A little over a month ago I wrote a blog post ranking directories by the number of backlinks that they have.  This post is an update.  Given the fact that the number of backlinks that Yahoo! reports can vary from hour to hour, I don’t think that a change of less than 5% is very meaningful.

You can note some interesting trends in the number of backlinks that the directories have – who has been working hard and who has been slacking.  Let’s look at the 10 biggest gainers:

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2.  AddUrl-Free.com +95.77%
3.  GoGuides.org +63.2%
4.  Wezp.com +47.02%
5.  Haabaa.com  +35.5%
6.  Fourfind.com +29.77%
7.  LinkForever.net +27.64%
8.  MingleOn.com +19.88%
9.  KwikGoblin.com + 16.87%
10 (tie).  Submission4U.com +15.58%
10 (tie).  Biz-King.com +15.58%

Congrats for all of your hard work!

Here’s the complete list.  The number in brackets afterwards indicated the % increase or decrease from the last list:

More then 1,000,000 backlinks
Dir.Yahoo.com –
Dmoz.org – 4,503,619 (-2.79%)
Business.com – 2,337,328 (+0.8%)
AliveDirectory.com – 1,931,509 (+0.96%)
BigWeLlinks.com – 1,169,764 (+1.42%)

From 500,000 to 999,999 backlinks
RelmaxTop.com – 943,300 (-0.69%)
AvivaDirectory.com – 907,057 (+5.19%)
Romow.com – 590,480 (+12.55%)
Botw.org – 564,312 (+7.25%)
Haabaa.com – 519,194 (+35.5%)

From 250,000 to 499,999 backlinks
LinksJuice.com – 438,390 (-3.97%)
2yi.net – 427,709 (+1.99%)
SevenSeek.com – 425,130 (+12.9%)
AddUrl-Free.com – 381,639 (+95.77%)
DirectoryDump.com – 375,566 (+9.57%)
AllyDirectory.com – 322,246 (+2.40%)
ElegantDirectory.com – 313,816 (+2.08%)
Gii.in – 289,523 (-4.63%)
Cascandra.com – 267,491 (+11.62%)
Domaining.in – 256,776 (+13.90%)
Elib.org – 253,949 (+6.19%)
eWebPages.org – 250,716 (+6.44%)

From 100,000 to 249,000 backlinks
DirectoryDream.com – 237,070 (+6.67%)
LinkForever.net – 220,411 (+27.64%)
GoGuides.org – 200,479 (+63.20%)
KwikGoblin.com – 195,841 (+16.87%)
Umdum.com – 190,476 (+13.5%)
Apahcinc.org – 183,820 (+5.37%)
FourFind.com – 176,697 (+29.77%)
MingleOn.com – 171,738 (+19.88%)
Wezp.com – 158,901 (+47.02%)
ExcellentGuide.com – 158,792 (-39.42%)
Map100.com – 155,055 (-0.56%)
Emillie.net – 153,776 (+10.16%)
Submission4U.com – 151,952 (+15.58%)
Szab.net – 151,527 (+12.98%)
Index-It.net – 143,074 (+11.80%)
Biz-King.com – 141,242 (+15.58%)
LinkWith.us – 136,426 (+7.29%)
SleekDirectory.com – 124,659 (+4.7%)
AllInfoDir.com – 116,458 (+3.8%)
Browse8.com – 111,867 (+7.59%)
DirJournal.com – 108,606 (new)
UncoverTheNet.com – 107,027 (-0.22%)

If I’ve missed anyone, please let me know.

Alexa Rankings

You can find a fairly complete list of the Alexa rankings of directories at Digitalpoint.  The top ranked directories by Alexa are:

1.  Dir.Yahoo.com – 1
2.  Dmoz.org – 391
3.  Business.com – 2,332
4.  UncoverTheNet.com – 4,680
5.  Ezilon.com – 7,585
6.  AvivaDirectory.com – 8,729
7.  Botw.org – 8,764
8.  JoeAnt.com – 11,206