Hello All, I'm planning to open a Directory as well. I'm planning to open a free directory. May i ask all the directory owners to give me there valuable suggestions for this. Where should i start from ? How should i proceed ? Any help will apreciated. waiting for everyone's reply, Kind Regards, Feb
Get a paid script Get minimum 4 hours time for your directory dedicated Approve only quality websites Do your best with the promotion for your directory in terms of submissions to other directories and buying relevant links Other things other dir owners will teach you Amit
Thanks Saad, Repped. One more question for you : Like websites do i need to have a lot of space for this as well. I mean how much is recomended ?? Does this make sense? I'm not owning any Directory but would love to have one. What are the minimum requirements for owninng a directory ?? Kind Regards Feb
Hello Saad, So i buy a domain, take a year hosting plan and then get the paidscript from the website you suggested and then get a designed to design it very professionally and then submit my directory to other directies then keep buyng links or exchangng them. Is that good enough to know for a start. or it involves a lot of trick in it?? Also may i ask you and Amit for your directories as well and did you also by the script from the same site?? Kind Regards, Feb
I think whether paid or Free --promotion is the key. Free directories can earn cool money too as they get lots of visitors compared to many paid directories -specially if they can achieve PR4+. As Amit said--only approve quality sites as you will get lots of submissions--some quality sites along with lots of craps.--Must edit it strictly.
Repped. Thanks for the encouraging words So we can earn from a free directories as well. Can you explain a little bit more of this? How many editors are required for one directory and how many hours a day do we have to work on it?? Kind Regards Feb
buy phpld for staters Promote it and try to get on some good directory lists Purchase some quality links for your website Only accept quality sites not ones built just for adsense by that i mean sites that over do there ads Write some quite strict submission guidelines i know many people who submit do not read them but that makes it easy to reject the many many crap websites that will be submitted
He means that you can earn a lot from a free web directory by giving away free links to quality sites but charging for preferred listings at the top of the page. This is still a free directory, because people have that option. If using an image verification system, I recommened making this simple with easy images or numbers because if it is hard to read you will turn many visitors away (especially those with marginal eye sight). Finally promotion is KEY. I recommned, for a start, putting your directory in your forum signatures and using Amit's manual directory submission service to submit to many other directories(I have had good success with this) and later, writing an article about something internet related and submitting to articloe directories such as articlecity dot com, with you directory url in the byline. Hope that helps.
The best tip that I can give you is to stay dedicated to the project, alot of people create directories and as soon as things look like they might not work out they give up. You are stepping into one of the most aggressive markets on the internet and therefore hardship is to be expected, however if you take the advice of those who have been in the game for awhile then things should work out fine. I'll be looking for you in the future, so may the serps be with you .
Repped Thanks for the nice suggestions, I would need to read those real harsh guidelines and prepare some of my own. Or can i use theres ? Repped foryour suggestion too I will keep the image verification in my mind. Is this going to be the part of the paid script that i'm going to buy ? I do directory submissions myself too. Here is the thread http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=245146 You may try my services as well some time Repped to you too I'm going to be deicated to the project. Do i employ a few editors as well ?
Read here http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?p=2365161#post2365161 which common mistakes to avoid when you start a directory
Guys, thanks for the good information. I myself just purchased a couple of directories and am just entering the directory market. Feel free to visit my site for free for links. I am going to offer Free in hopes of getting these directories populated. My other sites are listed on my homepage left side. I have 1 pr3 and 2 pr2 site along with 2 more currently with a pr0. Thanks Wade tuwd.org
To answer your question, Yes the image verification is part of some softwares, but you can modify that part of it to hopefully a more eye-friend. Appreciate the green rep.
I aslo just start directory http://www.pattayadirectory.net First week free submit after that hundred of website were submited. Now I setup some fees for regular link and feature but Link with Repc still free. You have to work little hard for new directory. Bust As I said this is quite nice and interesting business.
Repped, Thanks for this Amazing link, this place has everything. More than encylopedia May i know the names of these softwares or does it comes with the script which amit and saad recomended to me earlier?? Repped I'm going to PM you quite often. Good luck with the Directories. Thanks!