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Old 04-19-2007, 04:21 PM How to optimize a directory site?
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Hello everyone,

I was wondering if I could get some tips and ideas on how to optimize my new blog directory website (www.blogized.com). Any info would be helpful!

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Old 04-19-2007, 04:44 PM Re: How to optimize a directory site?
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For starters, lose the Text-Link-Ads-Ads. That thing is just asking for trouble, especially if and when big G clamps down on it. (Sooner or later, they have to.)

For seconds, the more of a quality directory you build, the better you'll do as far as search engines go. By listing as many of the good blogs as possible out there, you'll show that you're a resource worth looking at (right now, you don't have that many).

Your major issue, though, is navigation...specifically, how does one go about adding a blog on this site? First I have to be a member. I can't even find the registration link to fill out the form to be a member so that I can log in to add a blog. Personally, I'd just lose the whole registration part outright...if I can't figure it out, and I'm pretty smart, then it's overly complicated.
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Old 04-19-2007, 04:52 PM Re: How to optimize a directory site?
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Ok, I've made it so that visitors can add their blog without registering.. I was messing around with it the other day trying to figure things out and must have turned it off.. so thank you for bringing that to my attention.

What is the best way to get those quality blogs listed? Should I just add them myself?

I'm off to take off the Text Ads...
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Old 04-20-2007, 03:35 AM Re: How to optimize a directory site?
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What is the best way to get those quality blogs listed? Should I just add them myself?
Yes, with the owner's permission. That's not legally required, but it's good form. You should take some of the best blogs out there, and give them premium membership. That won't actually cost you anything, but it will make the best entries the most visible. They'll owe you a favor for the traffic, but people browsing your directory will discover some new sites that are well above average, and see your directory as a valuable resource because of it.
Note: I don't have a blog, so I'm not eligible for your directory. I'm not trying to grab a freebie here.
You should also put together an email with a few SEO tips for a specific page, and suggest that a site owner could find a link or two for their directory listing. That would obviously help your directory ( "deep links" also pass value to the domain itself, Google says ), but it would also let those pages pass more linkjuice onn to the webmaster's site.

If you can do that without encouraging spam, it would be a win/win situation.
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