Does page rank really matter for a directory? This is a good question. Some feel that page rank does not really mean much now a days, that may be true for other types of sites on the internet, but for a directory I think it is. Directories with a higher page rank tend to do better in terms of submissions as well as exposure. Maybe it is because there are not alot of them, sure there are tons of pr 6 directories and lower, but pr 7 and 8 directories are rare.
The first thing that most people look for when submitting to a directory is (1)Have the pages been indexed by the search engines. (2) What kind of page rank does the homepage have, and what is the page rank on the inner pages. For the most part if a directory does not have a good page rank inside and out then that seems to affect the amount of money that the owner can charge for submissions.
Now although I think that page rank is important for a directory it is not the only factor that I consider when submitting to a directory, yet some do not think this way. Some will not even submit to a directory if they see that their site will be listed on a pr 0 page. I think this is a bad way to judge a directory, nevertheless it is common practise for webmasters.
I think that if page rank did not exist the directory market would be doomed, at least from a paid submission standpoint. Why? Because there would be no way to justifiy asking someone to pay $35 or more for a listing in your directory, I guess you could use traffic as a tool to get more submissions but even then that does not really mean much. Just because a directory has great traffic does not mean that the sites listed in them would get traffic.
I'm not saying that the directory market would die all togther if page rank did not exist, but the market would be in alot of trouble. I believe that as long as backlinks play a role in how websites are ranked there will always be a need for directories, and as long page rank exist directory submitters will continue to look for the directories with the highest green.
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