Question about a specific directory
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Awhile back I listed our website here: http://directory.r-tt.com/
I spotted one of our competitors there and I went ahead and listed our site. Now it seems that we are listed on 37 pages on the site. The titles that you can use for links to your site are very SEO friendly.
Should I remove my site from this directory? We've experienced a recent drop in traffic from Google and I'm trying to pin point the source.
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I would. If a directory is easy to get on, looks spammy, provides no real benefit to you and you are only using it for link juice, get rid of it.
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