starting new directory, need advice please

Discussion in 'Directories' started by radislav, Apr 14, 2006.

  1. #1
    hi guys and girls
    if making a finance (credit cards specialised directory) which would be the categories, any advices/suggestions will be helpfull
    many thanks to you all
     
    radislav, Apr 14, 2006 IP
  2. Obelia

    Obelia Notable Member

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    You will invariably end up making it up as you go along, and adapting and changing your categories to suit. I think the best advice is not to think it out too much in advance, but start with just a few broad categories. 10 is a good number. Don't create sub-categories until you get enough listings on a page to justify it. Otherwise you get into a usability nightmare where people have to go through lots of pages only to find very little at the end of their search.

    So, here's two categories:

    Card Issuers
    Consumer Advice

    Now you only have 8 others to think of before you can begin.
     
    Obelia, Apr 14, 2006 IP
  3. kashem

    kashem Banned

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    Virtual Credit Card Provider
    Prepaid Credit Card Provider
     
    kashem, Apr 14, 2006 IP
  4. radislav

    radislav Peon

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    thanks obelia and kashem, Virtual Credit Card Provider and Prepaid Credit Card Provider can be made as subcategories for Card Issuers, now i have only 2 main categories Card Issuers and Consumer Advice, any other suggestions please guys.
    thanks
     
    radislav, Apr 15, 2006 IP
  5. kausik

    kausik Active Member

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    visit abilogic.com , there you'll find many financial categories. Change them a little bit, so that it'll not look like same.
     
    kausik, Apr 15, 2006 IP
  6. radislav

    radislav Peon

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    #6
    i have set up now 12 main categories if permited i will list them now here :
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    Consumer Advice
    Credit Card Offers
    Credit Cards Issuers
    Credit Repair
    Credits Cards Processing
    Debt Management
    Insurance Services
    Mortgages
    Online Banking
    Prepaid Credit Cards
    Unsecured Loans
    Virtual Credit Cards
    <==
    what do you think please ?
     
    radislav, Apr 15, 2006 IP
  7. Obelia

    Obelia Notable Member

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    Those 12 look pretty good to start with. Another thing you're bound to get an issue with is overlap, where someone has a site that could fit equally well in 2 or even several categories. You might see that with credit repair and debt management.

    There's really nothing you can do to prevent this situation, no matter how well you plan ahead. The fact is, people don't (or at least they shouldn't) build sites with fitting neatly into the categories of your directory in mind.
     
    Obelia, Apr 15, 2006 IP
  8. aaron_nimocks

    aaron_nimocks Im kind of a big deal Staff

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    Check Yahoo/DMOZ categories and that will give you plenty of ideas.
     
    aaron_nimocks, Apr 15, 2006 IP
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    I think you need to add a Merchant Account category
     
    chief99, Apr 28, 2006 IP
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    Debt consolidation maybe
     
    adnan, Apr 30, 2006 IP
  11. donteatchicken

    donteatchicken Well-Known Member

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    overture gives some good idea's too:

    http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/



    1321491 credit card
    782515 apply online for credit card
    406811 apply for a credit card
    192839 0 apr credit card
    160068 business credit card
    140908 credit card debt
    113196 credit card application
    106821 online credit card approval
    91663 chase credit card
    75996 credit card processing
    75136 low apr credit card
    70335 chase.com credit card
    60457 credit card debt consolidation
    59964 travel reward credit card
    54984 bad credit credit card
    53422 credit card offer
    52601 student credit card
    49537 accept credit card
    48744 secured credit card
    39382 uk credit card
    39367 low interest credit card
    33185 the best credit card
    29486 credit card merchant account
    27777 consolidate credit card debt
    26969 online credit card
    26614 capital one credit card
    24515 credit card consolidation
    20682 eliminate credit card debt
    20486 prepaid credit card
    18976 credit card machine
    18431 credit card deal
    15470 free credit card
    15379 credit card company
    15132 hsbc credit card
    13089 citibank credit card
    12543 instant approval credit card
    12419 credit card fraud
    12073 credit card for people with bad credit
    12000 low rate credit card
    11872 american express credit card
    11793 sears credit card
    11665 consolidate credit card
    11303 credit card services
    11283 credit card balance transfer
    11063 credit card online
    10218 credit card reader
     
    donteatchicken, May 1, 2006 IP
  12. radislav

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    my directory is up, if you have finance or credit cards related websites you are welcome all to submit guys :) thank you :)
     
    radislav, May 4, 2006 IP