33 Killer Ways to Increase Your Directory Traffic for Free
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Independent Thoughts - After N10-003 and 642-812, a lot of students don’t go for 70-431 or even 350-030 but instead move on to 220-601 followed by 220-602.
Right promotion is an essential element in building successful directory since no one will submit sites to your directory if nobody knows it. I personally suggest you to attempt all ways that are listed here and get maximum web exposure.
Here is a HUGE list of 33 free ways to increase traffic of your directory:
- Create Buzz. For example, let’s say you are ten years old and you already have a directory. You would become very popular and everyone would want to submit links to your directory. In other words find something interesting about yourself so everyone would like to see your directory.
- Can you create directory templates? If yes then release templates for free and do not forget to include your link in it, that should increase your PR.
- Always validate your directory. If your directory is validated than it will be better indexed by major search engines.
- Create a favicon. It will help your directory to be recognized when it’s bookmarked.
- Always use forum signatures on forums where you participate.
- Become friends with directory owners, so you could help each other out.
- Write articles about directory business and submit them into major articles directories.
- Create unique directory, then your directory will drive traffic with no promotion at all.
- Answer questions on forums or Yahoo answers. Don’t forget to include your directory in answers but do not make it look like old fashioned spam.
- Exchange links with related directories.
- Comment in this blog and leave your directory’s url as a helpful resource.
- Collect email addresses. You can use email addresses to announce major updates of your directory.
- Attempt not to put Adsense or other advertisements since most of you profit should come from selling submissions to your directory.
- Be patient - Directories do not become popular in the first month or so.
- Do not require registration for users who want to submit a link.
- Create a blog and write about something helpful to directory owners.
- Do not promote just your directory in whole. Try to promote different categories and possibly subcategories.
- Use Friendly Urls.
- Use Redirect. Choose whatever to redirect to www. domain.com or domain.com. That’s an important issue since www.domain.com and domain.com are ranked differently.
- Allow Deep Links.
- Announce your directory on major forums.
- Offer featured links for free for a short period of time.
- Work on your directory for at least an hour per day.
- Create unique directory structure. Do not use category dumps or search engines will classify your directory as duplicated content.
- Stumble, Stumble, Stumble. Stumble for others and others will stumble for you.
- Put your Url at the back of your car. Just imagine how many people see your car per day.
- Love what you are doing and everything else will come.
- Keep your directory as a helpful resource not as a money making machine.
- Increase your online reputation. As your reputation will increase the number of submissions will increase as well.
- Create brand, funny and easy to remember directory name.
- Think Long-term. It’s really important to think long-term while promoting and building your directory.
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DTanga said:
Wow! That is an absolutely amazing post! Keep up the good work, I learned some stuff from this.
May 6th, 2007 at 4:27 pm -
Premium Net said:
Some nice ideas. I especially agree about no registrations.
Also actually approve or reject listings. Word gets round when you just ignore the free submissions.
May 6th, 2007 at 8:49 pm -
Chetan said:
Thanks for sharing this good article buddy!
All the tips and easy to understand and straight forward.
May 6th, 2007 at 10:05 pm -
1st Choice Search said:
Some very good comments well done
May 7th, 2007 at 1:07 am -
George said:
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Collect email addresses. You can use email addresses to announce major updates of your directory.
—And piss off everyone you send “junk” email too.
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Put your Url at the back of your car. Just imagine how many people see your car per day.
—Don’t have a car maybe slap bumper sticks on the buses!
May 7th, 2007 at 7:45 am -
Bloggeries said:
Very helpful. Thanks alot!
May 7th, 2007 at 8:23 am -
bested said:
I’ve been trying to decide whether or not I should make a blog or a directory… now after reading this, it makes me think I should include a blog and a directory.
May 7th, 2007 at 2:18 pm -
Loredan said:
Thank you for the article. Very helpful!
May 7th, 2007 at 6:28 pm -
Jeoru said:
Very nice tips to increase directory traffic!
May 8th, 2007 at 12:47 am -
Jez said:
Yeah! Fantastic Post i luved it
May 8th, 2007 at 5:28 am -
andrew coates said:
Very good post
Thanks
May 8th, 2007 at 5:31 am -
harmu.com said:
great, those are some really very useful tips, yes yahoo answers is a good place, also i like most of your other tips and i actually do that pretty much regularly,
May 10th, 2007 at 3:49 am -
Manuel said:
“Attempt not to put Adsense or other advertisements since most of you profit should come from selling submissions to your directory.”
Your are absolutely right! I noticed, that the clickrate on adsense ads on directories is almost zero.
May 10th, 2007 at 8:04 am -
Dexter Zaf said:
Nice article. Only thing is my link directory is free not a paid submission so I have to put Adsense in there.
May 11th, 2007 at 3:39 pm -
Chris said:
Hi,
I agree with you! Great tips.
May 11th, 2007 at 8:28 pm -
junaid said:
Nice composition… good work
May 16th, 2007 at 1:40 pm -
Sam said:
Great information, wil try them out.
May 17th, 2007 at 9:19 am -
Abaculus said:
This is pure concentrated directory knowledge. Great post!
Thanks. I think each directory owner must print this and hand it on the wall over his PC.June 21st, 2007 at 6:35 am -
Askq8 said:
A helpful topic for all
June 30th, 2007 at 3:18 pm -
dynn said:
very usefull resources.
July 21st, 2007 at 10:42 pm -
Icons said:
Nice article,thanks for share
August 4th, 2007 at 2:16 pm -
WengChun said:
Some good tips, thanx
August 4th, 2007 at 7:16 pm -
Dhruv said:
Article is really very very nice..its really worth to read the same..
