Hi, I'm looking at starting a directory. Not to make money at first just to learn about directories and try and get a good rank. Is there any free directory software out there for PHP/MySQL based hosting? Or would it be easier to write the software myself? And if I did is there a big market to sell it on?
You can visit www.phplinkdirectory.com for your requirement. Other softwares are sitesift, indexnu and so on: http://www.freephpdirectoryscript.com/ http://www.indexscript.com/features.php http://www.openld.com/ See following threads as well: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=78716 http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=205436
Here are a few directory related tools and softwares that you would need - http://www.nobledirectory.com/directory-owners/directory-tools/ Will try to add features of other scripts along with phpld.
as neogen as mentioned, currently, the most popular software is phpld. But do make sure you know what you are getting into before starting, so you don't become one of those lying by the side of road after awhile....