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highlander
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Having set up a general directory a few years back, have noticed its a no-win situation.
General directories won't send significant traffic, it's been said time and time again. The facts are:
Only webmasters buy from them
Webmasters only search them to locate more directories
Little to nothing to entice the user
Fees can be very expensive, only to deliver debatable results
The same directory arguments get repeated again and again, and will change nothing.
A very difficult business model to make work
Many only ever achieve very minor success
Too time-consuming, and much effort needed for little to zero reward
Few are promoted
Usually set up for Adsense
The owners are young, inexperienced and have no operating budget
Secretly, there's no money in this, directories won't make you into a millionaire, and it's largely a waste of time, money and effort - also too many doing the same thing - so zero uniqueness to sell the directory concept.
General directories won't send significant traffic, it's been said time and time again. The facts are:
Only webmasters buy from them
Webmasters only search them to locate more directories
Little to nothing to entice the user
Fees can be very expensive, only to deliver debatable results
The same directory arguments get repeated again and again, and will change nothing.
A very difficult business model to make work
Many only ever achieve very minor success
Too time-consuming, and much effort needed for little to zero reward
Few are promoted
Usually set up for Adsense
The owners are young, inexperienced and have no operating budget
Secretly, there's no money in this, directories won't make you into a millionaire, and it's largely a waste of time, money and effort - also too many doing the same thing - so zero uniqueness to sell the directory concept.
