Making money with an article directory?

Discussion in 'General Business' started by satzzeichen, Jul 16, 2008.

  1. #1
    Hey guys,

    please - share your experience with me! Can an article directory be profitable? And what sums does article directories produce? Is it enough to earn a living from? Is it worth starting a new article directory?

    Thanks for your experience and opinions,

    sincerly satzzeichen
     
    satzzeichen, Jul 16, 2008 IP
  2. snedelchev

    snedelchev Peon

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    Hi Satzzeichen, good question. I'm going to make directory webpage soon, so it a reasonable question for me. 10x
     
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  3. mentos

    mentos Prominent Member

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    #3
    Yes its can be your full time job as well
    Its never too late to start it
     
    mentos, Jul 17, 2008 IP
  4. satzzeichen

    satzzeichen Peon

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    Cool, I want to start an article directory BUT my one will have MANY unique features which no other directory have =).
     
    satzzeichen, Jul 22, 2008 IP
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    apeterson Guest

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    they are alot of work to maintain, but with traffic can be profitable. I own one but quite honestly I am not sure its worth the trouble sometimes. I'll sell it if anyone is interested! (pm me)
     
    apeterson, Jul 22, 2008 IP
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    stma Peon

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    I've got one as well. It's got thousands of articles that folks have submitted but very little traffic. I don't promote it though - just ended up in one of those "instant submitters" so if I wanted to baby sit some more to weed out the crap and build some links it MIGHT do well.

    One thing you should do if your running an article directory is to break the articles up, add different content to the pages, etc.. There are hundreds of copies of the same article all over the place so whatever you an do to "beef up" your content to stand out a bit is a good idea.
     
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    nshadab Well-Known Member

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    Good advices guys....but if all you experts also eloborate how to generate the revenue from there.....
    1) Adsense
    2) Selling Links
    3) Etc....

    That would a great plus for a new bee as well.

    I am watching this thread...interesting.

    Thanks for your contribution.
     
    nshadab, Jul 22, 2008 IP
  8. nshadab

    nshadab Well-Known Member

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    Yes, this is a great biz, some of my client make $2k-5k from these kind of directory. But the main problem is HOW TO...........

    What is the best way to generate the revenue from there..... I am also going to research this further and will update the thread shortly....
     
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  9. BabyMel

    BabyMel Banned

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    Article Directory can make u money. Sure anything can but in my experience other venues are more profittable and less maintence

    Also to start it up requires some knowledge and other things a beginner would not know
     
    BabyMel, Jul 22, 2008 IP
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    nshadab Well-Known Member

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    would you explaing further what other biz you are talking about....... ezine dir is easy to work with. article dashboard is good application to work with....
     
    nshadab, Jul 22, 2008 IP
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    If you have unique content, it is possible, but most will just go to big ones like EzineArticles or GoArticles. At least I would. It's worth a shot. If you do have unique features then you could get it large, but they have to be pretty unique.
     
    DrewAMP, Jul 23, 2008 IP
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    nshadab Well-Known Member

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    but what about using the Article Dash Board?
    and then the next....
    How to generate the revenue out of that traffic.....? the question is still there...
     
    nshadab, Jul 23, 2008 IP
  13. mikey1090

    mikey1090 Moderator Staff

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    I expect only the big article directories like ezine are making money. They only accept unique, quality articles and have a huge userbase. They get thousands of search engine hits daily and will make a fortune from programs like Adsense.

    Unless you're going to follow in their footsteps don't even think about leaving your day job ;)
     
    mikey1090, Jul 23, 2008 IP