A new project we’re overseeing in an attempt to improve the overall quality of the index as well as it’s visibility and interest is the Link Book Web Directory.

It’s a general topic web directory which currently utilizes a popular directory script and a free template. Starting out as a free web directory had its pitfalls, and one of the most noticeable problems we’ve encountered is webmasters trying to take advantage of a fresh index by submitting anything and everything anywhere and everywhere.

The number of multiple submissions of the same URL utilizing a different title or description is interesting, and has given me a different view of some of the webmasters I’m acquainted with. We’re running some simple SQL queries to locate and delete the multiple listings; the worse offender has had almost 40 listings for his site(s).

Sites with little content such as eBay and Amazon stores, one page eBook sites, affiliate driven sites, pharmaceutical sales and adult entertainment affiliates are being removed. MFA sites are slowly getting weeded out as well, as these sites offer little useful original content.

I don’t see that this may have been a problem as I seriously doubt there was any harm to having those sites listed. We hope that we’re able to have the majority  of these sites removed before the new pages are fully indexed.

Anyway, a new logo is in the works to go with a customized template from Shabu Anower at OSDesigner.net. It’s a variation of the StoneFlash template, which is simple and functional. We’re looking to place the emphasis on our content - your listing.

URL rewrite wasn’t in use, so that was one of the first changes, and we’re renaming the category paths and hope these new pages get indexed and the old pages drop out within a reasonable amount of time.

Some titles and descriptions will be updated to conform to basic guidelines, some of the titles and descriptions are nothing but hype and of little use to some one browsing the directory. If anyone is unhappy after we edit their listing, please feel free to contact us and we’ll have it permanently removed from the index.

We will be manually adding quality sites in categories to provide our visitors with a positive experience, I know how much I dislike using a directory with few or poor quality listings.

We’re also accepting user submitted sites which are subject to a nominal review fee. Featured Listings are available for web sites owners who want the maximum exposure that a directory listing can provide.

Please feel free to stop by to check out Link Book Web Directory. We hope you notice the positive changes we’re making. ;)