Re: Google Webmaster Guidelines change
Google only ever recommended specifically the big expedited directory services anyway. One train of thought is that Google has removed this from the guidelines because it goes without saying that you should submit to the bigger directories and relevant directories these days.
Of course no one actually really uses these directories to find information, so the real value must be in the link and thereby goes the problem. On the one hand the directories aren't providing useful information, just links. On the other hand, it could be argued that they are being squeezed out as the SEs have the monopoly on the way information is stored and served up.
Anyway, DMOZ is worth a hell of a lot less than it used to be, and is practically just another link these days, a far cry from when it used to be touted around as a silver bullet for getting seen online.
Personally i don't set too much store by this change to the guidelines as there is more than one way to interpret it, and without more concrete information I won't be making any assumptions.
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