2021-05-16T07:07:37","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T07:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proranktracker.com\/blog\/?p=3768"},"modified":"2024-11-04T18:17:32","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T18:17:32","slug":"24-web-directories-that-still-have-seo-value-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proranktracker.com\/blog\/24-web-directories-that-still-have-seo-value-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"24 Best Web Directories for SEO (That Still Have Value in 2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before search engines, we had web directories that cataloged websites like the good old-fashioned Yellow Pages. (<\/span>Are you old enough to remember phone books?<\/span><\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\n

To find a website, you\u2019d browse the list of websites alphabetically or by category.<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, one of the <\/span>reasons<\/span><\/a> Jeff Bezos named his website \u201c<\/span>Amazon<\/span><\/i>\u201d is because it starts with an A.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Beginning with the first letter of the alphabet gave it a better chance of being discovered in an alphabetical list.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Before that, Jeff Bezos wanted to call it Cadabra.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cadabra Prime? Hmmm…<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. How Directories Were Once Used for SEO<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Are Web Directories Still Relevant?<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. A Few Important Things to Know about Directories<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. 18 SEO-Worthy General Web Directories<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. The Final 6 \u2014 Specialized Web Directories<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. GMB Tracking With ProRankTracker<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    How Directories Were Once Used for SEO
    \n<\/b><\/h2>\n

    SEO for directory websites has been on the decline in recent years, as Google has been de-indexing many of them.<\/p>\n

    Once search engines came along, web directories had to reinvent themselves to stay relevant.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Search engines built their own dynamic directory featuring more targeted results, and users no longer needed to browse lists of URLs to find a website.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Google won the race to become the most comprehensive search engine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Today, it\u2019s the world\u2019s leading web directory, and<\/span> more than 90%<\/span><\/a> of all online searches are made on Google.<\/span><\/p>\n\n