Google De-Indexing Some Free Directories? | Google Penalty World | Scoop.it

From the article intro: "There some discussion going on in the webmaster/SEO community that Google may have de-indexed some free web directories.


Barry Schwartz at Search Engine Roundtable points to a WebmasterWorld forum thread on the subject.

The thread begins with a post from user Sunnyujjawal, who says:

"While checking some sites links I found 50% free submission directories are out of G now.


Will Google count such links in negative SEO or unnatural linking?


Schwartz concurs that about 50% of the ones he searched for did not have listings."


Interesting. 7/10


Full article: http://www.webpronews.com/some-free-directories-go-missing-from-google-some-paid-directories-doing-well-2012-05