Due to the unprecented number of hits the list is getting, I decided to give the info.vilesilencer.com site a little face lift (face being the operative word) to bring it more in-line with vilesilencer as far as recognition goes. The free directory list is a resource for webmasters with 204 (currently) links to directories that offer free, general, no-reciprocal link required admission into their various categories. Helping populate a directory can work in a webmaster’s favour later on down the track when the directory begins to increase in traffic/recognition, particularly in the category their site is located in. This in turn has a knock-on effect which will boost the traffic being sent to the webmaster’s site. The more directories you add your site to the more little boosts you get.
I’m not the only one with a list of directories. There are many of them out there that list far more directories (because they include the ones that you will have to pay in some way for, whether that be a reciprocal link, a one-off fee, or pay-per-click). Because these lists also are useful resources I have created a list of directory lists also on the info site.
Another popular aspect of the info site, is the user agent list. What the hell is that? A user agent is just any device that interprets HTML documents. It includes browsers, proxies and search robots. It’s the latter that my user agent list concentrates upon. It’s a list of the spiders, crawlers and bots that parse webpages. A well-known example is googlebot 2.1 from Google. There are many more of them out there though, and I’ve chosen to document them so that other webmasters interested in what bots are visiting their sites can find out some background about them or attempt to help me in identifying them. I will begin linking the bots to their respective web homes, time permitting, in the coming months as I’d like to increase the usefulness of the resource. I’m also looking to add the IP ranges that the bots come in from. All in good time though.
If you have any resources that fit into the above categories, or that you would like to see on the info.vilesilencer.site, please contact me using the contact form on this site or the info site. I’ve added lots of content lately from contributors, and I appreciate those who have submitted this useful information. Sharing this information benefits all webmasters.