:)**IAQD.org Directory Union**:)

Yup. You also need to make your organisation transparent and to be seen to be publicly accountable.

 

No one is trying to start fights, certainly not me, I made a simple point that you shouldn't be charging, who are you and who are the so called leaders of this thing your trying to set up etc etc...

 

That wasn't directed at you, if you go back you'll see what I'm talking about. BTW anyone can apply to be an editor on IAQD.org

Thanks
Mike

 

You clearly have no idea of when to take advice from good people like Lacabra, his words were wise but it seems you know it all which is why I almost guaranteee you won't succeed. How old are you btw? only asking because you don't seem to know what an association is or even does?

 

Personally I wouldn't be talking about any money issues until the whole process has been laid out. eg: What is involved in reviewing a site? Can you resubmit if you have not being approved once? etc heck $20 might not cover it!!!

 

I'm going to lay that you tonigt and start a new thread. Same info but with more detail.

Thanks
Mike

 

dopiitv

???Quality Directories???

Why Quality Directories would need you in the first place? Who are you?

We have well established since 2001, PR6 (ooops, PR5 now) directory with 45,000 sites link to us (Google for: amray directory) without ever paying any money for “I buy me good reputation” and we are not about to start doing this now or ever.

Because we won’t get any more benefits than we’re getting now, paying you $20 won’t make any difference what so ever to us but it’ll put our money in your pot to promote less prominent but in your opinion “Quality Directories” and I don’t think we and other Top Directories operators will ever do that for The Price. For Free... ehhh maybe

Something else. You are grabbing the wrong end of the stick. You are starting your venture as unknown entity but expecting Internet savvy crowd to take you seriously based on your IOY promissory note without any reservation, just on “Trust Me”... well, I can assure you it ain’t gonna happened.

If you want to have positive outcome, then start with Forum or Blog, establish your online presence (PR0 won’t do), gain reputation and then, if you still believe it worth your time and efforts, launch your dream.

My 2c.
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Whats this going to be? I'm lost at it, a so called association or another list of directories that you have to pay $20 for?

 

No idea Pheonix, i'm just following the thread!

 

Almost the same question I asked except Amray is coming from the other end. You are also excluding the crap directories. The ones that need help and guidance. You are trying to set up a closed shop for the benefit of a select few. Its all done anonymously. It appears to be nothing more than Directory of Directories.

Cant see where you are going with this. As it stands its not a representative union and I don't see it working as a marketing tool either.

 

workshop,

I tell you what he wants to do.

Good example in this case would be Web Hosting Directories indexing formula, whereas sites are declared The Best and posted as Top10 based on amount of advertising $$$ they pay. Immoral – most definitely, unfair – undoubtedly, profitable – you can bet your Grandma’s perogies.

I don’t say that there is something wrong with his plan because concept by itself is very much feasible. What I am trying to relay here, that this idea will end up (without big players) as collection of low-level Directories owners willing to pay Top Dollar for the opportunity to have their Directory listed in his Directory of Directories.


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Stuff donation, I make enough of them to charities where people claim 99.9% of the donation is used in admin costs. Free it has to be or else its a scam.

 

Listing should be free, but i think IAQD have some admin cost, this can be raise by adsense and banner advertisement on the site.

 

Guys, its $20 no matter what. I'm not making it free because then we'll have absolutely no budget to market and do other things.

Heres a few lists to help you guys better understand what we're looking for:

Directory Levels

Each Directory recieves a rating based on % out of 100. All directories scoring a 60% or above are accepted. Every directory can be re-rated to improve your rank!

60%-69%= Paper

70%-79%= Bronze

80%-89%= Silver

90%-99%= Gold

100%= Platnium

Editor Guidlines

Editor guidelines are as follows:

No Spam or Broken links- self explanitory

Layout and Licensing- Links on free templates and licensing correctly in place

End User and Submitter Friendliness- Ease of use visitors and submitters

Category Content- Categories have descriptions and have links in them

Unique Category Structure- Basically not a CAT dump

Quality Domain- not dropped, follows nicheof directory

All Listings Have Descriptions- self explanitory

Category Descriptions- again, self explanitory

Following Niche- Directory follows it's niche

Overall Directory Content- Overall rating

 

Oh well dopiitv…

Your guidelines just dismissed very effectively 99% of Directories.
The rest, about 100 of them, will never pay your expenses no matter what you do.

Please don’t get me wrong, $20.00 have nothing to do in this case it just we know
the real value and qualities of our directories and we don’t need you to tell us
how Good (or, in your opinion Bad) we are.



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I'm not telling you that at all. If you have a problem with it, keep it to yourself. There are actually some people who want to do this, I have already had a couple of people submit their directories. I'm not telling you weather you're good or not. I'm just trying to help seperate quality for the crap. most directories could score a 60% or above on this evaluation, its not that hard to pass. We do however, check the site vigorously to weed out sites that were thrown togather in 2 seconds and not a quality site.

Thanks
Mike

 

Hey Pal, who the hell are you to tell me to shut up?

All I’m trying to do is to make you being aware about holes in your plan and
pit fouls your face is going to hit down the road.

So, what is your problem?

Or you want people to applaud you because you believe that your “igneous idea”
going to save their livelihood and they should be grateful and thankful to their savvier
without ever doubting his intentions?

Guess what Pal, you are not going to impress people who have years of
experience with your little dance and keep queued while you’re selling your
snake oil and yes…
you will have hundreds of people with the same directory template willing
to pay you maybe even more that $20.00 but please do us a favor and stop
using “Quality Directories” title and call it by what they are going to be
“Best I could find”


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Personally I don't find them strict enough!!! The criteria is missing some very key and important elements that should be looked at when evaluating the quality and effectiveness of a directory.

Again I make my case of PROFESSIONALISM. Mike do you really expect people to look at your organization, when the supposive lead is telling potential members to go fly a kite? tisk tisk!!! Regarding the time element, how on God's green earth does time to deployment have anything to do with quality. Many of us spend endless hours working off line, running spreadsheets and cross referencing material to ensure we are putting together something of quality but ultimately press a button and deploy in 1 second!!!.

 

Ok dopiitv
I’ll ask you very simple question to test your “quality” standard.

Is Directory that reject links to Adult sites, in your opinion, Quality directory or not?


I will define to you what I mean by Adult site:

• Dating site for Adults or
• Adult products (we all know what they are) or
• Alternative Lifestyles or
• Gay, Lesbian & Bi issues or
• Sexuality or
• Adult Entertainment and
• Adult Escort Services and lets not forget Adult Porno site

Yes or No will do


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