Directories not being indexed

[Hizson]

My skills at searching the forum are not the best and I spent an hour looking for a thread to my question. So, if I missed the thread please forgive me.

I have phpld installed on a number of sites and they all have the same problem...none of them are indexed by google. I have tried to look at the directories from a novice view (because that's what I am) and am unable to figure out what is wrong. The sites and pages are indexed but not the link directories.

Example:

{demo url removed}

Thanks for any help that anyone can give.

Jere

[seothatworks]

The lower the PR, the lower the frequency of google indexing, the longer it takes to index site fully (very simplified/generalized, especially with the PR thing etc., but you get the idea).

What could perhaps help more:
- more links to your directory's main page
- some links to directory's deeper pages
(both I mean of course from other sites)
- maybe some more text / text descriptions for some categories, so there are not only the links standalone and no other text.....
- some people are of the opinion that links is a bad name for subdirectory or for file. I have no clue as I have never tried nor tested.

[Bill]

My directory was automatically indexed by Google. After submitting it to several PR directories, Google came to mine. My directory is now a PR3. ;)

[David]

Yes, I have noticed that some of my own lower pagerank directories have taken a little longer to be indexed. I checked your backlinks through msn, and you seem to be doing the right thing (getting more links), so I think you'll have more indexed before too much longer.

[otilia]

Well, it actually IS indexed, but it has a PR of 0.

To my experience, the frequency of spidering and indexing is given by the frequency you post new content to the site: the more frequently you update the site, the better, of course. After a period of "learning" (can take up to several months!), Google figures out at what frequency you update and will spider your pages accordingly. For example, one of the sites I am managing is now being spidered daily by Google, since I add content daily, with no interruptions. The site started to be spidered and indexed daily after approx. 3 months of efforts.

To conclude, my advice is to add/modify content on daily basis, and the spiders will eventually catch up with you. If you're not afraid of some more work, you can also increase your spidering frequency by using Google Sitemaps, they work nicely and provide results faster than other methods. Additionally, to increase your PR, you need quality links from sites with a high PR, preferably non-reciprocal (since any outgoing link form your site automatically dilutes your own PR). For the beginning, I'd go with the option of simply buying links from relates sites with high PR, it's the fastest method to boost your PR that I can think of.

Good luck!