A directory owner’s job is never done, and very rarely is it a simple task. After taking a well deserved break from things during the Christmas holidays, I came back to see a backlog of 1,700 site submissions.  In order to better utilize my time, I decided to cleanse the queue of the rubbish first. I would start out by looking at the sites that had not followed the submission guidelines. Simply put, I found a few hundred sites that no longer required my attention. 

For site owners who wish to make the quick removal list, I offer these seven simple steps.

1. Don’t worry about what category you wish to be listed in.
What is the point of creating a relevant, categorized resource? The answer is simple….there is no point to it. If I want to locate sites about SEO, I should be looking in the Beauty category, and if I’m interested in Fashion, I should obviously look under Finance.  Otherwise, it would be silly.

2. Must be English really means must be incoherent to everyone irregardless of their geographic location.
In order to be most useful to a global audience, all site descriptions and content should be written in Spanglish (an English-Spanish hybrid) by a four year old girl who only speaks Russian.  Or better yet, just bang on random keys.  According to the old saying, a million monkeys would eventually write the complete works of Shakespeare. so one person should be able to do a much better job than several generations of simian primates.

3. My preteen nephew needs more access to porn
Family friendly means that we wish to list sites that everyone can enjoy.  While my youngest nephew may not know what “hot lesbian action” or “BSDM” is, he should be able to grab his mother’s credit card and get access to it as soon as possible.

4. We need more drugs
After watching Michael Moore’s Sicko, I have a much better appreciation for the problems with the U.S. Health Care system. I feel that the ability for Americans to purchase generic drugs from countries which include anti-freeze in their toothpaste  or lead-based paint in their toys will help provide a possible solution to this problem.

5. Illegal is just a fancy buzzword meaning Fun
Does your site offer a product or service that may require me to pay a substantial fine, face imprisonment or the death penalty?  I may be wrong, but I was quite certain hallucagens, prostitution and gambling are subjects that are universally accepted in all parts of the world.

6.  Who needs content when you have ads?
Content is really a dead art-form.  What I really want to see is a page filled with paid ads, with a couple of words thrown in.  And if I’m unable to differentiate between the ads and real content, even better.

And finally…..

7.  Why create content when you can just copy it?
This happens to be one of my favorite topics.  Partly because it works on so many levels.  You could register multiple domains and have them all point to the same site, and claim each one is a completely different site.  You can create multiple sites that have all of the same content, but different headers.  You can post a story on your blog about a cool Canon camera that you have never really used, on the same day hundreds of others do the same.  Or better yet, you can copy this post and claim it to be your own.  As it is, all I really want to see is the same things over and over again, just like everyone else on the planet.

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In conclusion, if you follow the guidelines, use some common sense, and create original content : you could be the next Directory Idol.  Otherwise, you are just a Delete away.