Well we all are seeing tons of competition scripts coming out for directories. But still at this point in time, PHP Link Directory is the most used directory script among the directory owners. While there are many new directories are popping up, and all are looking for business. I would like to share my thoughts as a submittor which attracts me. Well you know, tons of directories = tons of same old stuff. (BORING) You have to bring something new to the site. Not just the old category pages and detail pages. Read more at Genuine Paid Directory Blog This is solely my opinion as a submittor which i believe everyone should know feedback is apprecaited
I am having one new absolute SEO friendly detail page see here at www.webcolor.org/elegantdirectory.html Mods in making: Deep links+detail(like this www.webcolor.org/elegantdirectory.html) Users can submit articles along with links easy browsing the categories through menus and many more...... till I go to work!!! But I am currently working on PD(pagedata) and my other directory all you know soon there will be a feature in which you can sort the listings according to PD!!
Thats a nice read... Yes aspidov, balkanboy and you are top class designers.. just an advice - try increasing font size of your blog content.
A good read smub, thanks, some excellent points. It may sound less important but if someone wants to attract submitters to a directory it may be worth really doing the obvious and actually putting "directory" somewhere in the url. While i cant blame someone for making the most of an unused domain thats been sitting collecting virtual dust and them making a directory out of it, the domain wont always say enough about what is beyond the URL. If we want submitters, and the desired kind, then we could still do a lot more to educate people who can be potential customers without patronising them. We need to remember that we do this everyday but still a huge percentage of people have never heard of a directory and when they do find out about them their still confused and we take it for granted that they should "just know" Maybe its all bells and whistles and we are kidding ourselves at times that submitters want features that we think are great. Innovation is still lacking, mostly things are just being tweaked, regurgutated, nothing truely stands out as so awesomely appealing that submitters are crawling over each other to get their sites listed yet. Then leads to frustration, irrate directory owners because the submitters dont give a hoot what we installed. They owe us nothing after all, they have huge choice and can ignore our directories if they want. Amazingly with the amount of directories around they still lurk in the shadows, ever heard one mentioned on tv yet? i haven't.
Does anyone here refuse to use Google because its a plain white sheet ? Basic does it just fine for me, me, I am after the general public But, each to their own Good luck
Aspidov with your quality templates, you deserve a link. Yes, i am waiting on your PD tool. the new idea sounds kool about the SE Friendly Detail Pages... show us some good preview so when i expand idk.in ... i switch it. Richie Yes, hence why i stated variety and custom options are available on request Thanks alot for the advice, i was thinking the same myself... Just increased the font-size. Well pipe, i agree with you that dirctory should be in the name as it just makes the site looks good though we can always have a brandable name Forplex / Abilogic / DMOZ / IDK well i made IDK on this logic of mine IDK stands for I Dont Know Alot of times you go to directories and you are just so confused whether to submit or not to submit. Sometimes sites look messsy, or have nothing in it. Do i want to come back to the site. So i made a directory which have almost everything... Arcade / Freebies / Templates / Blog (Soon will add more) and named it Genuine Paid Directory because it is genuine. so the name is a key but not necessary Boy O Boy 4 hours of night sleep = this much post lol ....
yup it wasn't just the list of mods.. it was the ones i feel attracts the submittors hehehe sure ur dp profile shud hit a good pr now
Nice blog post syed, I'm installing those mods on Zippy right now, I'm also offering free daily listings for new submissions.
thats good to see syted ... yes if you offer the daily listing for your featured / regular submission than sure thing it is attractive