Atom Sounds Directory Blog News

Directory Pricing update!

2008-06-18T14:37:00.001Z

Due to a high amount of SPAM recently we have updated the pricing details for inclusion in the Web Directory:

Featured link Permanent with image (added within 48hrs) $69.95
Featured link for 1 year with image (added within 48hrs) $30.00
Regular links (added within 48hrs) $25.00
Regular links with reciprocal (added within 3-7 days) $5.00
Links with nofollow attribute (added within 14-28 days) free

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Site outrage

2008-06-16T14:28:00.001Z

We had a downtime of 259 minutes the other day, this was sadly due to our host server and hopefully everything should be back in 100% working order now!

Directory PR Update

2008-03-20T18:41:00.003Z

Just ran a PR update on the directory with the following results:

8 Sites Increased
1 Site Decreased
99 PR 0
47 PR 1
92 PR 2
101 PR 3
69 PR 4
21 PR 5
5 PR 6
3 PR 7
2 PR 8
0 PR 9
0 PR 10

evhead: Ten Rules for Web Startups

2008-03-03T14:09:00.000Z

evhead: Ten Rules for Web Startups

Google Page Ranks on the move

2008-01-12T11:17:00.000Z

It seems that Google is playing around with it's page ranks at the moment, there has not been a page rank update from Google for ages the last one was expected on July 21 2007. I'm not sure if the current changes are the official update or Google mucking about before the major update.

I noticed a slight movement in several sites, so I ran complete pagerank update on the directory and the updates are as follows:

42 sites increased, 39 descreased and 328 stayed the same.

Why no FREE Links

2007-12-21T08:41:00.000Z

Do to the hundreds of websites submitting to the directory that do not meet the requirements of the directory, we have removed the FREE links offer and are now only adding "premium" website to the directory for as little as $5.

Correction to Thumbnails used on the directory

2007-12-02T15:18:00.000Z

We recently had a problem with the thumbnails that are displayed on the featured websites and on the main page of the directory.

This was due to MSN thumbnails not displaying correctly, this has now been resolved and we now have a new collection of thumbnails displayed on the directory correctly..

PR Update

2007-10-30T13:46:00.000Z

We've just performed a PR update to the sites on the Atom Sounds Directory:

After the current update:

PR0 66
PR1 34
PR2 85
PR3 85
PR4 66
PR5 21
PR6 3
PR7 3
PR8 1
PR9 1
PR10 0

104 sites increased their page rank, 104 decreased and 157 stayed the same.

Google Pagerank updates!

2007-09-30T09:24:00.000Z

We was hoping to run an update to all the sites listed, but it seems that the PageRank update from Google has still not been completed, it was due to happen in July, but it hasn't so no pagerank updates just yet..

Directory database back online

2007-07-24T08:20:00.001Z

We are pleased to announce that our database for the directory is now back up and running.

Problems with loading the directory

2007-07-23T16:04:00.000Z

We are sorry to say that we are currently experiencing problems with the MYSQL database for the directory, this is a problem with our provider and we hope to have the site fully functual as soon as our host resolves the problem.

A message from out host:

Some customers maybe recieving intermittent access issues to the MySQL
service, StreamlineFTP.Net and may be experiencing some problems sending mail
using authsmtp.streamline.net and authsmtp2.streamline.net.Our engineers are
investigating these issues and will provide an update to the status page when
this is resolved.Some servers may now be seeing an improvement, however this
still is being looked into as a matter of urgency by our engineers.Our engineers
are still investigating a few small issues with a few servers and we will update
this further when it is completely resolved.

Google Page Rank update due any day!

2007-07-21T20:32:00.000Z

There is a Google PR update due any day now, the estimated day is today the 21st July.
As soon as Google updates it's PRs we will be doing the same at the directory by updating all the listed sites Page Ranks..

Free links option removed

2007-07-18T08:39:00.000Z

Due to the overwhelming amount of links submitted to the directory, we have chose to remove the free links options, this has been replaced with a $5 link option.

