[nandini]

Hi GanadlfDir...
I hope I didn`t sounded rude. There are many good reasons to build a directory, but didin`t aggreed with your ideas..

Originally Posted by GandalfDir

Thank for warm welcoming though
When a link is added to your directory you ask onwer of the link to link to your main site - not directory. Thus, you have other sites linking to your main site and as result traffic grows for main site.

I won`t call it a Directory then, Its nothing more than a Link Exchange Program. IMO you have to separate two things.
1.) Whether you are building an entire directory (just like yahoo or dmoz)
2.) Or you are adding functionality(adding link directory) to your main site, for your Link Exchange Program

So if your purpose is to build a link exchange program for your main site.. Then definately you are thinking on right lines.

Originally Posted by GandalfDir

I am not sure if this works with only directories based on aeDirectory but still. When you create a subcategory with some less popular name search engines tend to bring this page in first search results specially google. So as the result you have number of keywords where your directory is one of the fisrt search results. (i believe it is also good to be first with not so popular keywords) - this is to say that directory strcture creates link popularity for it itlself.

There are many namy directories floating on the web. But I don`t usually find inner pages or subcategory pages of more than few directories. Might be aedirectory is an authorithy site.

Originally Posted by GandalfDir

- If you link it properly then all pages of your directory link to your main site. At least this is how i made it with aeDirectory. .

Just put a link in your logo or in footer.. But again I don`t see much benefit in it. Links from many sites are far better than links from one sites.

Originally Posted by GandalfDir

Again first get a page rank for your directory in one PR update, wait for another PR update to get a Pr for inner page, and then again wait for another PR update to get PR to your main site.
Well, from this perspective looking for higher PR is waste of time. Come on, nothing happens instantly in seo things.

I never said stop looking for PR, all I doubted was the usefulness of the idea of building an entire directory to promote one site...
But if you are using your directory for Link building, its entirely an different concept..

Originally Posted by GandalfDir

Right, but with directory all you have to do is simply create a category with non so popular word. You do not have to creat a whole page with unique content.

I think I will go by Jon advice on this

Originally Posted by JohnScott

Having more pages simply for having more pages doesn't make sense to me. If they generate traffic for your website, sure, do it. But otherwise I don't see a benefit.

... But apart from these aedirectory is very useful script, I have seen it, and I really recommended it for both purposes, to build an entire directory or Link Exchange Program.
The only two things which can be improved is its installation, which can be quiet difficult for a non technical person and absense of integrated search engine.