Link Directories New "It" Strategy?

I see alot of them now. I myself am thinking about it.

Are these new Link Directories with PR's and stuff the new "It" Strategy to making money now? Selling them real cheap and stuff maybe $2 or $3...that stuff seriously adds up after a while.

And nowadays everyone wants a website.

Should I start making money in this type of field and what's really necessary in it? (My brother always told me to research before pursuing. )

 

Directories are not that profitable as you thought.

 

Correct. Even if you manage to get 100 people to pay $2 on your directory - you are still only making $200.

Not to mention most people won't buy a link unless the page their link will be on has PR. So you will be looking at a couple of updates for that to happen.

 

You can monetize directories with affiliate marketing or adsense/YPN, but for that you to have qualitity. You can also monetize selling payed links like you said, but for that you need a directory ranked very well with google, like...let's say at least PR6, but preferebly PR7

 

heh ok thanks guys.

 

Yes, 2 PR updates to get page rank on some inside pages, you need PR4 to be attractive at all and really PR5, so you may be looking at 3 updates and you have to be prepared to spend a few bucks on advertising. Bottom line is you won't make much for the first year, it really is a long-term commitment.

 

You could offer really cheap links early on but I have seen several directories that are charging $25-$50 per submission. Especially for specialized services. Perhaps they are charging so much because they have the traffic or rankings etc. to justify...

 

So it's not a good idea to make a quick buck heh. Gotcha.

 

Directories are good, but not so good like we think. Content is allways the key. A good site with fresh targeted content, updated daily, with some good backlinks, you'll have sucess, don't doubt about that.