How to improve quality of your directory

[temi]

Google and other search engines seem to dislike basic directory. One with just links and no useful contents. Here are some tips I think one can use to enahance a directory. Please add your suggestion to this thead:

1. Contents of about 200-400 words at the begining of each category (see deeplylinked.com for what I mean)
2. Unique categories (don't just use the category creation dump script owner provides)
3. Have only absolutely necessary categories, creating lots of empty category is not good.

 

[Bagi Zoltán]

4. Create static keyword rich hypened URLs
5. Attach a blog for improving the content of the site if it's possible
6. Try to get links from high authority domains

 

[maldives]

Use RSS feeds to refresh the content daily.

 

[temi]

Use RSS feeds to refresh the content daily.

And how do you do this maldives?

 

[OldWelshGuy]

Internet Marketing and SEO « Internet « Deeplylinked.com | Deep Link Directory

this will give you an idea of what Temi meant by adding content. Sadly once again deeply linked was hacked, and we had to get stuck in to cleaning it up again.

As of NOW and because of the crap we have had submitted, deeply linked is now paid only. Anyone here who wanted inclusion however can pm me their details and I will review the PAGE and add it if it is good enough and not in too full an area.

 

[temi]

OWG,
But what has being hacked go to do with switching to paid model?

 

[temi]

OWG,
But what has being hacked go to do with switching to paid model?

Yes, the example you gave or contents before listing is what I am talking about.
Its brilliant.

 

[mrcrowley]

Submitted sites in my sig some time ago and they where rejected. I *did* submit deep links.

 

[OldWelshGuy]

The Tenerife one would have been rejected as it is framed, so the internal pages are showing the same URL.

Not sure why the Directory was nuked though possibly not in the right category.

To Temi:
But what has being hacked go to do with switching to paid model.........

I have provided the service at much time and effort for over a year, at no cost to anyone. Idiots keep submitting crap page or homepages and I was constantly getting abusive and threatening em,ails because we were rejecting sites. Then for the second time it got hacked. It got hacked because it was taking do much time to deal with the crap, that we delayed updating the script.

SO.. no more free, just paid means less time dealing with idiots and aggressive people, and more time doing what I enjoy best. Sadly many have lost out because of the actions of a few. But such is the web.

 

[temi]

Now I see the thinking behind it

 

[OldWelshGuy]

Saddens me really, but it now means I have to spend a lot of time/money to sort it all out

 

[mrcrowley]

The Tenerife one would have been rejected as it is framed, so the internal pages are showing the same URL.

I nearly had a heart atack thought someone stole my domain.

Just noticed i had mispellt the url in in my sig... i missed a - char out of the url and it was leading to someone elses site... :mad2:

It was linked to letsgotenerife.com my site is letsgo-tenerife.com

My sites not framed or using redirects either...
:taz:

 

[OldWelshGuy]

ok then pm me 2 urls for each site together with descriptions and links to the categories on deeply linked, and I will sort it for you.

 

[LinkHunter]

If you are switching to a PAID link service, I wouldn't have the word Paid, Purchase Links, or Buy anywhere in the site!! After the articles and rumors as of last week about Matt Cutts and Google, those directories and link services are going to get the PR crucified by Goog fer sure!!

 

[mrcrowley]

Thanks for the offer owg i sent you the pm and added some rep (yay it let me!).

I think owg know what he is doing... he is a very wise one...

 

[temi]

After the articles and rumors as of last week about Matt Cutts and Google, those directories and link services are going to get the PR crucified by Goog fer sure!!

Do you have the url of the article? are this new articles or this one : Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: More ways for you to give us input

 

[OldWelshGuy]

If you are switching to a PAID link service, I wouldn't have the word Paid, Purchase Links, or Buy anywhere in the site!! After the articles and rumors as of last week about Matt Cutts and Google, those directories and link services are going to get the PR crucified by Goog fer sure!!

Thanks for that pearl of wisdom

In that case then Google must ban Yahoo! directory as that is paid only. Oh Hang on Google RECOMMEND that directory

Paying $5 for the inclusion of a url is not buying links. you cna NOT buy links at Deeply linked, you buy a review. WE decide what happens after that.

Anyhow it is a non issue really