Do you get real traffic from directories...?

Discussion in 'Directories' started by jan1024188, Aug 16, 2008.

  1. Digitalf5

    Digitalf5 Peon

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    #21
    No Traffic,Only Low quality backlinks...
     
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  2. mikey1090

    mikey1090 Moderator Staff

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    #22
    Free directories? No.

    Paid directories? Some.

    Bid Directories? Some.
     
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  3. spyrit

    spyrit Well-Known Member

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    #23
    i have had a few that sent traffic, but for a limited period of time...so, mostly no, they do not send traffic.
     
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  4. blackonyx

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    #24
    You are wrong. I am all for investing money, if it pays off. Directory listings in general don't and a lot of people having done that will tell you so (see topic of this thread).

    Those directories, I get traffic from are all free, I paid none of them and obviously they are able to make a living even without me paying them, which would be an obscene thing to do anyway. Directories are in essence catalogs of things found elsewhere (and actually obsolete since search engines become popular). They do not have any content besides structure themselves. Asking publishers to provide content and a listing fee is a rip off of the "you give me everything and I give you nothing kind".

    Every directory worth getting into offers either a secondary service (if the directory is not the secondary service itself) or a community to monetize from. Mere catalogs which just list things are little more then link farms.
     
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  5. Solicitors Mortgages

    Solicitors Mortgages Well-Known Member

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    #25
    This page for Cristiano Ronaldo has had 1200 hits today (62,500 so far) I'm guessing it will pass some traffic (although it took 61,300 hits before someone bought it!) LOL :)

    although I don't get much traffic from directories that I have submitted to.

    Regards
    James.
     
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  6. Event_King

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    #26

    I hear you, and partly agree, yet disagree based on my experience as a searcher and directory owner. Search engines are no doubt great, but they are just starting points, and don't specialise in any one type of info or industry. They get the lion's share of traffic because they search the world, but having requested information many times, even Google failed me badly, and the info I wanted wasn't that strange that it didn't exist - Google and others either couldn't throw it up or there wasn't enough to satisfy my information needs, and I wasn't asking for the world to be searched.....

    Because Google, Yell.com, Thomson Local, my local papers didn't serve me, the only way to solve the problem was for me to create a resource. So it's my belief that major engines cannot cope with specialist info demands, and will continue to frustrate users in some way for years to come. The web cannot wait for the search engines like Google to sort this problem - it's not what Google and Co are about or designed for.

    Directories served the public long before the web got invented, but like anything technologically new/fun - people will switch over to what works better. The few directories that get search right, will always have a place, but these traditionally belong to the large corporates and anything outside of that group will perish and die, because they can't compete. As always this search battle boils down to 'deep pockets' and is a hell of a factor for success.

    Well, the trick is to make a site so valuable, that advertisers won't mind paying to be on it. A $25 script on it's own - holds no value.....

    A website MUST provide value and good ROI. If you can do that to a big enough level, in a unoccupied industry, then you may have power enough to attract millions of visitors to it, and make money that way.
     
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  7. maddogranger

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    I am a directory owner, and about 1/3 of the traffic I receive is from other directories that I have submitted to.
     
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  8. blackonyx

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    #28
    That foilex directory is awfully ... red. I'd never have thought, I would get a sunburn from viewing a webpage.
     
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  9. scoobby

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    #29


    Just to let you know in my first steps as a webmaster i have only travel related sites (wich is my real job related) and i manage in a six month period to rank my hotels sites to first page of Google for the most searched keyword about my audience.This was achieved by doing a little bit of on-page optimization some related sites buying link and mostly directory submmisions (paid) i know that almost 0 traffic from directories will book a room to our hotels but i also know that the main difference from other competitors sites that rank lower (even if they are older and with listing in DMOZ) is those paid directory submmisions that provide quality links to my site with the desired anchor text.i know that half of them have been just throwing money but if you know some seo and can you recognize a good quality backlink that will bring you the desired results.
     
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    #30
    It all depends on the directory you submit to and the type of directory.
     
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  11. Event_King

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    #31
    Sorry, but you're wrong - with the vast amount of directories not worth anything it doesn't depend on the directories. Few directories will work or send you traffic - also forget all this linking for serps crap, it's a losing battle and you'll never get the traffic doing it this way.

    Do you think you are the only one competing for the top search engine places. Competing with loads of sites/webmasters is dumb, the odds are so against webmasters these days, and you'll never be top for very long to make that amazing difference to your website - seriously.

    Even if I gave you this knowledge, you don't have the money to make this work anyway. The only suggestion I've got for someone at you're stage is to build a different site and start over. Build something unique and not done by anyone else and you may have a shot at decent traffic and conversions.
     
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  12. TheAdultBiz

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    #32
    Very little, not only their weight on PR and ranking for google is close to nothing, so to pay to get listed on directories is just a complete waste of money
     
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  13. greatlogix

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    #33
    right. I own two directories. I am also getting good traffic from some free directories.

    Most popular site in one of my directory has received 1075 web site hits within a year.

    So answer is yes. You get real traffic from real directories.
     
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  14. Event_King

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    That's actually not good, and you want about 50 times that to have a chance of making good, regular conversions.

    One of my directories gets about 50k of hits every month, and don't even consider it to be that great a hit machine. Millions of hits is what you should strive for - but you won't get that so......

    This is not easy, but so many imply it is.
     
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  15. Business Attorney

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    I agree. On a lot of specific searches - doctors, dentists, attorneys, for example - the niche directories capture most of the top several spots in the search engine search results. I have seen traffic from these types of directories. It stands to reason that if they are well organized and easy to use AND at or near the top of the search results, they will send traffic to your website.

    However - and this is a BIG caveat - the niche directories in my example tend to be fairly expensive. Even if they generate some traffic, I am not sure that the value is as good as a PPC ad on the search engine itself.
     
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    #36
    I get decent traffic from some specialized directories that have been around for several years. From the freebie directories here, not at all.
     
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  17. Jim4767

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    #37
    To answer the OP's original question about traffic from directories:

    • I got 82 unique visitors (385 pageloads) in the past month from 2yi.net, a general directory.

    • I got 43 visitors last month (267 pageloads) from the niche directory that is bringing me the most traffic.

    By and large, with a few exceptions such as above, I get very little traffic from directories.
     
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