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Discussion in 'Directories' started by marlimba, Mar 31, 2009.

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    I am in the process of creating a directory as part of my main site www.prestigechocolatefountains.co.uk and wanted to know the best way iun whcih to attract people that are relevant to this particular nuche- weddings events etc. ANy ideas?
     
    marlimba, Mar 31, 2009 IP
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    pipes Prominent Member

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    Nice site, the text in your directory section is a little hard to read, faint, i understand you're just putting it together though, i imagine you will change that.

    Are there forums of that niche? maybe you could post on related forums that allow a sig link.

    Maybe articles or a press release about your site, letting them know of the addition of the directory too.
     
    pipes, Mar 31, 2009 IP
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    Agent000 Prominent Member

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    Why do you need to attract websites? Why not just search Google and add sites you find?
     
    Agent000, Mar 31, 2009 IP
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    jitendraag Notable Member

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    @Agent000: Good point. Most niche directories start like that. But they still need to attract more site and become a 'destination' for sites in that niche.

    @marlimba: As pipes said, you can use forums, niche directory lists and press releases to let business/website owner of your niche.

    Will sites/business directories like www.asianweddingnetwork.co.uk fall in the same category as yours?
     
    jitendraag, Mar 31, 2009 IP
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    banless Peon

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    One thing you could do is contact a few sites that are in your niche and let them know that you have a directory relevant to their site, it is a little time consuming but can pay off if you contact the right sites. Some will even want to advertise seeing that it is relevant to their market.
     
    banless, Mar 31, 2009 IP
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    marlimba Peon

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    Thanks, I have been looking at link exchanges too. Does anyone have experiences of these?
     
    marlimba, Apr 1, 2009 IP
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    Witech Greenhorn

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    BTW, your title tag [home page ] has a typo I think.
     
    Witech, Apr 1, 2009 IP
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    gufranmmu Peon

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    Seems like a nice website, but Witech is write, some typo erros exists and i can see it properly in google crome. any idea ?
     
    gufranmmu, Apr 2, 2009 IP
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    ruby.mein Peon

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    create good and quality content and send it article directories, do press release and classified ads or you can exchange links to relevant sites. Actually, there are lots of ways on how to attract people to visit your site.
     
    ruby.mein, Apr 2, 2009 IP
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    Agent000 Prominent Member

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    Huh? Thats was not what the OP was asking about ... they were wanting to attract website to their directory.
     
    Agent000, Apr 2, 2009 IP
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    srinivas26 Well-Known Member

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    Hi,

    Instead of attracting websites, my suggestion is to go for search engines. Initially get indexed in the major SE's (google, yahoo, msn etc.). Then build some links and gain some the position for your main keywords.

    Regards,
    Srinivas.
     
    srinivas26, Apr 2, 2009 IP
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    QuangVo Peon

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    I agree that website needs to be in search engine.
     
    QuangVo, Apr 3, 2009 IP