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You have tried everything to add more monetization methods to your web directory, other than charging for express review: Adding AdSense ads, selling banner ad spaces, selling text link ads, and many more. But there is actually a legitimate way to bring in more revenue from your web directory: Affiliate program. For some reasons, most [...]

Google+ is taking the social media by storm… well, that’s a bit superlative, but you get my point… Google+ is a new Facebook-like social media platform with many (better) differences… such as the ability to add other users to your “cicles” (you can categorize the people you follow) and some other things, including playing games [...]

I asked this question about 3 weeks ago on DigitalPoint forums: When I want to add a web directory on an existing website, should I build it on a sub-domain or sub-folder? Sub-domain example: web-directory.main-site.com Sub-folder example: main.site.com/web-directory The unanimous answer from the forum thread I started: A web directory on an established site should [...]

What separate good web directories from the bad – either free or paid – is their editorial policy. If you want to build a quality web directory, start with your editorial policy – you might want to copy Yahoo!’s terms and conditions for directory listings. Why not DMOZ? Um, well, they do have great editorial [...]

I’ve had a short conversation with one of the authority web directory owners today on a basic but important question: How do you build links for web directory? The answer is rather simplistic but powerful, really. To build a powerful web directory, you only need to acquire quality backlinks and do off-site promotion on web [...]

One of the ways to get backlinks to your web directory is by sponsoring a directory template. Not stopping there, the template should be in high quality and well-promoted. Read on. Directory template sponsorship is basically having your link on a directory template you or others designed. Such link building model is effective because many [...]

Running multiple directories? It is advisable to have each web directory to have different IP block. In doing so, you need to sign up with multiple web hosting accounts, especially with hosting provider offering several IP blocks on the same account. First of all – why should you host your web directories on different IP [...]

If you are in directory business long enough, you’ll realize that building a directory needs a lot of effort. All typically (and recommended to) started as a free web directory, then at certain point transform the directory into paid one. You need to promote your new directory in webmaster forums; you need to build links [...]