This is the easiest and by far the cheapest way i can think of to find .gov and .edu domains where i can post a comment with my link on it, it helps link building gets you some authority as well.
Use the following queries at google:
site:*.gov blog
run query
site:*.edu blog
run query
Power to the people!
Build links till ya drop dead :p
It makes you wonder doesn’t? why everyone else who was selling links get penalized and not yahoo’s dir?
Well for one they are linked from one killer strong domain (yahoo.com) what more is that their directory does not revolve around their database of links, its more like a blog with a side order of links, so who ever is visiting the directory or that page that they call a “directory” home page, they aren’t there just for the links they are there for the news and the latest posts from their blog.
Its pretty simple actually with a few edits to phpLD and Wordpress you can have your very own Yahoo! Dir Template/Setup, so that the traffic you get is relevant as well as pleases Google. Simple yet effective makes me laugh actually it was just this simple to be border line approved by Google.
Your directory should revolve around news and latest review or anything that you update on a daily basis which is in fact unique, and people WANT to read or get to know better. Its all about user satisfaction, and whenever a user bounces of your site to another page Google gives the landing page more authority then you.
If all you have to contribute is tons and tons of links and you are getting backlinks to them then you won’t get squat out of Google.
Backlinks will only help your current situation, think of it like a booster shot, for example : my blog has the proper tags and proper content and relevant information for the term “SEO Blog” so i targetted that term actively and within a week im in the top 30’s of that term at google:
Now, heres Yahoo’s dir page, unique content covers the page by 80%, the categories to the directory are on the left so the home page is safe, and passes the proper PR, the difference here is that the content is actually hosted on the same domain and is shown FULLY no excerpts on the front page, most dir owners use feeds to publish news on their directories (thats a serp killer too, in a bad way).
So in conclusion, here are the things you have to keep in mind while making a directory.
Okay, this was really shocking because the idea was so simple to implement and yet SO creative that it was almost unreal to me, now what CrazyBlindDate does is take all your credentials (wants,needs,goals,likes,dislikes..etc) and then run it through it system (like that nosey friend of yours that wants to set you up) and get the best match for you in the same area as you are with the same hobbies or whatever.
The site and the purpose, im not so crazy about but the way they are using real people in the mix is what is so genius about this, if i have any say in this, i’d say that this is a great idea! It joines the randomness of stumbleupon while being in a certain category and maintaining its creativity and user interest.
I marked this as a Trend, which im starting at this blog where ill mark down all trends in online development that i consider as a useful resource to look through while making 2.0 based sites (2.0 basically means user interactivity)
