Well, It’s Halloween. So why not check out some Halloween-related Directory listings?
First off, there’s the Halloween Directory itself:
Then there’s Halloween listings at:
Classifieds1000 and of course…
I’m sure there are a lot more. Anybody know of anymore actual Halloween-themed directories?
I stumbled across this link for “Search Engine Colossus” today, which is a directory of directories and search engines organized by country. It’s not the prettiest thing in the world to look at, but the organization of search engines and directories by country might prove useful for some.
The country list is pretty extensive, and there are quite a few listings within them. If you have a directory or search engine, it looks like a good place to submit to, and if you would like to find directories or search engines specific to your region, it is good for that as well.
I’m not sure if they offer paid listings or not, but it looks like they probably make most of their money from display ads, as they are littered throughout the site. The ads appear to be mostly for directories though, so perhaps those are their paid listings.
Shimon Sandler has an interesting post on “Factors of a Quality Web Directory”.
Within that posts, he cites some particular factors to look for:
1) Quantity of Inbound links.
2) Quality of Inbound links.
3) Age of Domain.
4) Topical relevancy to your site.
5) Human-edited is better than automated-based.(editorial control = quality).
6) How frequently the directory gets crawled…( check the Google cache).
7) The directory itself ranks in the Search Engines. (this can be a sign of authority, and can drive clickthrough traffic).
He seems pretty high on BOTW.
All of you Squidoo users might find this list helpful. It’s from Squidoo themselves, and points to a number of directories and social sites that are “Squidoo-friendly”, so you can get people to find your Squiddo lenses by submitting them.
- Squidom
- Squoogle Article Link Directory
- Squidoo Directory – SquidUtils
- Squiddit
- Suidtop
For those of you unfamiliar with Squidoo, it is basically a place where you can build pages by adding links from sponsors related to what you are interested in, and get paid money. It was founded by Seth Godin.
Chad Sweely has been with WebProNews publisher iEntry since 2007, and is the main editor of the eBusiness Directory at directory.webpronews.com.
This blog is the companion piece to that directory, and is meant to keep users updated with current happenings that involve it, as well as other insight and observations.