Hello guys. As you there are many premium directories which takes money to put our link? is is sane to open own directory business?
Directory Journal comes to mind as a launch which I believe was just before the big G shuffle. They could have thought the same but had the vision, skills and resources to create a great directory whose growth continued and was enhanced by the demise of many of their competitors.
Design is cool and can make a difference but is what you put in, content wise that makes a difference, time investment. Some great sites out there based on wordpress for example, clearly not unique as far as script but some tweaking and changing makes it fantastic, its still wordpress based though. Same with the directory scripts, you can take them and have someone work some magic on them or do it yourself if you know how. Link seekers still wont mind if you dont have a fantastic design though, but i do admit that appearance can and does make a difference, to some.
Directories can make excellent revenue from paid submissions/reviews/adverts if ran properly. Just look at BOTW for example - it's an excellent business investment if done correctly.
I have writted a post long time ago on my blog about directory promotion but it's written in my native language. You can submit your directory in "directory of directories" like: Directory Critic Directory Rate Web-Directories.ws Niche forums that allows directory announcemets: Vilesilencer Forum Directory Critic Forum Forums.Seo.Com Vmoptions Forum Webmaster-Talk Forum Peerhut Forum
You can get a lot of traffic from sigs in webmaster forums. I get about 300 UV's a day from them but there is no adsense money in them cause everybody is just there to submit. Only if and when you get high PR you can make any money from them.
I think it's the same as promoting general sites, just submit to directories, social bookmarking sites, etc.
Pipes is correct, the appearance of a website is sooooo important, actually it's crucial if you want to be taken seriously. Again, the more advanced/complicated the design, the more expensive it will be. It's also very tough to get right. You'll either get it first time or be struggling for years - if struggling, it will cost per design to get it right.
DP! for promotion your directories i just launched 2 Dir blogoflux.com/dir & link-submit.co.nr i got positive response from DP users got many links in a day so thinking to launch 2 more though 1 is almost ready..
Best way is submit your directory to directory toplists! ex; paiddirectorylist, directoryrate, directorycritic...
Wrong conclusion. If so, your rival will submit your site to thousands of crappy directories and your business will be ruined. I don't think search engines will allow this in their algorithms.