Should I launch a new directory? Is there room for my directory Will google run behind me? Well we all know such question pop-up daily from newbies. What is the answer to these questions? Do you think that there is more room for directories to survive and live long? Post your thoughts on this topic. ---- What I feel is: The world is for directories is NOT enough! YES more directories are required. As you know no.of sites registered and launched are growing in a big way. People have now become more aware of ranking, traffic and seo. Directories are one of the best ways to obtain traffic, ranking and seo for your websites. And this point can be considered right considering the no.of seo companies daily approaching a lot of quality directories. So if you are looking to launch a directory, consider launching a good quality directory and focus on its income in the long run. Paid directories are the best way to go if you wanna be successful with directories. But remember those catchy tag lines, pagerank, dropped domain etc used while launching your directory does not denote your directory to be QUALITY and a directory owner a trusted directory owner. What makes a directory owner trusted is most importantly how long is he handling his directory and how is he handling it. So become a TRUSTED Directory owner & make a QUALITY Directory you shall surely be successful.
You make a directory and it is going to be penalized by Google.. this has been the belief in the newcomers of the directory world. They have not thought of the higher end. Work hard, make your directory a good quality one and you will see a good future in your directory! Don't make your directory a load of link farm as other present many free directories are doing. Make your directory stand out, and then see who loves you and who penalizes you Finally.. there is no end to directories and you should not fall to a negative side thinking that the directory era is finished!
Hello... The web is growing so fast with websites and businesses that thier will always be a need for directories. As mentioned above your directory should be well taken care off and regular maintenance done so that any SE doesnt waste its time finding dead links that will slow up indexing. laterz malcolm
The way i see it is, you can murder someone and get life in prison or sentenced to execution but it doesn't stop people murdering. Whatever the search engines do or dont, rumoured or true, people are going to do what they like anyway. I think there is plenty of room for more directories, especially well put together niche ones, with a few extra things added. The questions regularly posted i guess are a result of scaremongering.
Go for it stop worrying about for google leave that to others who care. But not sure how to advertise these directories now a days, you cannot buy links these days for directories , so chasing a pr will not work
You can sell links on your directory. Who cares if Google penalizes your directory if you're making money from it. Google acts like they are the only company with a search engine. That new Google penalizing is ridiculous. They are penalizing websites that they make money from and I don't think Google will be on top forever. Remember AOL?
Sometimes being a webmaster is like childhood days, forums are plastered with questions asking what the search engines like or dislike, we ask permission constantly. At that point the interest, fun and business goes out of a website then, and being a webmaster, it becomes google school, with us as the pupils of course. Were grown adults right? as long as common sense is in place then its cool.
Yes go for it , Remember that was Yahoo on top, and google comes up. Google will not stay on top for ever. i am +
How to advertise? Well launch as many as free template of various scripts is one way. I am about to launch 9 free phpld templates. Contact me if you wanna get any sponsored.
I'm with the majority, YES! go for it. Just set yourself apart any way you can and offer something new and refreshing if at all possible. Niche directories have been the way for me, and once you have a good one people will look to your site when they are looking for specific information or sites to visit. Of course, you'll need to promote within the niche as well to make it all jell. Just go for it and forget about what everyone else is saying where directories are concerned.
Haa and how many actually keep the links on templates intact , mostly time is spent chasing after them, and sponsored links do no bring in any traffic that i can be sure of , because most directories that use free templates are new, and neither have PR nor traffic that you seek. Cheers
The day when i can "request info verbally" rather then "type it out" is the day that i or anyone else will no longer have use for their engine or any other... and that day is not that far away... thx malcolm
Seems like there is plenty of bandwidth to go around If it is something you want to do then what are you waiting for?
Exactly my views. I agree that the WWW is growing at a phenomenal rates - so more web directories ( I am becoming fond of industry specific niche directories) are always welcome. On the other-hand it has become virtually impossible to chase PR by buying links. So we will have to offer other things to webmasters than just PR juice. I would think traffic is all webmasters want and that too industry specific. So - if a real state related directory is active in social media and industry specific advertising, it would get industry specific traffic and hence send targetted traffic to webmasters listing their sites. To me quality matters much more than quantity. I would also think that- PR4 will be the industry standard for quality directories in the future.
I'm sure your meaning focus on long term goals etc and meant well. From experience anyone who just focuses on $ will fall over as this will often lead to shortchanging quality and ethics in the name of the $. Focus should be placed upon, customer service, quality, value for money, ethics and any number of the basics that come together to operate and run any successful business. In getting all of these things right then your end result will be a healthy and solid business, and that as a result produces a healthy profit for the astute owner.
There can be unlimited number of quality directories for the unlimited number of sites being launched everyday. More the resources, more convenient for people to get what they want faster!