August 5th, 2007 at 3:04 am -
pctec said:
The only thing I don’t agree with is mass emailing people… Most people consider it spam and will block your email address. Great article otherwise
August 5th, 2007 at 8:38 am -
busybits said:
I like the yahoo answers idea.
August 5th, 2007 at 12:14 pm -
Derek said:
Thanks for the great tips. Keep them coming for all us directory owners.
August 5th, 2007 at 4:57 pm -
Travel Freak said:
Great tips for the first-time directory builder.
August 6th, 2007 at 5:06 am -
wamchu said:
This is very good list for the starter. Some of the directory got hundreds of thousands back link so quickly. How do they get so many link in very short period of time.
August 24th, 2007 at 11:14 am -
Link Directory said:
I had not thought of adding a blog. That makes me think I should not have made the directory on the front page. I probably should have put it under a directory folder.
September 6th, 2007 at 2:15 pm -
Adrian said:
That is what I have been doing. But I am working little harder for it because my directory is little new. I work about 3 hours per day for my directory and getting better each day.
So thanks for the great suggestions.Adrian
October 2nd, 2007 at 11:29 pm -
Fredy MOKO said:
Thanks for the great tips.
October 3rd, 2007 at 1:50 am -
hamid said:
Very nice and really too much helpfull and all and learn alot more thing like stumble, car add ad try to love your work ,anyway very helpful tips.
December 9th, 2007 at 3:13 pm -
Naif said:
Great article. I am going to bookmark this. Its unfortune I dont own a car though. And I would like to make a recommendation. Looks are important for directories. So those who are serious about running a directory should consider getting a unique design for their directory(ies). And it would be great if you could write an article which covers pricing. I see many new directory owners have problems choosing a right and reasonable price
December 20th, 2007 at 3:07 pm -
Larry said:
I just started my new directory and I have read alot of how to’s for directory owners. I do have to say this is at the top of my list and it should be for others. Thanks for all the info.
December 27th, 2007 at 12:37 pm -
david said:
good tip i will try it
i am new webmaster of directory
thanksJanuary 16th, 2008 at 8:56 am -
access-funds said:
first thing i did was to validate it….and sure enough its was coded wrong
- took me 2 mins to recode.hey thanks for the tips and a special thanks for the first one!!!
January 20th, 2008 at 4:28 pm -
Genious said:
nice tips, really helpfull.
thanks for sharing
January 31st, 2008 at 5:21 pm -
Fear said:
I like all of them but specially this one,
Comment in this blog and leave your directory?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s url as a helpful resource.
That is why i’m leaving the comment for you
February 2nd, 2008 at 6:58 am -
Reminder said:
Nice article gonna try the most of then.
Thanks
February 27th, 2008 at 5:51 am -
Personal Directory said:
Wow. I’ll try everything except put my url on the back of my car. Not recommended for aggressive driver like me
March 23rd, 2008 at 1:54 pm -
Night-Directory said:
Nice Article!! A lot of good info.
March 29th, 2008 at 8:50 am -
gout said:
great listing….. I like your description and explain above…. many alternatif ways to increase traffic…thank you
April 10th, 2008 at 3:07 am -
NoWares Hosting said:
Very nice tips and advice.
Another great tip for building link backs is to offer charity sites a donation for a hard link.
They are more likely to accept than other mainstream sites.
April 11th, 2008 at 1:02 am -
John said:
Excellent Post - Makes lots of Sense. Its a hard thing to do but I believe one hour per day on a website DOES work to improve rankings and traffic.
April 30th, 2008 at 2:38 am -
Auto said:
A great source for information!
May 9th, 2008 at 12:28 pm -
nir said:
very nice post, i have a new directory and i will do all the things you said
May 19th, 2008 at 8:50 am -
linkdor said:
Very nice tips, useful links too, thanks. But as for not requiring registration to post a link I don’t think it would be possible with my script, this disables spam too. I’ll include this article in my blog, and will link back to you. It would be a great info for my visitors, thanks again.
June 7th, 2008 at 10:29 am -
usman said:
Wow nice post!!!
I like the part about being a ten year old!!! That probaly would work lol!!
June 11th, 2008 at 8:25 pm -
websubmits said:
Yes this is really helpful for directory owners. I have also a better concept to stand out unique that i will review all submissions at my directory within 48hours!
July 1st, 2008 at 4:22 am -
ContactUSA said:
Very nicely done. This should help many people to get their act together.
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:39 pm -
pyyrochuck said:
good tips, always looking for ways to increase traffic.
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:10 pm -
Mel said:
This is a great site, has been very helpful to me. Also some good tips above
Thanks
-MelAugust 10th, 2008 at 11:46 am -
kamal said:
Very good informations especially at point “Comment in this blog and leave your directory?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s url as a helpful resource”.
So i do it!August 17th, 2008 at 11:28 am -
The Green Republic said:
Thanks for that, great tips as usual!
August 20th, 2008 at 2:47 am -
pyrochuck said:
Lots of great tips, had been thinking of starting of starting a directory this helps making a decision a lot easier.
August 22nd, 2008 at 10:06 pm -
wordbywordhut.com said:
The thing is directories must be profesionally build, otherwise it doesn’t give credibility, people would leave as soon as they come
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:23 am -
Sandra said:
I think the major thing with directories is quality and uniqueness of content. Thank you for your list of great tips!
November 23rd, 2008 at 4:57 pm
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