Directory Critic Blog http://www.directorycritic.com/blog Web Directories Are Our Business! Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:58:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 en Few Announcements at DirectoryCritic http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/few-announcements-at-directorycritic/ http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/few-announcements-at-directorycritic/#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:52:56 +0000 thecritic General Site Announcements http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/few-announcements-at-directorycritic/ We are glad to inform you of recent Updates on DirectoryCritic.

We are adding up more and more resources to improve DirectoryCritic and making it more valuable to our users.
 
Here is a sneak peek to few more niche lists that are added in niche directories sections.

(They are decided based on Host’s IP and/or domain extension and sometime whois records)

Another exciting happening will be a “soon to come” contest on DirectoryCritic Forums with monthly prizes. So if you didnt signup with DirectoryCritic yet, Signup NOW and be one of the Winners.


You might have noticed a recently added Affiliate program directory. Means, we just don’t want to become good link building resource but also a good directory resource.
 
Very soon, you’ll see many affiliate program directories over there!
 
Many thanks to Mr. Atul (Team Manager at iNetZeal, Inc) for spending a lot of hours in finding good directories and helping directory critic resource to make it better and more useful.
 
All your suggestions on any good directory related to such niches are welcome. You can get them added to the list :-)
 

We appreciate the suggestions of our dear users at Directorycritic to make it more productive.

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Well, it’s been a few days now and I am going to run the script tonight. So you can expect to see all the up to date PRs for directories up soon!

]]> http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/pr-update-time-again/feed/ Now Listing Over 5,000 Directories! http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/now-listing-over-5000-directories/ http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/now-listing-over-5000-directories/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:14:44 +0000 thecritic Site Announcements http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/now-listing-over-5000-directories/ Tonight Directory Critic has clocked over the 5,000 directory mark! We’ve been hovering around the 4,990 mark for a while but a lot of new submissions were made this week and that’s pushed the lists over 5,000. A huge milestone for DC!

We’d also like to thank all the people that are honestly rating the directories listed on the site. We’re getting around 600 ratings approved every month here at DC and we’re noticing the number of dishonest ratings is right down. Looks like the manual approval system is working.

The forum is still pretty quiet, so we’d encourage all of you to head over and join up!

So we’re still rockin’ over here, thanks to everyone’s continued support! DC continues to grow and will be getting even bigger in 08!

]]> http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/now-listing-over-5000-directories/feed/ Zyas Video Web Directory Launched http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/zyas-video-web-directory-launched/ http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/zyas-video-web-directory-launched/#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:06:28 +0000 thecritic General Site Announcements http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/zyas-video-web-directory-launched/

Zyas Video Web Directory Launched

These days websites are popping up faster and faster, this is constant growth at its best, with the sudden interest in developing websites it becomes harder and harder to get noticed. To truly stand out on the web, websites need to be unique and full of interesting and fun concepts. Let’s face it when it comes down to it those websites that are unique and designed beautifully will make it to the top. One such site is Zyas Video Web Directory. This web directory is top class, I know what your are thinking… “another web directory, whats so great about that?” Well as I said this web directory is miles ahead of all of the other freshly made web directories that appear on the web just about every day.

To answer the question “what exactly is it that makes Zyas so special?”, all it takes is a quick look at the site. Zyas is a great web directory that has a nice eye catching design. These days, its much more than just functionality of a site, navigation and appearance are equally important factors. Zyas and its custom green and blue template gives it a look that just spells professional quality service.

I’m sure that you’re familiar with the term web directory, if not let me explain. A web directory is designed for the sole purpose of organising and grouping websites together in a category. Web directories are great for websites that need to gain exposure and popularity. As most web directories do, Zyas has the standard directory features such as detailed information about the site, the description, and a screenshot. Zyas also includes an added bonus, it has the link popularity of every site that is submitted to the directory. Zyas may have many unique characteristics, but the greatest feature of Zyas is that every submission includes a free promotional video offer. This is a feature that no other web directory has ever introduced. When submitting your site you get the option to choose a featured submission which allows you 5 deep links, and a 300 words review with another 3 contextual deep links for the price of only $35.99. This package is the only yearly based subscription but the benefits are definitely worth it. If spending that amount of money yearly is not in your budget then a regular permanent submission is only $25.99.

