Are Directories Profitble?

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I was thinking of putting a domain to good use. I'm leaning towards setting up a general directory using PHPLD. The market seems flooded with directories any chance for a noob surviving in this area. And who the hell would use directories to do their searching, I cant see it being to profitable unless it's a high page rank site.
 


The market is flooded and Google is smacking them down pretty hard. I wouldnt do that right now personally. There was a big google PR smack about two months ago. Right before this last paid link/blog one.

Umm the directory who--- ummm people are over at DP.
 
There are probably a few directories that are really profitable while 90% aren't. Directories like marketingtool.com bank with their fuckin fees :\
 
I have a few directories but they are really for my own use. I threw up some adsense of them and they bring in a few bucks each a month, nothing special. There are some other benefits to directories, but in themselves, I don't think there's money in new directories.
 
Just checked and it looks like google hit hard the paid directories in last update.. all these used to be pr7 now pr4..

bigweblinks.com
avivadirectory.com
alivedirectory.com


they all have hundreds of thousands of links and quite a lot of $$ invested.. these guys must have lost a lot of $$$ on buying links, because now no one will pay to submit links into pr4 directories heh ;)
 
Yes, there were some directories that got hit, but there are still many that are making decent money. Really, for any idea it is hard to make thousands of dollars per month, but lots of directories are making a in the hundreds. I have a couple that make about $200 each per month, and I spend maybe 2-4 hours per month working on them, though occasionally I get motivated and do a little more than that.
 
One of my directories got pr7 and it's getting a bunch of submissions now. People bidding like $300-$500 for a link, so high PR is pretty much what matters here.
 
Yes, high PR will almost guarantee better sales, as well as the ability to charge more per link, but I know a few that are very popular in their niche that do well without the PR (ot at least not 7)
 
I'd say the vague directories that cater to the entire internet are going downhill unless you think outside the box and innovate away from the sheep.

Otherwise, as it was said, niche directories are more valuable.
 
Do you think it is ok to have a directory that covers the whole US but for a good niche? Or should I try and stick to making it more localized to maybe a state?

or could I do something like state.domain.com for the naming? So I gues that would be a subdomain for each state.... Could that work?
 
Hehe, yes I left DP a while ago and have since become a Mentor on SP (a much better forum). :)
 
sampunk said:
I can see that you are from DP:eek:

Open you eye, there is a world outside of DP:bigear:
Click to expand...


What is DP and who the fuck are you?


I have a pr7 and pr6 directory, never really spent much time on them, just check the earnings once in a while. Makes a few $k/month.

I know some big directories make $50k/month, but that requires lots of investments too, just like in any business.
 
Build it and sell it.

I am always amazed at how many directory sites sell on Sitepoint, and for how much. I've never understood the draw -- there's either something I'm seriously missing or the buyers tend to be moneyed newbs.


Frank
 
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