This is not for experienced directory owners or SEO experts. But for those who are inspired by the success of many paid directories and want to start a directory of their own. To be a successful webmasters -traffic to the website is the key--that is known to everybody. But traffic from Search Engines are of quality. And to rank high on Google -- You must try to buy a directory domain name that should be as close to as your main targetted keyword or keyphrase. I am saying this after chanching upon a surprising fact. Due to imminent PR update -frankly I am a bit nervous and while I was checking ranking of my directory I realised that my directory is ranking #10 on Google out of 106,000,000 keyword competition Check Here It is because of the similiarity of my domain with the keyword. Just wanted to share --this --Enjoy.
This is not the situation with directory online.. Your targetted keyword in domain is a much old SEO practice for higher SERPs.
How does it rank on other G sites that example was .IN Generally imho folks use G .COM as a benchmark
Just checked the Keyword web directory -- and Alive is ranking a whopping #7 out of 515,000,000 keywords --well ahead of Yahoo http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&q=web+directory&btnG=Search&meta= Great job Chris --and I also think it helped a lot with the directory word with the domain. Need to check though where Aviva ranks.
Due to my location --I don't get G.com even if I want It always redirect me to my local URL. But I checked with http://www.searchenginegenie.com ( an authority site) --and found that it ranks #16th Worldwide.
I travel the world and the first thing I do is set G .COM as my browser default if you really expect the best results then use the .COM if you use an obscure small G like .CO.UK expect small results from small countries ie small amount of users
But still 106 million is not a joke is it? I am not sure about that tool --but it shows 16th# worldwide -- don't know though if you guys can find it.
Hey buddy G .COM set the lead if if you want to make an impact use G .COM if you want to go to an obscure part of the world like England thats great use .CO.UK the choice is yours
Yes mate I would love to --but if you follow some of my post --I say -I am technically dumb and dumber. I am currently using Firefox -2.0.0.2 --can you please PM me the steps how do I set up the preference to .com from .in? I would love to do it. But hey --do you think 1.20 billion compares to 150 million? I think it is comparable in a way Per Capita Internet Connectivity--but I guess there are much much more website from .in than .co.uk ( I might be wrong)
Yep--presently my mood is on a high --as due to one festival I just opened a French RW bottle - Chatheux d'Ancents --my friend gifted in October I'll finish the whole of it. Besides --please send me the instructions to change my settings by PM.
Thanks to Pete (britishguy) -- I could setup my browser to G.COM from G.CO.IN And I checked again --about the ranking and found my directory still ranks #10.--But keyword competition has increased by some 1 million only --So .CO.IN results are very competitive indeed --as close to original .COM. Please -- Check HERE And after some real simple technical hiccups --I can still say that Keyword in you future directory's domain is very very help-ful for good ranking. So when you plan and want to start a directory--keep this thing in mind. Enjoy Besides --found this Wiki article explaining how PR algo works --some might be interested to read-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank