Comments on: What is a Free Directory? http://www.linkdirectorysoftware.com/2007/07/what-is-a-free-directory/ The Link Directory Software Source for Owners, Developers and Users Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:00:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: LinkDirectorySoftware.com http://www.linkdirectorysoftware.com/2007/07/what-is-a-free-directory/comment-page-1/#comment-6 LinkDirectorySoftware.com Wed, 08 Aug 2007 07:14:04 +0000 http://www.linkdirectorysoftware.com/2007/07/what-is-a-free-directory/#comment-6 Good guidelines, close monitoring, listing approvals, relevant content & links, minimizing total # of outgoing links, on-page SEO, friendly URLs & titles are all ways to improve quality "in-house". The quality of your own backlinks and promotion impacts your listing quality significantly too, which means getting lots of high quality backlinks and building up a name and reputation among other high quality directories. Having some fresh content (via articles, blog, newfeeds, etc.) sounds like a great idea to not only improve the feeling of desertion but to increase search engine indexing and potentially bring natural, relevant search engine traffic. My only warning is to keep it fairly simple and clean. Your directory might have 10 categories, with 1 page per category. Introducing 50+ new pages with a Wordpress blog is going to take the focus *off* the directory - replacing desertion with dilution and confusion! Keep it clean and it could work wonders. :) Good guidelines, close monitoring, listing approvals, relevant content & links, minimizing total # of outgoing links, on-page SEO, friendly URLs & titles are all ways to improve quality “in-house”. The quality of your own backlinks and promotion impacts your listing quality significantly too, which means getting lots of high quality backlinks and building up a name and reputation among other high quality directories.

Having some fresh content (via articles, blog, newfeeds, etc.) sounds like a great idea to not only improve the feeling of desertion but to increase search engine indexing and potentially bring natural, relevant search engine traffic. My only warning is to keep it fairly simple and clean. Your directory might have 10 categories, with 1 page per category. Introducing 50+ new pages with a Wordpress blog is going to take the focus *off* the directory – replacing desertion with dilution and confusion! Keep it clean and it could work wonders. :)

]]> By: Jane http://www.linkdirectorysoftware.com/2007/07/what-is-a-free-directory/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Jane Sat, 04 Aug 2007 12:53:48 +0000 http://www.linkdirectorysoftware.com/2007/07/what-is-a-free-directory/#comment-4 Hi, I've just registered a domain name and want to have a go at running a free directory. You mention the quality of listings. What methods can I use to improve this? I've already thought of setting Guidelines, followed by CLOSE monitoring, with a warning or deletion for listings that don't comply. I'm also wondering if adding a (regularly updated) blog or articles to the front page will combat that 'deserted' feeling that a lot of directories have. Thanks for an interesting site! Cheers, Jane :) Hi,

I’ve just registered a domain name and want to have a go at running a free directory.

You mention the quality of listings.
What methods can I use to improve this?

I’ve already thought of setting Guidelines, followed by CLOSE monitoring, with a warning or deletion for listings that don’t comply.

I’m also wondering if adding a (regularly updated) blog or articles to the front page will combat that ‘deserted’ feeling that a lot of directories have.

Thanks for an interesting site!

Cheers,
Jane :)

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