What is the best free directory script?

What are some of the better free directory scripts?

 

You might want to check out the FAQ's listing of directory scripts.

 

I've got this one: http://www.biz-directory.org/directory_script.php

running on www.clasione.com


It's a very good version... I am very surprized as simple the install was, it it works very good......

I probably wind up purchasing the copyright removal soon....

I just through it up real quick and it wound up getting alot of attention...

 

That's a great list you have there Will. I think it's one of the most comprehensive I've seen.

To answer the question directly.. I would choose between the following two (free) directory scripts:

A. Duncan Carvers Directory Script; and,
B. The Biz-Directory script that Clasione mentioned above.

I use both of these scripts, and Duncan Carvers is very quick, easy to deploy, and handy setup thru DMOZ categories.

The biz directory script is probably the best in terms of SEO that i've ever seen on the net. If you use it, it'll certainly go down well with the engines, though you need to ensure content satisfies Googles hungry chompers.. which the built in affiliate stuff won't do on it's own, so you need to get plenty of listings in there.

Cheers,

JL

 

I'm currently using both The Duncan Carvers Directory script and BizDirectory script. I must say that both are good.

The Duncan Carvers Directory Script is good when you wanna do a reciprocal link because it will automatically check the reciprocal link. But something i gotta say is that this script loads a bit slow when admin logging in. The user-end loads fast and basically this is not a big deal. It's is good in SEO.

The Bizdirectory is a simple yet powerful directory. But it is not built for the purpose of reciprocal linking.

But i have some questions about the free version of bizdirectory.
I've noticed that the main page get crawled quite well but maybe the category page is not crawled that well or none at all. You will see the main page of many directory (like www.kwikgoblin.com , www.clasione.com ) using this script has a PR but all of the category page doesnt have a PR. The parameter is even longer if the category result is more that one page :
http://www.kwikgoblin.com/index.php?c=500&s=11

So do you think that search engine could crawl that well? I need some advide here from you guys as im still a newbie in SEO. The pro version is actually free from this problem as the url doesnt have any = or ? in it. But $700 is just too expensive for that.
And i think that we could not change the coding to make it more seo friendlier.

 

Hi,

If you are looking for PHP scripts, you can also find an exhaustive list of such scripts at:http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_and_Programs/Link_Indexing/index.html

I have been using biz-directory.org/directory_script.php and it works like charm, the installation is smooth and usability is easy.

There is also script from dew-code.com that comes pre-installed with fantastico(at Cpanel) and is a nice script.

Regards

 

if you use the biz directory script here the mods need to make the pages static (.html instead of index.php?c=1) (heres an example )

Put in your .htaccess

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule index.html$ /index.php [PT]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)-webkatalog.html$ /index.php?c=$1
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)-webkatalog.html$ /index.php?s=$1
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)-webkatalog.html$ /index.php?c=$1&s=$2
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)-link-eintragen.html$ /add_url.php?c=$1

PHP:

Find and Replace the following found in index.php

Line 41 :: Find

$category_url = $dir.'index.php?c='.$parent_categories[$x]["id"];

PHP:

Replace With

$category_url = $dir.$parent_categories[$x]["id"].'webkatalog';

PHP:

--------------------------------

Line 60

$replace = array("[CATEGORY_NAME]" => $subcategories[$x]["name"], "[CATEGORY_URL]" => $dir.'index.php?c='.$subcategories[$x]["id"]);

PHP:

Replace With

$replace = array("[CATEGORY_NAME]" => $subcategories[$x]["name"], "[CATEGORY_URL]" => $dir.$subcategories[$x]["id"].'-webkatalog.html');

PHP:

--------------------------------

Line 66

$replace = array("[CATEGORY_NAME]" => $subcategories[$x]["name"], "[CATEGORY_URL]" => $dir.'index.php?c='.$subcategories[$x]["id"]);

PHP:

