Have you ever thought about the price you have to pay to have your site listed on a directory? Is it a fair price? Is it too much? On this article we will try to find the right prices for submissions to directories according to the PR of the page the listing appears on, and in comparison to prices for text links. We are also going to look at the advantages and disadvantages of a directory listing when compared to a text link.
Everybody is talking about strong directories. What is a strong directory? Many people define “strong directory” as a directory which simply has a high PR (>5) for its homepage and also a nice PR for its inner pages. But it takes more than just that for a directory to be considered “strong”. In this article we will try to explain what a directory needs to be a strong one. And it needs a lot of things and quite some time before it can claim the title. Read the rest of this entry »
Genuine Paid Directory web directory, is a newly launched web directory. In less than five months time, it attained a PR 5 for its homepage and also got some pretty decent PR for its inner pages. It was placed second on our best newcomer directory contest, tied with bqtm directory This could only be achieved through heavy marketing and a lot of time investment from the webmaster. Read the rest of this entry »
So you have finished building your directory and now it’s time to start building up your backlinks.
This is a very important part of running a directory business and it must never end.
Although many other sites don’t need a high PR, a successful directory needs one. In fact this is the most valuable characteristic of a directory nowadays. Link building is also the most expensive part of directory business. It’s very easy to spend your money, while investing it may take some effort. What you will read here is a guide to help you “invest” your money, not just spend it. Read the rest of this entry »
BQTM web directory was placed second after our voting for the best newcomer directory. Let’s see what it has to offer.
BQTM was launched only a few months ago and what we were impressed by was not only it gained a PR 4 for its homepage, but also it gained an even higher PR (PR 5) for some of its categories. This is a proof of the work that has been done on link building (our check at Widexl returned a total of 15544 backlinks - Pretty good), adding value to all submitted links. Read the rest of this entry »
About two weeks ago we announced a contest that was going to be about the best newcomer directory of the first half of 2007. Just a few days ago the procedure was finished, and the voting has announced a winner. This is Einternetindex directory.
The first impression someone gets is a nice design, original, above all, which provides easy navigation through the directory. As someone starts doing so, he can see that every top category is followed by a content rich article, along with the subcategories. This will help a lot the directory’s ranking on search engines, bringing enough traffic thus giving value to all links listed there. Read the rest of this entry »
We now have the final results of the voting that was organized in order to decide for the best newcomer directory of the first half of 2007.
From our side we have to say a big thank you to all people who voted, and competed. We had some very good directories in this contest, and we realized that many people are working hard and it shows. It surely takes a lot to step out of the crowd, and only a few will manage to achieve this. Some are just on their way there.
Let’s jump to the results: Read the rest of this entry »
We are happy to announce that the voting time is closing by.
Please read our rules before voting. This rules are also posted on our forum, on this thread.
- You must vote 5 of the directories listed.
- Just post the urls. No reason or comment needed.
- Vote on your own will. Do not try to contact other owners to make an agreement.
- Votes will be counted on Monday 25th of June 2007.
- First three directories will receive a free review on our blog, they will be added to our Complete Directory List, if they are not already there and they will be distinguished by a different color.
Also announcements will be made to DP. Read the rest of this entry »
We have collected a number of newly launched directories and we are ready to step forward to the presentation step. During this phase all owners of the competing directories will start presenting their directories, by talking about what their directories has to offer, along with their future plans and potential. Other people who want to take place in this competition can simply state their opinion about any one of the competing directories. Please take some time to visit as many directories as you can, in order to have a full view of the competition.
This phase will last at least two days and this time can be expanded if needed, so that everyone will have a chance to write his/her opinion.
All competing directories are listed on our forum, on this thread.
Feel free to register and take place in this competition.
Good luck to all competitors.
What is this? This is going to be a contest about the best, wholest, best services offered, etc new directory. We will gather some of the best newly created directories around and then we will present them to you so that you can decide which one is the best.
The only restriction is that all directories must have been through only one PR update, meaning that they should have been created after January 2007. Read the rest of this entry »