Just a minor homepage update. A random free PHPLD template is pulled from the database on each page load and featured on the homepage. You can see an example of this by clicking here.

We now have 45 unique free PHPLD templates listed in our resources section. If you’re a template designer and want to get extra exposure for your templates, you can apply to upload your templates to us. You will get your own page with links to your website where we’ll display your templates and make them available for downloading.

There have been around 1,350 template downloads since we opened the free templates section earlier this year. Now with a templates appearing on our main page we expect to have a lot more downloads.

Any questions about this, please contact us.

With carefully screened results, The Directory Journal provides links of the highest quality along with website reviews, industry relevant news sources, articles and How to guides. It provides up-to-the-minute news on important world-wide issues, The Directory Journal brings you the information you need on the business topics you care about the most.

DirJournal is not only a directory with links but is a mini advisers to the users. Not only do you find website listings on this directory but also related news items and other articles. So, if as an user, you are looking for something then not only can DirJournal.com give you information on relevant sites but also some relevant information itself.

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The above was a paid blog announcement. If you would like to announce your directory or webmaster service on our blog please see our advertising page.

Lately I’ve noticed a lot of clone directories and directory link farms are being submitted to Directory Critic. Here’s what I class as link farms or clones:

• Loads of directories on the same IPs
• Directories that have obviously had no effort at all put into them (some don’t even have a template or don’t even have the logo changed - how hard is it?)
• Category clones (basically cloning an populated directory)

These type of directories have little to no value for the users of Directory Critic. In fact, that have no value to the internet as a whole. Many of these directories will go straight to Google’s supplemental index and never come out.

Another point to make is that if Google or other engines flag ones of these networks as a link farm and links to your site are consistent there is a chance that your site may also be flagged and it might effect your rankings.

So a notice to the people who are doing this, I know who you are, and I won’t be accepting any more of your directories. I have a script now that checks the database for other directories on the same IP, and it’s built into the directory approval process.

If anyone have any questions or problems with this email me

I just approved the 4,000th web directory listed on this site! If we didn’t delete from the list, I’m sure it would be 5,000!

So what are you waiting for, start submitting!

We’ve just added 6 more free PHPLD templates to our templates area. We now have a total of 32 free PHPLD templates available for download, with another 5-10 expected to be added in the next few weeks. So far there have been over 900 downloads from the templates area!

So if you make free PHPLD templates and want to increase the number of downloads and installs of your templates apply to have them listed on Directory Critic.