Wait until you see my new project. 1. No featureds, all links are grouped equally. Those who are rich can't buy better placement 2. The directory isn't going to be sorted like phpld, it's all custom baby. Innovative sorting that allows old sites to be ranked as close to the top as new sites, and PR won't be a ranking factor. 3. No recips!!!
I am confused.. are you plugging yourself? or agreeing that this negative perception of bidding directories is unfounded? Lance
I am saying the same thing that I say in every one of my posts. Most directories have it all wrong. Most bid directories have it all wrong. BUT some directories and some bid directories have it right. And I pointed out what the directories in the wrong need to do, to makea step in the right direction. Of course I added a little tiny plug
so you agree then... It isn't that bidding directories aren't "credible" or have no value.. it is that SOME directories (bidding, free and paid) have no "credibiltity". And that just as with any investment you should do your due diligence before spending your money.. Lance.. PS: nice little plug x2 you gave yourself.. lol..
I think they have absolutely no value whatsoever in their present state Lance, if used correctly and capped then they could be very viable. I'm writing an article on them with my boss in the next few weeks, it will give people who really want to benefit from them a pretty sound footing. Me personally I hate them and think I have justified my beliefs, but I do respect your views as with others even if I don't necessarilly agree with them.
So your not even going to respond? That their is very little difference between the two? And that paid are just as guilty if not more guilty of forms of price fixing? And that the plan and promotion of the owner makes a difference.. Wow, I suddenly feel like thread was a complete waste and it started with such good debate.. Oh well... is life.. Lance
Not at all Lance, thread was and is great. There is a massive amount of difference between the two. FACT. Read my posts. You miss the argument completely, bidding is not a tangable way of buying property, ie a link in a specific position. Paid listings in a static directory are, or at least in general are. Sure if you cap things the bidding model can work but only if done right.
It ain't mine Lance, I'm just the authors lovechild, wrote p.m to you on it, tell you something though it will be well worth the read.
Things are changing in the online marketing world I suggest that by now most webmasters are warily assessing everything, an if they're not, well they really should be
I think the goal of the script writers who developed the bidding system is probably laudable. Afterall, in theory, it provides a means for listed webmasters to influence the positioning of their listing, afterall, other directories rank by pagerank, and page rank , has usually been acquired by active promotion. However, there has to be a way to improve the credibilty of the whole concept.
Excellent post! And I agree with you completely. But I think a lot of the credibility problems stemmed from dishonest owners who were looking for some "fast cash" as well as a general misunderstanding about the concept behind them. Lance