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Interview with Swapnil Agrawal the owner of top web directory

Discussion in 'Directories' started by uttoransen, Dec 17, 2007.

  1. #1
    hello,
    i found a new web directory recently with a great design, so i contacted the owner for an interview.
    Name: Swapnil Agrawal
    directory: Top Web Directory

    the interview:
    I am a 17 year old student from India and making quality websites is a part of my life as a hobby I cherish. I run 5 websites as of now and working on another 2 of them.

    Q1) Which is your primary website?

    Ans: Well, currently it is Top Web Directory. It is a big Business Web Directory and I am looking forward to make it a great resource. It has an 8 blog network and includes professional web services. Over 26,000 backlinks are present for that site.

    Q2) How did you start off as a Webmaster?

    Ans: I started off with making a free blog on blogger. People appreciated my blogging skills and some recommended me to buy hosting and use my own domain. I had no money at that time so did some services at forums to get the initial requirement of making my first website.

    Q3) What are the primary methods you use for your website’s promotion?

    Ans: Articles, Link Building, Contests, Freebies, Directory Submissions, Social Bookmarking are the primary methods used by me.

    Read the rest of the interview: interview-with-swapnil-agrawal-of-top-web-directory
    regards,
    uttoransen,
     
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  2. pipes

    pipes Prominent Member

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    #2
    Thanks uttoransen, nice interview, he has a quality looking directory too, commented on the blog.

    thanks
    John
     
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    SearchBuster Peon

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    #3
    Good interview and fantastic looking directory. Look forward to watching it develop.
     
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    Red_Virus Well-Known Member

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    #4
    Nice interview and swapnil all the best with twd, It really looks awesome and you are making it a nice resource.
     
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    Marketiva Peon

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    #5
    twd.in is a link-exchange directory . . . I do prefer the unselfish directories ;)
     
    Marketiva, Dec 17, 2007 IP
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    mikey1090 Moderator Staff

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    #6
    a nice read.
     
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    swedal Notable Member

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    #7
    Nice ready thanks for the post
     
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    24HourBracelets Peon

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    #8
    not a bad start at 17. Cool stuff
     
    24HourBracelets, Dec 17, 2007 IP
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    jhnrang Notable Member

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    #9
    Nice read. Really amazing to see how someone at that young age can do so many things and be successful at the same time.
    Best of luck to both of you.
     
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    coolmanphp Peon

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    #10
    nice interview!!! thanks for sharing.:D
     
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  11. Artifexus

    Artifexus Guest

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    That's a pretty kick ass design, although I think the categories graphic (main section, not sidebar) is a bit confusing to the eye. Less would be more here, I think. Well done.

    Nice to see a 'kid' enjoying success on the internet...

    Good luck to him, and thanks for the interview.
     
    Artifexus, Dec 17, 2007 IP
  12. aspidov

    aspidov Well-Known Member

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    #12
    is it me or i am not the only one who sees 0 content in categories of twd.in ?
     
    aspidov, Dec 17, 2007 IP
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    matik Peon

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    #13
    Nice interview and great designed web directory. Well done!
     
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  14. mikey1090

    mikey1090 Moderator Staff

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    #14
    correct.
    .
    .
     
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    jg123 Notable Member

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    #15
    Well, every site starts somewhere, this one looks better than 99% of the new directories started up every month so I am hoping for the best. Can you tell us a little about your latest news feature at the bottom of the page, I like how it works. Is it ajax? Is it a mod that you can buy? It is run with rss feeds I suppose?

    thanks
     
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  16. swapnil90

    swapnil90 Well-Known Member

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    Saw the comment. Thanks...I wanted to say that ans. 9 since a long time. It was the DP Services section that grabbed my attention. Too many people doing too many odd jobs. Beginners should have a fixed target.

    I am looking forward for the same thing. :rolleyes:
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    Thank you. Sometimes the 17 factor does has it downfalls. Specially in India. :eek:

    TWD.in is NOT a Link Exchange Directory

    Yeah, heard that from 1 of 20 people. I liked it very much so let it stay there for the time being. Thanks.

    By content do you mean articles related to the category?

    Yes. It is a RSS Grabber and shows any feed you would like it to.
    Information for this mod can be found at:
    http://www.mywebsearches.com/blog/2007/07/20/rss-news-mod-combined-with-dhtml/
     
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    mywebsearches Peon

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    #17
    Really nice design and great features. A few more months and your directory will have more content and get the respect it deserves, just "keep moving forward".

    You're very young, you should be proud of yourself for doing much more than the "regular" teen. At your age, I wasted my time, something that I regret so much now.
     
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    aspidov Well-Known Member

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    #18
    Yes, articles too. But not just articles, at least description of a category. how do you plan on indexing those categories in search engines if there is no content?

    I see you have the same news feed on many of them, that creates duplicate content and once you have your pages indexed with that content, it will take a lot of time to re-index (in case if you start putting unique content later).

    It is much more efficient to create content at the same time as creating new categories. this might be a little harder, but it will save you lots of time later down the read.
     
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    Nice and short domain, good interview..
    Thanks for the interview. :)
     
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    uttoransen Prominent Member

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    #20
    thanks to all of you for your comments!

    This directory section has seen some really young people, i guess saad ahmed is the youngest so far, right!

    could't agree more, i wasted a lot of my time those days!

    aspidov@ twd has unique description in all the categories, which is something that most directories don't have! and i have checked the category pages, and most of them are already indexed. but then thanks for you digging deep into it, that's what makes this directory section so special, the best/honest review and critic of a site can be found only in this place:)

    cheers!
    uttoransen,
     
    uttoransen, Dec 17, 2007 IP