Global Search Directory http://blog.globalsearchdirectory.com Blog for Global Search Directory - a low cost/free Links Directory Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:57:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Top Level Submissions Disabled http://blog.globalsearchdirectory.com/2008/11/12/top-level-submissions-disabled/ http://blog.globalsearchdirectory.com/2008/11/12/top-level-submissions-disabled/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:57:09 +0000 admin http://blog.globalsearchdirectory.com/?p=22 I have recently been working hard on updating the structure of the directory and have added a lot of new subcategories to make it easier for site visitors to find the information they need. Because of this I have decided to disallow links submissions to top level categories.

To explain this further the top level categories at the moment are:

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Business and Economy
  • Computers and Internet
  • etc. etc

An Example:

You can no longer submit your link to Arts and Humanities (http://www.globalsearchdirectory.com/Arts___Humanities/), but must choose a category below this, such as Visual Arts (http://www.globalsearchdirectory.com/Arts___Humanities/Visual_Arts/) or another one such as Design Art, Literature etc.

This helps me as I don’t have to go editing too many new submissions. Thanks.

]]> http://blog.globalsearchdirectory.com/2008/11/12/top-level-submissions-disabled/feed/ Traffic to the Directory Has Rocketed!! http://blog.globalsearchdirectory.com/2008/07/23/traffic-to-the-directory-has-rocketed/ http://blog.globalsearchdirectory.com/2008/07/23/traffic-to-the-directory-has-rocketed/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:25:09 +0000 admin http://blog.globalsearchdirectory.com/?p=17 Alexa Traffic Rank ChartI’m pleased to say that traffic to the Directory has really grown massively over the last few weeks, with a steady increase week by week. Using data about the site from the Alexa ranking system it shows that the Traffic Ranking is currently 455,645. That might not sound great really but when you consider that only a few weeks ago it was over 2 million, you can see that traffic has really grown.

So, what can I conclude from this? Rather than blowing my own trumpet and saying ‘well done’, I can conclude that this growth is due in part to: Ongoing Link Building - the rather tedious process of looking for link exchanges, reciprocal links and listings in Web Directories is vital in building traffic and Link Popularity. So, if you are finding this hard and boring all I can say is keep going! It’s hard work but it pays off. Lastly, don’t get complacent and think that you have arrived. I don’t want my ranking to stay at 455,645.

Graph of Alexa Traffic rank in other countries

]]> http://blog.globalsearchdirectory.com/2008/07/23/traffic-to-the-directory-has-rocketed/feed/ Before Submitting a Link, Please Read Guidelines http://blog.globalsearchdirectory.com/2008/07/08/before-submitting-a-link-please-read-guidelines/ http://blog.globalsearchdirectory.com/2008/07/08/before-submitting-a-link-please-read-guidelines/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:42:02 +0000 admin http://blog.globalsearchdirectory.com/?p=16 Lately I have been getting a lot of submissions to the directory of deep links, eg. somedomain.com/page2.htm.

Please read the Guidelines carefully before you submit as your link will only get deleted (unless I consider it to be a really interesting link and decide to edit it to include the top level domain only, in which case I will do so and you can get a refund if that’s not what you want).

Also, to clarify something. Subdomains may be accepted. These are often used by Blogs, Forums and Directories, all of which I am very keen to have listed in the directory.

Thanks for listening!

]]> http://blog.globalsearchdirectory.com/2008/07/08/before-submitting-a-link-please-read-guidelines/feed/ ‘Site of the Day’ Feature http://blog.globalsearchdirectory.com/2008/06/22/site-of-the-day-feature/ http://blog.globalsearchdirectory.com/2008/06/22/site-of-the-day-feature/#comments Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:21:50 +0000 admin http://blog.globalsearchdirectory.com/?p=15 I have just added a new feature to the directory. This displays a site picked at random from the database on the home page of the directory. The site ‘Mod’ was developed by the good people at Directory Share

Why did I add this? It’s just another way of giving a bit of exposure to some of the very interesting sites listed in the directory and also gives you more reason to add your site or blog as it could be YOUR SITE that gets featured tomorrow!!! You know what they say “You can’t win it if you’re not in it”. Well, nothing to win but if you’re not in the directory your site can’t get noticed by the thousands of visitors that view it each month.

And as if that’s not a good enough plug I’ll be adding some others Mods in a while.

]]> http://blog.globalsearchdirectory.com/2008/06/22/site-of-the-day-feature/feed/ More detailed statistics for links http://blog.globalsearchdirectory.com/2008/05/24/more-detailed-statistics-for-links/ http://blog.globalsearchdirectory.com/2008/05/24/more-detailed-statistics-for-links/#comments Sat, 24 May 2008 01:04:20 +0000 admin http://blog.globalsearchdirectory.com/?p=14 I have added the Link Popularity Widget Mod v 1.2 to the directory. This allows you to see information about a link in the directory, such as Alexa ranking, number of pages indexed by Google, Yahoo and MSN. It also shows if the site is indexed in the DMOZ or Yahoo directories. You can see more about the Mod at www.trsites.com/articles/article-20.html, and download it if you run a Directory site powered by PHPLink Directory.

You can see this information when you click the ‘detail’ link of a specific site in the directory. This is important information if you are considering contacting a site for reciprocal linking or advertising as you will be able to see which sites are getting high levels of traffic.

]]> http://blog.globalsearchdirectory.com/2008/05/24/more-detailed-statistics-for-links/feed/ New Blog http://blog.globalsearchdirectory.com/2008/05/02/new-blog/ http://blog.globalsearchdirectory.com/2008/05/02/new-blog/#comments Fri, 02 May 2008 21:34:44 +0000 admin http://blog.globalsearchdirectory.com/?p=3 Global Search Directory now has its own blog dedicated to informing you of updates to the Directory and other related things. Latest posts from it will show up on the Global Search Directory site by parsing its RSS feed.

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