According to Wikipedia a web directory is a directory on the World Wide Web that specializes in linking to other web sites and categorizing those links. Web directories often allow site owners to submit their site for inclusion. Editors review submissions for fitness.

Probably the most famous web directories are Yahoo and DMOZ.org and rightly so. But they aren’t the only directories and there is room for more. Yahoo charge $299 for express inclusion in their directory and it is also possible for you to make money from a directory.

There are two types of web directory, general directories (like mine www.glowdir.com and dirstop.com) as well as niche directories. A niche directory is one that focuses on specific areas on the web. I have a niche directory for Media, News and PR. So your first decision is what type of directory do you want, general or niche. If you have a passion or a hobby then I would suggest making a niche directory about that. Your audience is smaller, but it is well known and your competition is smaller. If you want a general directory then you have a lot of competition but your potential customers are all the web users in the world!

What makes a directory popular. If you want to start charing sums like Yahoo for inclusion in your directory you need to have two things: traffic and page rank. The more visitors you have to your web directory the more exposure each included site gets. The higher your page rank the greater the importance put on each link in your directory by the search engines.

So what do you need to do, here is a list:

1. Download a free directory script like PHPLD
2. Get a template to make it look unique
3. Advertise you directory (in forums, in your blog etc) and get link submissions
4. Build back links to your site (that is other sites linking to you)
5. When your popularity rises you can start charging for inclusion.
6. Add Google Adsense adverts to your site to increase revenue.

Good luck!

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Recently I decided to open a social bookmarking site. Good Sites is the place where you can share, bookmark, discover, web content promoted by you or others. We are here to provide a place where people determine the value of the content submitted.

Everything here is submitted by our community (that’s you), and other people see it, and vote what they like best. The most voted submissions will stay the home page and on the sidebar on Top 10, so all the visitors can see them, and check them out.

Check it out: Good Sites – Share, Bookmark, Discover!

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Would you like to be a Directory Tycoon like this Directory Tycoon – Premium Paid Directory? If the answer is Yes, then it is worth checking out what other directories like Web Link House Directory and Top Bid Links – Bidding Directory doing on its own directory and having its own unique way of attracting visitors to list their sites in.The quality lies on the editor to edit manually the sites submitted on the directory. Thus creating a clean and optimized for search engine directories. Rankings can also be based on bidding like what topbidlinks.com is on. With a starting bid of $5, you are guaranteed a spot in our directory! Increase your bid to take a top position, and not only will your link list higher in the directory, but you could join our Top 15 Link Leaders on the homepage.

Search, listing and navigation to categories and listed sites are some common factors on building directories that can create impact on the directory world of sites. The directories above are one those that suit as an example.

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With online dating continuing it's amazing growth this year, it can be tricky for users to decide which dating website they should use. Thankfully this online dating comparison service takes the risk away by reviewing most the available UK dating websites. The site has taken into account the important factors that people are looking for when deciding which dating website to use. For example, number of members, ration of males to females, ease of use and cost. So if you want to find the best dating website around, check out this dating website directory.

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One of the best way to get the search engines to start visiting your site regularlyand get new visitors is to get listed in a good directory. There are many different directories available on the internet and you could spend a couple of weeks fulltime trying to submit to them all without even finishing a fraction of all that are available. It is therefore important to carefully plan which categories you should submit to get the best result possible from the time you spend on submitting to different directories.

Directories also come in many different forms and topics. Most directories accept most types of sites that are submitted to them and they then also have a lot of sites submitted to them. It sometimes can be very difficult to go through these directories trying to find what you are looking for as there are so many different sites submitted. Other directories are tried to limit themselves to a special niche. It could as an example is a directory that is only accepting submissions from sports sites or about bakery. There are as many different topics as there as sites. It is usually a good idea to submit to the directories that are for a special topic as if people are looking for bakery sites it is very likely that they would visit an bakery directory to find some different bakery sites. One of the most common niche among directories is the business niche. Lately a lot of sites are aiming at companies and businesses to submit there sites to the directory.

One of the best directories that are available on the internet today is the Wamchu which has a lot of different topics when it comes to business. Among some of the most popular topics we see the Design and Printing directory, Apparel directory, Mobile Phones directory and Bridal Shops directory. If you have a site within these topics then it is an really good idea to submit your site to the Wamchu directory. If you also have an web related company we suggest you hurry up and submit your site also before one of your competitors take more potential customers from you. If in any other business related topics and niches then submitting to the Wamchu can help your business get number one in your field.

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