My site is new its been almost 2 days and I already have 170 submitted sites on it. When should I start having it where people really should link me back, and or give me a payment so they wont have to and to be a featured site. Also Whenever I set the featured price for $5 it doesnt show up in the submit section. Is that because of my theme doesnt support it. I have tried other themes that I know that have a featured section on it. Thank You King
When you get tired of sorting through the spam that free submit sites attract. It all depends on you. I charge for reviews from day one. I also go looking for my own content
What script are you using? im presuming phpLD? the reason for the featured listing option not showing might be because you haven't set the payment information correctly or selected the option that accepts paid submissions; alternatively (and unlikely) is that you haven't uploaded all the files correctly. In terms of submissions; as workshop mentioned most are probably spammed submissions, make sure you have some good submission guidelines and if people don't conform be harsh... that way you'll build a directory with quality content and information; alternatively, if you have the time edit each and ever submission so the listings do conform to your submission guidelines...
You can and should rename your submit page from time to time to throw the spammers off. It doesnt stop them but it really pisses them off and thats fun.
Thanks for the advice. I have set up so you can pay a dollar to be signed up, or you can link back for free or have a no follow attribute. I noticed that 50 people signed up today and only 1 site has linked back to me and so im only accepting that. Its funny how they say they did when obviously it is not showing on there website.
Welcome to the world of Bigmacs and Small fries Best thing you can do... your already doing Build the backlinks daily and fix your Directory so that your giving them the best you can and im sure you will do fine.. thx malcolm
Thank you very much. Im currently installing some mods right now that should freshen up the site. How much do you get out of a directory site?
I keep on getting this error every once in a while. Warning: Smarty error: unable to read resource: "site_of_the_day.tpl" in /home/care/public_html/libs/smarty/Smarty.class.php on line 1095 any idea on how to fix that. Im adding a featured site of the day mod.
Pricing is a totally different menu thats made after you've done a few things that customers are willing to pay for that review... 1. you've built good quality back links 2. you've got the pages indexed regularly by SEs and 3. established PR rank (not sure that matters anymore) 4. many other things that will get your clients their monies worth Being that this is your first directory then your going to have to build your name here as an honest individual whom cares about what he does and isnt here to make a couple bucks and roll a few weeks later or sell the directory and that your investing into this as a business. just be fair in pricing and give yourself time to learn the biz thx malcolm
I am definitely not going to sell any of my sites. I know in the long run it can be your ticket to having a good life. I have my sites indexed everyday by google and yahoo. I am about to go around and ask if they would like to become an affiliate with me. And also is submitted my directory to other directories good?
I will happily add you to our list we give out when we get enquiries. I cant promise anything but its working for us and if the contributer decides to go direct to you we have no problem with that. We charge $5 for a review on our sites and offer a 10% discount for any group purchase over $200. Would you be happy with that or do you want to stick to your own pricing structure? PM me your details. All I need is a url, the rates and conditions you offer. We will throw in a guarantee for any links contributers place with you as part of our group offer. We are running an association which has a few basic rules but no one should have a problem with them and lets see if we cant deliver before we start in on the fine print. If you should ever decide its not for you we will consider taking over your directory. That is depending on what you want for it and as I have said it it gets trashed for any reason we will replace any links submitted to you that are placed through our bulk ordering system.
I would personally start asking for a link exchange once your directory doesn't look so empty and then start asking for payments when you have a good PR plus Alexa plus a good amount of backlinks in the search engines with also some good search engine rankings.
Good work dude. 170 is quite good for 2 days. I rekon at first make an extremely cheap regular listing to stop spammers but not to turn off the normal people. Like i would be willing to pay 50 cents for a link from a site with no spam links.