Suggestion,tips from successful directory onwers

Hi

So far I know the forum has some members who are successful with their directories. They made and have been making their directories prominent, strong , they also earn $$.

I will highly appreciate if they share their opinions,tips what involves to be successful with a directory.



thanks

 

Firstly, have a good domain name for directory, for example , alivedirectory,avivadirectory, alikedirectory, etc

 

Word very hard 365/24/7
Its that simple

 

Offer free listing and make it SEO friendly!

 

If you targeting making something worth it, you have to invest heavy and don’t count on any profit for at least 1 year.

 

That is the first deadly sin on directories, offer no free listings and populate it yourself with authority sites.

 

I think domain names, promotion and lots of time are key for running a good directory however i think the most important thing is the script that you use! If the script you use to run your directory doesn't work very well, has bugs, isn't user friendly, then your directory is likely to fall flat on its face. Having features such as SEO friend page generation, ban control, email responders although not being essential are things that provide that extra little bit of quality that other directories lack.

 

No one know what will happen in next year. If google changes the PR arithmetic(discard paid backlinks), most of directories will die.
Just my 2 cents

 

Thank you all for your suggestions

How good is AheadDirectory as name ?

 

Thanks , you could see the directory in my signature

 

create categories as you go
rewrite all descriptions for submitted sites
start with a paid dir if you want to have a paid dir
dont make too many deep categories for small amount of sites, let the more general cats fill up before having enough sites to make sub cats
dont sell all the ad space on your dir off before you have got a decent pr

 

Seem to be useful suggestions.

 

Invest, invest, work hard, invest, spend time, spend money, invest.

It takes time to build a quality directory just like it does any web site. None of the popular directories around here became so, overnight. All of the owners have worked hard and invested a lot of time and money.

 

Hi,

I've recently made a post called Tips for directory owners. You might be able to find some useful info there and suggestions from submitters perspective.

 

It's quite easy to promote directories, but planning is needed and ongoing work is necessary to continually do well