Well if your reading Jaboora, you will have absorbed how many times people mention the word "Unique" if you want to stand out and if your willing to possibly hire a programmer then why waste time checking out the bidding approach?
You must always check all pipes, you can never waste time doing this. Fact finding is one thing many fail to do and do fail because of this.
Jaboora you seem interested in directory politics, before i started my directories last year i asked these sorts of questions: What script does this or that? .com or do you use other extensions? use a category dump or create my own unique? Dont get so caught up in debate that you miss the whole point, a directory, just make yours better. If you follow here, how will yours be better and unique? have you checked out what you need first and whats missing that may require a programmer?
Yes only yesterday i said how much research i do for a project but you reach a stage where you have to take the first step, if your scared to get the ball rolling it will never happen. You can still read and learn while your already running things, you cant wait for a perfect time to launch because things change so fast, you need to get your feet wet a bit.
Politics are what is to make the entire world work pipes. Most peoples are hating subject and hating politians even more but it simple fact each country are to have politicians. This is same with every piece of life from price of bread to how to run directory efficiently without offending bigger country (Google). When debate is raised wise person is to take note of what is said, many a lesson is to be learned from this. Peoples who are not liking what is being said is to be like oppositions party disagreeing with somethings not because something is wrong but just for sake of disagreeing. Directory industry is looking to be in ruins pipes but I am not to be deterred I am seeing there is viability by learning from peoples mistakes and such.
As bidding directories can bring both traffic and PR, so I think bidding directories are good for sure.
No politics is what controls the globe and passes crazy laws and starts senseless wars, you should see the house of commons in london, its like a circus, just one big party for them. Your in so deep already, its a funny approach for someone wanting to start a directory, you have definately been here before Jaboora. Its bizarre that you would want to enter a market that is in ruins as you state, quite strange when you could go into something completely different. Do you know a little seo? written any articles? blogging etc because id learn the basics with those, social bookmarking too, very easy and a part of promotion, if your obsessed with the state of directories then you wont have time for any of that. Il leave you to it, have fun, this repeating of discussions gets tiring.
They can be good and they can be bad, you need to do your research before submitting to one pure and simple. Whether they auto approve submissions is not the only factor, there is also a lot of interlinking between bid directories (not done deliberately, just one bids on one site, so the owner uses those funds to bid back on the other site and so on).
Why are you to be all of a sudden so confrontative pipes? Politics are at front of everything, it was being you who said word 'directory politics'? I am being obsessed with one thing only, making sure my money and time is not to invested badly. Go join cynics if you wish, it is not to be intent to waste time with people answering question with question.
Jaboora, what you fail to understand is that a bid directory acts like any other normal directory. The only extra feature is that you can manage your position within your category or front page according to the amount of money you are willing to invest. You don't like bidding? That's fine...just submit your website paying the minimum review fee and forget about it...
Im not all of a sudden confronting, i confront anyway, dont be shocked, if you ask lots of questions then some people ask lots of questions back. Your still a competitor of mine, friendly or not, il challenge you, its healthy to do so, dont be unsettled, but be prepared that others ask questions as much as you will. Im not part of a group as someone pointed out recently, its not a knitting club welcome to the directory industry, we'll cut each others throats if it means getting ahead. Really Jaboora, your in for quite a ride. You wont end up making a unique directory, i guarantee you as i can see from your questions already, or you will claim you have one but will refuse to show it.
Now to be getting to truths and not even waiting long. Cut each others throats is your saying but peoples on other threads say why can we not all be getting on together, is this hypocrosy? My knife is sharp pipes be trusting on that one. No guarantees in life, you sign a nda and I will be pleased to be inviting you to my project when done. You are so correct with cut-throat analogy and real peoples would not share overly their knowledge I am surely learning this. Unique, subject wise no, presentation wise, indeed yes to be being sure for that one.
I think it is neither. It is basically gambling.... if you think its good then it is, if you think its bad then it is.
I am to agree on gambling aspect this is to be certain, I am not liking way it is on bidding directories I am thinking for all cluttered on many front page is bad to be not organised. I am to look at alternative but only as part of platform not main directory. To Pipes - I am not to be needing to 'prove' to you or to anyone you are inconsequential in my life but I will surely be to let you see soon. I have already aquired great domain name. Can you please to tell me are those links in your signature? What is your sites please?