Hello All ! So i am also putting my feets in Directory market, with my First big directory E Internet Index. I have booked Asim aka Coolweb for designing the Template. Design will be up in June. I am looking to spend $3k to $4k in promotion initially then i wil raise the budget as i go further. Any suggestion or advise will be welcome. Special Thanks to Amit Patel who Guided me to choose and gave other refferences. Sanjay
Wish you best of luck for your first big directory E Internet Index. Add your directory to my paid directories when its up Lol. When Amit Patel is behind you then no need to worry (as gii got PR6)
Sorry buddy, I am strictly against making dirs and then spending that much money over the dirs. If u have that much money i would say better spend on any niche site like finance or education or health. I am sure this would last long than the dirs. Links from dirs are hardly counted in google as backlinks and considering yahoo and msn you are no where then. I have told amit so many times not to invest that much money in Dirs becoz it's just short term business, Always think for long run only then u will succeed. Rest is upto you
Thanks for the warm wishes . Pankaj yes i know your point, amit also told me this thing. I have other plan for my this site. You will see as the time passes Sanjay
I do agree with Pankaj here.. with that much money you should try and concentrate on some specific niches rather than a directory - unless you plan to make it into something more than a directory.
Welcome maxy Yes i have huge plans for my site you guys will see later. Pankaj is rich man he dont need to do any thing so
buddy there are 2 things. Making a Web Directory Making a Real Web Directory many people here i know make a directory with 25$ script, 10$ Domain, shared web hosting. Cost 50$ Maximum Start a thread saying my new directory, iam going to do blah blah blah and instantly he is supported by many kind dp directory owners with his directory category spammed with money . Revenue 400-500$ Maximum and within the next update he gets a PR4 maximum and he just forgets the directory On the other hand, but a nice domain 10$ may be depends , get a dedicated server/ VPS - 50-300$/month , unique design - 200-500$ , Deep links mod + category mod + Spam filter mod + Coupons mod - 100$ - 1000$ , custom mods developed by other programmers and ideas given by you to make your directory unique from others. Once everything is setup promotions begins - getting listed/reviewed by all the othr good directories in the market place, try for deep links, but yes dont buy high PR links as soon as you start a directory. Try to add custom meta tags for the categories you have, disable RSS in phpld and research on how your friends work on their directory. how and why do they rank for something etc. After a minimum of 1 year of hard work you can have a powerful web directory which can be your major source of income, since to be frank many people do this for money and no one is here for charity business Westhaven is right but its because in the niche he is into he is making xxxxx$/month and you think there is a lot of scope in a niche when you are really making money from it Iam always on phone for you sanjay Amit
I agree with amit with that. Also, what I would prefer everyone, is that while making Real Web Directory(As suggested above), we can also create content based pages on the web directory itself. That way, you will get SERPs ranking in Google, Yahoo, and MSN which will hence attract natural traffic too.
Or give me those $3K or 4$ we together, expand my hosting business and will get more money in return than directory could provide .
You have a good domain there,Sanjay! Looks like Amit has said almost all what I wanted to say. And here's a good article to read: http://www.youshouldknow.com/direct...people-doing-incredible-stupid-things-25.html I agree with Mahesh! If I had a chance,I'd start a niche one....Anyway,it's up to you! Good luck with your directory! Besides,I'd recommend you ask an0n to install some MOD's for you (deep link mod,category separator,seo friendly url,ect).Although there are some free MOD's,with the lifetime support from Rob,it's worth your money.
wow wow wow, hold up there. Real Web Directory already exists over here www.realwd.com/directory/ and you can't copy me! good post
Hello Richie Thanks for the commet I am waiting for the design to be ready, i will ask an0n for the MODS later also. Sanjay
Wishing you the best of luck on your new venture! Feel free to give me a buzz if you need any help promoting it. I assume you are all set on the link building side