Brand spanking new directory!

Hi DFS, just FYI I got an error when I tried to edit a submission.

The page you requested could not be located on this server.
Please contact the webmaster below if you feel you have received this page in error.

 

Hmmm. It seems to be working on my computer. Might have been a temporary thing with my hosting company perhaps. I haven't changed any code for a couple of days and the last "Edit Listing" was done at 4:30am (20th) and before that, 5:30pm (19th). So, it should be working fine. Would you like top try again, and PM me or post here if you still have problems. Thanks!

Oh, did you get this error after you logged in using your password, or before??

 

I realised what the problem could be. I just had another email from a guy who couldn't seem to get the site to validate his link.

He was trying to get a listing for
http://www.domain.com
and the link was from
http://dir.domain.com (sub-domain).

This will not work. This is another check to keep SPAMmers away. If I don't have this check in place, I could get submissions for sites that enter existing one-way links to my site (on sites not owned by them) as "their reciprocal links".

If this is the problem that you are having, a simple solution is either to set up a link from the main domain or to get a listing to the sub-domain instead, i.e: make the two match whichever way is easier for you. You will still get traffic to your sub-domain instead of the main domain.

To the ones who have already submitted their sites, thank you! And, you might like to submit to this directory as well:
http://www.hotvsnot.com

It's a higher PR site than mine (for those that care), and has a similar concept: Recip links are a must, your page must be crawled by "major search engines" (I think they look at MSN or Yahoo perhaps, but not Google) and the listing and recip domains must match.

And of course, keep the listings coming in!

 

Without a PR it can't be justified to add a reciprocal link.

There are many new directories with PR that don't even require reciprocal links.

Good luck!

 

Thanks for your post. As I said in my first post, not everybody would be interested in reciprocating to a PR0 site. Unfortunately, PR is totally out of my hands and I have to wait for Google to update the internal PR and then update the toolbar PR. Can't speed that process up I'm afraid. So, the ones who only care about PR can wait until the update to submit their sites.

But, the ones who have submitted now do get the advantage of getting on the first page of their sub-category and if they are the first ten in the top level category, their listing will show in the category as well as the sub-category. That's two links for your one link!

Or, you can wait until the updates and hope to still get on the first page in your category. Thanks!

P.S: If you are good at doing a bit of PR calculation, you could check my BLs on AlltheWeb (100+ so far) and calculate the approx. PR the directory will have with the next update. 100 might not sound a lot but the site's only been live for a couple of weeks now. Anyway, up to you!

 

Have a look now! PR3 home and category pages and PR2 sub-category pages.

I know you have seen free directories with a higher PR, but do remember that this site is only 40 days old. So, this is your chance to add your listing now and be listed on the first page of your category. Who knows what this directory might be with the next update?!!

 

Congratulations. But I haven't changed my mind. As I said earlier:

I'm sure that some, maybe many of the non-recip-required directories that I submitted to while I wasn't submitting to yours also have increased in PR...

 

Reciprocal link or not?
Thanks for the listing. I did add a reciprocal link because I have a link to business directories and this is where I found it necessary too add to my building links.

Its like if you get a free coffee from that gas station you go to every morning for coffee. Chances are you’ll go back again and again.

Nothing is free and embraces it. Pay forward that’s my theory. Give back 3 times what is given.

 

If that gas station said, "no coffee unless you buy gas", would you get your coffee there?

 

...lol!!

 

no but if the gas was $1.00 a gallon i would fill up and spread the word regarless if they were owned by a pri$$

 

You're welcome!

I am mainly asking for a recip link for the following reasons:

1. It's payment in a way. I give you a listing and in return you give me something (a listing on your site that sends some decent traffic my way and gives me some more exposure). This is just my way of growing. Other sites ask for money or start asking for money once they grow big enough. OR, take weeks to approve listings once they get busy. I plan to avoid both these things by staying free even when the site gets BIG! Listings are immediately added in any case, and this won't change no matter how busy the site got.

2. Since the submission process is automatic, I don't want people submitting rubbish sites. By asking for a recip link and verifying email addresses, I plan to reduce SPAM by as much as possible and keep the quality of listings at a certain level.

minstrel: Thanks for your comments. Although there are many people out there who have a links page and swap links and they would be more than happy to exchange links (like wdc and others who have already listed their site).

And, I'm not saying "No free coffe unless you buy gas", I'm saying: "Give me a muffin and I'll give you a free coffee!"

 

Then the coffee isn't free, is it?

And neither is the listing: This is a paid listing using the barter system instead of cash. That's part of my objection to reciprocal-link-required directories: It's false advertising.

 

Web masters must exercise caution with reciprocal links - one runs the risk of becoming a link farm, and we know how Google feels about that.

 

Far out! Not this conversation again.

I've already had a "detailed discussion" with another member re this in this thread.

A link farm is a site that offers you access to a group of websites. All you do is register with this one website and you automatically get links from all the sites in the network. So, you can generate hundreds of links overnight to any website that becomes a part of this network. This is what a link farm is.

BUT, if you are just exchanging links with one website at a time, it's a link exchange. This is no different from any other site exchanging links.

So, if my directory is a link farm (According to your theory), then so is this websites for exchanging links:
http://www.20roundmag.com

 

A link exchange is expected to have links relevant to the sites content. (Note - this is different than sponsor links). Your directory provides value to your users when you offer links to wide and varied web content. This is not the case with every site - particularly those that offer very targeted content.

Thanks for checking out my page though

 

No worries!

And, I did tackle the "relevant content" issue while creating this directory. When people submit to a sub-category they can link back to that same sub-category.

For example, if someone submitted a website to Computers -> Fonts (Say). They could then link back to either the "home" page, the "Computers" page or the "Fonts" page. Surely, their users would find a link back to the "Fonts" page both useful as well as relevant. Don't you think?

 

I never tricked anyone into believing that submissions did not require a reciprocal link. Right from my first post in this thread, I made it clear that reciprocal links were required to get a listing.

I know that not everybody is into exchanging links, but those who are wouldn't mind listing their website. Especially the ones with brand new websites as they could benefit from both the link as well as the exposure.

 

DSFWEB

Well then - I'll have to go back and check it out !

 

Ps: Now about that spanking you promised....