Did Google Drop 100+ Small Directories?

Yesterday I covered a WebmasterWorld thread where SEOs were complaining that Google has been removing tons of free web directories from their index. I conducted some random tests and did notice some of these free web directories not coming up in Google.
http://searchengineland.com/did-google-drop-100-small-directories-121665

Published: Wed, 16 May 2012 06:51:17 -0700

Some Free Directories Go Missing From Google, Some Paid Directories Doing Well

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

Published: Tue, 15 May 2012 09:14:38 -0700

CB Richard Ellis Directs Office Building Visitors to Their Destinations with Keywest Technology Interactive Solutions

The realty trust company is relying on Keywest Technology’s MediaXtreme Interactive (I3) software to present the public with attractive interactive digital directories in two Overland Park, Kan., office buildings.Lenexa, KS (PRWEB) May 16, 2012 Keywest Technology today announces that realty trust company CB Richard Ellis is employing its digital signage players, interactive digital signage ...
http://news.yahoo.com/cb-richard-ellis-directs-office-building-visitors-destinations-134621879.html

Published: Wed, 16 May 2012 06:48:15 -0700

Directories identified Warren as minority

US Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren - who said Friday she didn't realize Harvard Law School had been promoting her as a Native American faculty member in the 1990s - was listed as a minority professor in American law school directories for nine years before she landed at Harvard, documents show.The Association of American Law Schools desk book, a directory of law professors from participating ...
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2012/04/30/elizabeth_warren_was_listed_as_a_minority_professor_in_law_directories_in_the_80s_and_90s/

Published: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 02:05:24 -0700

Phone book recycle event begins Tuesday in Branson

BRANSON, Mo. -- Phone book season has begun for 2012, and Branson is gearing up for easy and environmentally- friendly options to dispose of your old directories.
http://www.kspr.com/news/kspr-phone-book-recycle-event-begins-tuesday-in-branson-20120515,0,6079717.story?track=rss

Published: Tue, 15 May 2012 01:39:36 -0700

To survive a zombie attack, open the Yellow Pages

Telstra boasts that you can find just about anything in its Yellow Pages directories and it wants app developers to come up with ideas on how Yellow Pages could be used to survive a Zombie attack. The aim is to get developers thinking creatively about how to use Sensis API, billed as "a powerful tool for developers and creative minds to search for and publish content from the Yellow Pages and ...
http://www.itwire.com.au/business-it-news/technology/54721-to-survive-a-zombie-attack-open-the-yellow-pages

Published: Thu, 17 May 2012 01:01:07 -0700

Mass. Senate hopeful explains heritage listing

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren said Wednesday she listed herself as having Native American heritage in law school directories because she hoped to meet people with similar roots.
http://news.yahoo.com/mass-senate-hopeful-explains-heritage-listing-214413408.html

Published: Wed, 02 May 2012 15:01:54 -0700

Tabije: Cell phone directories - An idea whose time has come

LAST week, I came across an ad in a national paper by a Manila-based company, Cellphone Directories Philippines (CDP), looking for joint venture business partners nationwide to prepare a nationwide network of cell phone directories. It being a new idea, I got attracted to the ad and contacted the company for discussions and negotiations.
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/business/2012/04/29/tabije-cell-phone-directories-idea-whose-time-has-come-218899

Published: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 07:40:13 -0700

Elizabeth Warren Did Not List as Minority on Law School Application, Was Touted as One by U. Penn

The ongoing debate over whether or not Elizabeth Warren used her Native American ancestry as a way to advance her career got more confusing today when a minority equity report from the University of Pennsylvania was unearthed, showing that the school also listed Warren as a minority faculty...
http://news.yahoo.com/documents-raise-more-questions-elizabeth-warrens-self-identification-230219119--abc-news-politics.html

Published: Thu, 10 May 2012 16:02:19 -0700

UK: Facebook tops local directories for SMB customer acquisition

Move over Yellow Pages, there's a new customer acquisition tool at the top of SMB's advertising must-do lists... Facebook.
http://www.bizreport.com/2012/05/uk-facebook-tops-local-directories-for-smb-customer-acquisit.html

Published: Tue, 15 May 2012 03:09:11 -0700