I was recently wandering around some Facebook groups and saw this:
”Do you guys think that general web directories are still good for building links, or should I go with niche directories, instead?”
So, the first thing I can tell you is that the answer is easy: it depends. Nice, huh? Thanks, it's how I roll.
Over the years SEOs were always fond of saying, “Hey I'll take it. A link is a link, right?” Apparently that's probably a misguided thought process and potentially problematic these days. So if you haven't already, cease and desist on that kind of thinking, OK?
Next, we can address what we do know.
While talking with a Googler whom you might know, I was able to get a sense of what problems they have with link manipulation. More often than not, the discussions were more about the type of site/page and the relevance of the link, than it was about the actual type of link.
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