10 Reasons Why Nobody Submits Featured Listing To Your Directory
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Have you ever wondered why you receive about 100 pending links and none of them can be classified as featured listing? Or even worse when you receive no pending links at all? If yes, I am sure most of directory owners out there have asked that question at some point of time, then this article is designed especially for you, my dear readers. Furthermore, this article summarizes top 10 reasons why your directory is not receiving featured listing.
- Bad First Impression. The first impression is very important factor that determines if a visitor submits featured listing or not. In the first 10 seconds, you need to impress your visitor by using premium templates mods and other directory features. As a matter of fact, if any visitor doesn?｢どｨび｢t decide to submit featured listing in the short period of time then it?｢どｨび｢s highly impossible for him to submit any sites later.
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Directories?｢どｨび｢ Page Rank is not sufficient. No body wants to submit sites to directories with pr of 0. It?｢どｨび｢s like you are asking submitters to pay but you are not offering them anything back. It?｢どｨび｢s worth noticing that there is an exception to this reason. The exception occurs when a visitor sees potential in your directory.
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Submitters never see any advertisements of your directory. If a submitter has never seen any ads of your directory then he is not confident in your directory enough to submit links. When you are advertising your directory, it?｢どｨび｢s like you are saying to potential submitter that I am serious about my directory and you should submit some links since it?｢どｨび｢s getting some traffic and pr from the advertisements.
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Nobody has every heard about your directory. If nobody knows that you have a directory then how do you except to receive submissions? Only by telling you friends that you have directory, promoting it on forums, submitting to other quality directories you ensure that your directory can be noticed by potential submitters.
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Your directory is like other ten thousand directories on the web. Make your directory look differently; apply more directory features, offer different types of submissions. In other words, create something unique so everyone will want to experience it. By being unique, you will ensure that visitor remembers your directory and might come back and more importantly submit some links.
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Directory template is used by other thousand directories. If you have a directory template that?｢どｨび｢s used by everyone else then visors will judge your directory as simply a clone and never will submit any links.
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Submissions price is not matched with directory quality. Offer featured listing at a reasonable price. If your directory is new and has no value then don?｢どｨび｢t accept users to pay $50 per link.
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Submitters are not satisfied with the results. When you promote your directory well, then it might not require any promotion at all since it will promote itself. A perfect example is when submitters recommend submitting links to your directory to their friends.
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Directory doesn?｢どｨび｢t target the right audience. Chose carefully where you promote your directory. Try to promote it on webmaster related portals.
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Directory is not listed on Directory Kit?｢どｨび｢s Strongest Directories list. It?｢どｨび｢s that simple, no one will submit any links unless your directory is listed on the list. I am just joking?｢どｨｬｶ, but seriously if your site is not listed on any lists such as Aviva?｢どｨび｢s Strongest Directories List then there is less chance that your directory will get noticed and thus receive featured submissions.
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Syed Balkhi said:
absolutely right, you made some quality comments there. Even though free templates are good, but it is recommended that you get a new design. Also must target the right users. Your points were pretty much right on the head of the nail.
-Syed
May 16th, 2007 at 7:52 pm -
Matt said:
11, Google are cracking down on paid links. Especially unrelated ones.
May 17th, 2007 at 3:42 am -
Dexter Zaf said:
Very true, especially the template part. 90% of directories I’ve seen look exactly the same. I wanna see a more unique style directory aka web 2.0
May 17th, 2007 at 5:12 pm -
SEO Reloaded said:
All the tips are absolutely correct.
Also, another reason could be that the directory does not have proper categories and sub-categories. If the directly has a proper directory structure, with lots of sub-categories, people will be willing to pay for a link in a niche category which will have only very few links in it.
May 21st, 2007 at 5:19 am -
rakib khan said:
Nice and wonderful article. Every directory owner will benefit from it.
July 15th, 2007 at 1:31 pm -
Web Resources said:
A neat little article. I agree with Rakib, every directory owner should take note.
March 7th, 2008 at 10:51 am -
linkbidguide said:
that was a very useful article. I run mostly link bid sites but can apply most of the tips to those directories as well.
July 17th, 2008 at 9:25 am -
wordbywordhut.com said:
Directories should be more specialized, no use listing in directories where there are like 100000 links, your would hardly be found, even if it’s a paid listing
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:17 am -
Sandra said:
Another fine article which will benefit every owner. I also agree with wordbywordhut that directories should be more specialized. Thank you!
November 23rd, 2008 at 5:07 pm
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