Replace With

$replace = array("[CATEGORY_NAME]" => $subcategories[$x]["name"], "[CATEGORY_URL]" => $dir.$subcategories[$x]["id"].'-webkatalog.html');

PHP:

--------------------------------
Line 76

$replace = array("[CATEGORY_NAME]" => $current_category["name"], "[SUBMISSION_URL]" => $dir.'add_url.php?c='.$c);

PHP:

Replace With

$replace = array("[CATEGORY_NAME]" => $current_category["name"], "[SUBMISSION_URL]" => $dir.$c.'-link-eintragen.html');

PHP:

--------------------------------

Line 110

if ($c != 1) { $query = "index.php?c=$c"; };
  if (($c != 1) & $s != 1){
    $query .= "&s=$s";
  }elseif ($s != 1){
    $query = "index.php?s=$s";
};

PHP:

Replace With

if ($c != 1) { $query = "$c-webkatalog.html"; };
  if (($c != 1) & $s != 1){
    $query = "$c-$s-webkatalog.html";
  }elseif ($s != 1){
    $query = "$c-$s-webkatalog.html";
};

PHP:

Find and replace the following found in add_url.php

Line 41:

$category_url = $dir.'index.php?c='.$parent_categories[$x]["id"];

PHP:

Replace With

$category_url = $dir.$parent_categories[$x]["id"].'-webkatalog.html';

PHP:

 

Thanks a lot just-4-teens, really appreciate!

It worked for me, checkout www.alldotnet.com

THT: have you made the changes to .htaccess in the folder? I think that should be the way.

 

just deleted my post cos worked out i had to do that

thanks v much

 

The other good thing would be if I can convert category page from "directory_page-#.html" to "directory_page-category_name.html"

I think, this would be charm from SEO perspective.

 

This was missing from the list free directory list:
http://www.dospeixos.net/projects/linker/

It's in Beta stage, but seems very promising.

Needs the mod_write too.

-Kollikissa-

 

glad to help.

im gonna have a mess with the code and see if i can come out with anything.

 

wow ... thanks for the mod. It really helps alot

 

I'm all for a great script, and the mods are great, but guys, take a quick look at the licensing agreement on the bizdirectory script. Perhaps it's the sort of thing that should be PM'd instead of broadcast. I mean the functionality you're addressing here is one of the main drivers for purchase of the registered version.

Im not being an assh@le you understand, it's just probably best off the radar. It's not like the author has never heard of DP

Cheers,

JL

 

maybe someone can edit my thread then (it wont let me) and change it to a mod rewrite is available if you search hard enough?

 

Thanks! I'll add it!

 

I think there may be a new version of Biz Directory out there, as the dynamic to static instructions don't seem to work for me. Of course there exists the strong possiblity of my own mistakes or some kind of conflict with my existing htaccess file. The reason I think it may be a new version is that some of the line number don't match up with the instructions. I was able to find the right sections to find/replace - the line numbers were different that's all.

The directory at hand is located at: http://www.burritoblog.com/mexicanrestaurants/

and my .htaccess looks like this:

RewriteEngine On 
Options +FollowSymlinks 

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^burritoblog.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.burritoblog.com/$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} burritoblog.com$

RewriteRule mexicanrestaurants/index.html$ mexicanrestaurants/index.php [PT]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)-webkatalog.html$ /index.php?c=$1
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)-webkatalog.html$ /index.php?s=$1
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)-webkatalog.html$ /index.php?c=$1&s=$2
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)-link-eintragen.html$ /add_url.php?c=$1 

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .htm .html

Code (markup):

The links don't seem to be overwritten as in the example site provided above. (my links all say http://www.burritoblog.com/mexicanrestaurants/4-webkatalog.html) where 4 is any category number).

Any insight would be appreciated as I've been trying to get this fix to work for quite a few hours now.

 

check your pms

 

just4teens,

thanks for sharing the mod, but i too have trouble implementing it, i may have some errors of my own but just wanna make sure if the curent version available for download supports this mod?

thank you!

 

check with your host whether mod rewrite is turned on.