Prospective directory owners--just wanted to share my experience!

This is not for experienced directory owners or SEO experts.
But for those who are inspired by the success of many paid directories and want to start a directory of their own.

To be a successful webmasters -traffic to the website is the key--that is known to everybody. But traffic from Search Engines are of quality. And to rank high on Google --

You must try to buy a directory domain name that should be as close to as your main targetted keyword or keyphrase.

I am saying this after chanching upon a surprising fact. Due to imminent PR update -frankly I am a bit nervous and while I was checking ranking of my directory I realised that my directory is ranking #10 on Google out of 106,000,000 keyword competition Check Here

It is because of the similiarity of my domain with the keyword.

Just wanted to share --this --Enjoy.

 

Good information, thanks for sharing this...

 

This is not the situation with directory online..

Your targetted keyword in domain is a much old SEO practice for higher SERPs.

 

How does it rank on other G sites that example was .IN
Generally imho folks use G .COM as a benchmark

 

Just checked the Keyword web directory -- and Alive is ranking a whopping #7 out of 515,000,000 keywords --well ahead of Yahoo http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&q=web+directory&btnG=Search&meta=

Great job Chris --and I also think it helped a lot with the directory word with the domain. Need to check though where Aviva ranks.

 

Due to my location --I don't get G.com even if I want It always redirect me to my local URL.

But I checked with http://www.searchenginegenie.com ( an authority site) --and found that it ranks #16th Worldwide.

 

Change "[FONT=arial,sans-serif][SIZE=-1]Interface Language[/SIZE][/FONT]".........

 

I travel the world and the first thing I do is set G .COM as my browser default if you really expect the best results then use the .COM if you use an obscure small G like .CO.UK expect small results from small countries ie small amount of users

 

But still 106 million is not a joke is it? I am not sure about that tool --but it shows 16th# worldwide -- don't know though if you guys can find it.

 

Hey buddy G .COM set the lead if if you want to make an impact use G .COM if you want to go to an obscure part of the world like England thats great use .CO.UK the choice is yours

 

Yes mate I would love to --but if you follow some of my post --I say -I am technically dumb and dumber. I am currently using Firefox -2.0.0.2 --can you please PM me the steps how do I set up the preference to .com from .in? I would love to do it.

But hey --do you think 1.20 billion compares to 150 million?

I think it is comparable in a way Per Capita Internet Connectivity--but I guess there are much much more website from .in than .co.uk ( I might be wrong)

 

LMFAO too funny to comment on

 

Yep--presently my mood is on a high --as due to one festival I just opened a French RW bottle - Chatheux d'Ancents --my friend gifted in October I'll finish the whole of it.

Besides --please send me the instructions to change my settings by PM.

 

Thanks to Pete (britishguy) -- I could setup my browser to G.COM from G.CO.IN

And I checked again --about the ranking and found my directory still ranks #10.--But keyword competition has increased by some 1 million only --So .CO.IN results are very competitive indeed --as close to original .COM.

Please -- Check HERE

And after some real simple technical hiccups --I can still say that Keyword in you future directory's domain is very very help-ful for good ranking. So when you plan and want to start a directory--keep this thing in mind. Enjoy

Besides --found this Wiki article explaining how PR algo works --some might be interested to read--

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank