Is this Directory Guide by SEOmoz still accurate?
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I think a new list of the top 10 or 20 would suffice for the time being while the rest are being deteremined viable or not.
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thanks Petra, JoeAnt charges a onetime fee of $39.99 USD. I would rather pay the fee.
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The 3 resources you mentioned are stil valuable.
A tipp regarding JoeAnt, it is quiet easy to become an editor there, then you don't have to pay for the input.
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In the meantime it might not be a bad idea to add a warning or just take it down.
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To be honest, it's more than a year out of date, and not the best resource. We've talked internally about a replacement, but need to spec it out and find a contractor (and we have so many other improvements/upgrades/features to PRO we're in the process of making).
That said, I'll ask the team to look into it further. I do think a great directory list would be a valuable part of PRO content.
postscript update: We have a project in process to replace this with something very cool, updatable and more scalable, too. I believe launch ETA is Q3 of 2011. Justin Briggs from Distilled and Cyrus Shepard from Moz are working on this together.
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