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I've got an idea for a directory, which currently hasn't been done before, well kind of. It's something that is done and is popular. I'm just wanting to take in a different direction for a particular 'money-heavy' audience.
Does anyone have any recommendations for any PHP scripts that handle directories well, and are easy to 'skin'.
I'm initially thinking of the "link back to me, and I'll add you to the directory" style to get links up, the eventually charging for promotion/entry/reviews.
How would you promote this type of website as they can be seen as so spammy, would a general email to people I think you be interested be useful? Link Exchanges? -
- CommentAuthorPettyRider
- CommentTimeJun 17th 2007
It's an old model and it probably won't go far. -
I'm aware it's an old model, but it's a specific localised niche market I'm after, not a spammy "everyone-gets-linked-in-the-world" style.
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Isn't this the kind of thing that gets sites banned from search engines? Links for the sake of links? I don't know about anyone else here, but Google's a lot smarter than me, and I'm not ready to have my site banned because it's involved with a link farm.
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- CommentAuthorPettyRider
- CommentTimeJun 17th 2007
but it's a specific localised niche market I'm after
I've heard that justification, too, but it's still old and it's still invaluable. You need more than just links. You need restaurant reviews, news, blogs, etc. You need content. Links are not content. -
I appreciate the comments about the model of my post, but I actually want a directory... I'm not reinventing the wheel - I'll have the "reviews, news, blogs" etc - I have the content, I just need a system to manage links ala a directory script! PHP would be a bonus, just looking for what system people use.
So I'm looking for a directory or a link farm idea - it's a valid reason. Otherwise, DMOZ would be satan.... -
- CommentAuthorPettyRider
- CommentTimeJun 18th 2007
http://www.drupal.org is a good start. -
I've been using http://www.phpmydirectory.com/ for a couple months and it fits my needs. You can edit the templates however you wish. It's table based, but there are "tableless" template available at http://custompmd.com/free-pmd-mods/index.php, although all they really did was change all the TABLEs and TDs to DIVs and strip out the TRs, but it's a better start than the default templates.
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CommentAuthorJamieKnight
- CommentTimeJul 12th 2007
hiya,
the DMOZ is slightly different. it is completly non comercial and it does not require a link exchange. I think you potensionally could have problems with this with google and other search engines. I am pretty sure i once read something about these sorts of things on the webmaster guide on google.
Hope this helps,
^licks^
jammie & lion -
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- CommentAuthordmitryseliv
- CommentTimeJul 12th 2007
This is the best on market directory script I ever used.
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/scripts/glinks/index.htm
Cheers, DS -
Alright, for valand... link farms are different than reciprocal links. I don't know if you remember, but there was a giant realty thing with links going all over the place. Reciprocal links I have found still work, although, one way links are still the best. Recently reciprocal links have been worth less, and I noticed in traffic/pr. Also, the more links you have on a page, the less the link is worth to the other person. Unless you can get some pr6 people linking to your site, you will have almost no rankings I am betting, especially if this is on a new domain.
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How about http://mycoloredlinks.com/ ?
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