It’s no surprise to all the SEOs out there that high-quality directories help improve your search engine ranking positions for keywords by way of properly implemented keywords, page rank on pages, and link anchor text. So what happens when a directory ignores these very concepts, while still charging you for submissions, with a decent home page ranking?

Introducing AmericasBest.com , the worst SEO directory on the internet. So bad, we’ve actually coined the term “The Anti-SEO Directory” for it. You may be saying to yourself, “The homepage has decent PR and so do some of the secondary level pages, how can that be bad?” Well, let’s break it down for you…

First of all, while this directory presents the facade of being able to add your site to these pages, that is entirely NOT the case! America’s Best restricts the use of any 1st or 2nd level category for submissions. Why, might you ask? Greed. They are trying to offer an SEO benefit, while actually taking all the SEO benefit away from you. Zero page ranking is usually the case on their 3rd level categories. No link juice at all.

Another reason why this directory is a joke is because the homepage links all the secondary level “teaser” categories to the 1st level category. Yes, I’m serious! For example, if you were to click on the any link underneath a top level category on the homepage, notice how it takes you to the top level page instead of the page you clicked on? By doing this, the chances that the secondary page would one day rank for keywords is heavily diminished and rendered virtually useless to the SEO world. Why? They’re preserving their own link juice at all of their customer’s expense.

Ironic, the name America’s Best when it’s actually America’s Worst search engine optimization directory on the internet…

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