I like it myself but does have alot of empty space in the center and would suggest adding some news feeds that compliment it or doing something in the center so that there's not a big empty space. As you know the directory business is cut throat especially when they peddle $2 dollar links so for you to try and get money from those webmasters is like trying to squeeze money from a rock. (you picked the wrong niche) much like link-stars.com that doesn't get any love even from google and less from any directory owner as it don't have the PR they seek so dont expect to much as most will come to window shop and quickly leave. Change your niche to something else, promote it and you will see a bigger amount of niche targeted visitors that will surely be interested. PS....deep links is a must in any directory. laterz malcolm
I must disagree with you on that one. I have a few directories (or more) that have a few deep link feature, never did my directory did any better than a directory without a deep link feature even some of them with a free deep links are included with the price, they don't bother. I guess it would be up to the submitter whether he/she likes the features or not, for the most part I think it makes no difference.
Well i suppose its the type of client you are getting then.... We get mostly SEOs and web designers or clients that have several sites they submit that are generally the "upper class" clients like lawyers, doctors, ect ect and they do indeed use deep links and dont complain about the standard $29.95 review fee. (thats why i said the type of clients your directory receives) laterz malcolm
I concur, deeplinks are primarily for the benefit of the submitters. I prefer the feed submission mod on my blog directory which shows browsers the last few posts to give them a taste for the blog's content.
Okay, I understand it now,...We are selling mods I'll stay away this time <tr> <td class="buy"><$>Deep link mod</$> <$>feed submission mod</$></td> </tr>
I don't use a deep link mod but I agree that including links to interior pages makes a directory more useful. When it comes to the crafts niche, it's rare for folks to do only one sort of craft and many websites cover several very different crafts. So, rather than put multi-topic sites in some sort of generic slush category, I suggest that they submit to categories represented by their navigational menus - i.e. the main topics they cover. Sites with multi-topics can submit up to three separate listings to three different categories as long as they use different descriptions. Seems to me that's much more valuable than a few extra links within a listing or on a details page. Everyone wins - the directory owner, the submitters and the folks who use the directory to find great sites. This strategy works well with a free niche directory. It might not with a general or paid one. Of course for a paid site it might garner three "reviews" from a single site owner.