Thanks, LaCabra (Goat man!). Yep... for a directory I would think 20,000 uniques per day and a 1,000,000 page views per month sounds like big traffic. Not sure any of them get that much though. I can tell you our very best directory has spiked to 4,000 uniques per day a couple of times but without a lot of ad spend it is hard to maintain. Of course, you can game the numbers with pop-unders, etc. But I mean real recurring traffic.
Well i think this is a good positive post, i am not sure if i would qualify as a stand alone directory with no features as i am just building a directory to how i want it, but i will take up the challenge of 20K uniques a day. I will be starting at zip as i have not even launched so any directory has a head start on me, i say a fun comp if any one wants to take me up on it, perhaps wasabiventures could set up a DP challenge for all to register or become involved this would then focus peoples attempt at what really does make a directory work and move focus to positive outcomes for all. like i said i will take the challenge, i play hard take no prisinors and you all have a head start, who has what it takes to take me on. ? ( in fun of course perhaps the winner gets a green stamp from all others who cares will leave it up to the OP to sort some rules if they want )