Right now there are lot of "directories" for sale at SitePoint marketplace, most of them is either fake Pagerank or dropped domain sites and just ask for $50-200, they just simply change their useless pr site to "directory" and then sell for quick money, these guys totally damage the directory industry, i have several quality directories and just want to sell part of them, Directory Wave dot com is PR4 from pr3 with pr inner page and custom template, and i just ask for $700 at Sitepoint marketplace but still cannot get a bid, really disappoint for me and i have involved in this industry for 2 years, is it a time to get away?
It's the death of the directory sales. You can expect max 100-300$ for your PR4 web directory. Sorry to say but that's the truth! Except people from the directory industry, no one else can understand the REAL value of directories, we don't see the price by PR, we see a lot of factors. But a noob buyer only see's the PR and revenue.
You might reconsider if your site really worth $700. I don't think your directory could justify this amount. Your backlinks are not diversified and most come from one site. I would rather buy a PR1 site at $700 with backlinks from 700 sites than a PR4 site with backlinks from 30 sites.
people arent buying directories for PR so much anymore because PR doesnt show correctly on a lot of directories so submitters have started to use other ways to determine if a directory is worth submitting to .i.e backlinks and quality of links etc it should be the revenue of the directory and not the PR anyway
The value in a directory is not in the page rank or template but in the database. Anything else has the value of a cheap script and skin.
Well said. Your directory is empty. I'd never bid $700 for it, as it'd take me over a year to make that back at its current revenue rate, and also it'd be cheaper for me to make a PR4 directory myself where i'd have total control over it. Unless your revenue picks up or you start making it into a directory - e.g. actually adding links, and filling up the categories, you'll struggle to get over $300-$400 for it.
Can some one expand on the idea of what makes for a good database? Is it just that there are no spammy sites listed? What other factors make for a great database?
Imagine you are looking for a plumber in yellow pages. What you would like to see in those pages is a good database.
What I really want to know is what Google wants to see in a good database. For example assuming you have all great links, how many links on a page is optimal for Google to see the page as an authority hub page on a particular topic?
Old school editing to develop a quality database is an objectively edited websites with the title the website or businesses actual title (not anchor text). The description tells what the website is and has to offer. By the looks of the English literary skills on the board it would present some with problems.
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Dmoz is a good example of a good database. Good sites listed, no keyword spam in titles, full categories etc.