Submitting a URL to the directory

2007-07-14T09:25:00.000Z

All websites from this point on will now be strictly veted, all sites submitted, MUST BE A HOME PAGE URL and must not be a deep link to your website examples:

http://www.address.com (GOOD)
http://www.address.com/page (BAD)
httt://www.address.com/page.html (BAD)

GOOD address' will be added, BAD address will be deleted...

Strength to Strength

2007-06-17T14:38:00.000Z

Many thanks to everyone using our Web Directory it is now going from strength to strength with more users opting to use our web directory to add there much loved websites to.

Our next PR update for the websites listed on the directory will be at the end of July and we are also hoping to bring some new features to the site quite soon!

Website Previews

2007-05-21T19:30:00.000Z

A new update to the Atom Sounds Web Directory is now that when you hover over a site you will get a thumbnail of the website, this is all thanks to iWebTools.

Atom Sounds Music News: Help find Madeleine

2007-05-12T10:45:00.000Z

Atom Sounds Music News: Help find Madeleine

PR Update

2007-04-28T10:07:00.000Z

We have just ran a PR update and have 71 sites with a PR increase, 39 sites with a PR decrease and 118 stayed the same.

Where should your linkbacks point to?

2007-03-28T18:25:00.000Z

We have so many people submitting there sites with linkbacks pointing to a different site.

The rules of the recprocal links when submitting to the directory are simple, if the reciprocal link is not linking to the same domain as the site submitted then I'm afraid it will not be accepted into the directory.

So please remember to linkback with the reciprocal link to the same domain as the submitted link.

New Section added!

2007-02-20T08:24:00.000Z

We've added a new section in the "bands and artists" section for bands and artists who have their websites at MySpace.

Free links are back!

2007-02-08T11:38:00.001Z

That's right, we've brought back the free links option back to the directory.

To be able to get a free link you must a reciprocal link back to the directory.

Submit Rules and Guidelines

2007-02-06T09:18:00.000Z

Before submitting your website please read the following terms and conditions. If your site(s) violates any of these rules it will not added to the directory.

Sites are arranged by pagerank.
Only submit your home page (no subfolders).
Your website cannot contain nudity, porn, hate groups or illegal content (ex. roms).
Please submit your site to the most appropriate category that relates to your site.
Do not use ALL CAPS text for your site title or description.
Do not use special characters (#:^@^:--{}<>) etc. to dress up your site title.
Do not submit links that are payout referral links.
Do not submit geocities, tripod, freeweb, etc. websites.
Do not submit sites made for adsense or other ad services.
Broken links will not be accepted.
Your Reciprocal link must be on the same domain as your site.
If you are submitting a Featured or Regular without reciprocal link, then your site will be rejected if payment is not recieved.
After a Featured Link expires it becomes a regular link.
Featured Links are now listed with a thumbnail of the site

Please note that if your are submitting paid links then your link will not be accepted until payment is received

Featured links update

2007-02-04T22:03:00.000Z

Featured links are now listed first in the Top Hits and Latest Links pages.

Latest addition - Northcape

2007-02-04T16:36:00.000Z

Northcape - Warm refreshing and relaxing genre defying unsigned melodic electronica influenced by beats and breaks, trance, house, ambient and downbeat electronica.

Atom Sounds Directory Blog News

Directory Pricing update!

Site outrage

Directory PR Update

evhead: Ten Rules for Web Startups

Google Page Ranks on the move

Why no FREE Links

Correction to Thumbnails used on the directory

PR Update

Google Pagerank updates!

Directory database back online

Problems with loading the directory

Google Page Rank update due any day!

Free links option removed

Submitting a URL to the directory

Strength to Strength

Website Previews

Atom Sounds Music News: Help find Madeleine

PR Update

Where should your linkbacks point to?

Top Links & Latest Links Update

New Section added!

Free links are back!

Submit Rules and Guidelines

Featured links update

Latest addition - Northcape