Gaining popularity and traffic for your website is easily obtained by submitting your website to popular and interesting web directories. Zyas with it’s custom blog, photo gallery, and even free ebooks, is well prepared to compete in the web directory industry. This site has it all, which proves how dedicated the Zyas staff is at ensuring the best service for its visitors. With so many modifications and advantages it is worth the time and cost for a submission. A site like Zyas does not come often, so jumping on the bandwagon is essential. But don’t take my word for it visit Zyas for yourself…

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Disclosure: The above is a paid announcement. If you would like us to announce your webmaster service or directory please see our blog post advertising page.

]]> http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/zyas-video-web-directory-launched/feed/ Announcing Nima Directory http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/announcing-nima-directory/ http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/announcing-nima-directory/#comments Sun, 04 Nov 2007 23:00:18 +0000 thecritic Site Announcements Webmaster News http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/announcing-nima-directory/ The following is an announcement from Nima Directory:

Nima Directory – Our best directory yet

We started Nima Website Directory in May 2007 as our fifth directory attempt. We had learned much about directories from previous experiences and applied all of our knowledge in Nima Directory. It is our best design yet, our most promoted directory, includes many modifications, and our traffic is growing daily.

Nima Directory’s most important mods include deep Link for both regular (2 deep links) and featured listings (5 deep links), SEO friendly detail pages, Directory Sitemap, Live Statistics, Link Popularity mod, and more.

We also offer many uniquely designed validated coded free phpLD templates and phpLB templates that you can use in your new directory. Most of them are available in the templates section of Directory Critic as well.

Our current rates are $12.95 for regular submission and $39.99 for featured submission. We review all submissions in less than 24 hours. Please read the submission guide before submitting. However, if you submit your website as a featured listing and for some reason it is not accepted, your payment will be refunded in full.

Please feel free to contact us for any further information.

Regards,
Nima Directory

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Disclosure: The above announcement was paid. If you would like us to announce your blog or webmaster tool see our advertising page.

]]> http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/announcing-nima-directory/feed/ We’ve just launched a new forum! http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/weve-just-launched-a-new-forum/ http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/weve-just-launched-a-new-forum/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:06:53 +0000 thecritic General Site Announcements Webmaster News http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/weve-just-launched-a-new-forum/ We’ve just launched a new forum here at Directory Critic!

Our new forum is place for webmasters and directory owners to network, ask questions, share information and promote their sites and services.

To kick things off we’re giving away 100 listings in our Webmasters Directory and 100 listings in our WebGuide. For details on how to get your hands on some free listings just check out this thread on the forum.

We’ll also be running more competitions in coming weeks for our new forum members so get involved!

See you there!

]]> http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/weve-just-launched-a-new-forum/feed/ Win $10,000 For Submitting Your Site, And Get 15% Off! http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/win-10000-for-submitting-your-site-and-get-15-off/ http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/win-10000-for-submitting-your-site-and-get-15-off/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:57:08 +0000 thecritic Site Announcements Webmaster News http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/win-10000-for-submitting-your-site-and-get-15-off/ Now is an excellent time to submit your site to Best Of The Web (BOTW). If you submit your site now you’ll get 15% off the submission price and the chance to win 10k.

Best Of The Web is the oldest directory on the web and on my “must submit” list for all my new sites. It’s the easiest way to get an authority backlink for a new site. If you asked me to tell you the best 3 directories on the web BOTW would be on my list.

If you’re not keen to pay the submission price, you can get 2 months advertising for free. The links go at the top of the category page (like featured links) and the right category could send you quite a bit of traffic as well as some link juice.

$10,000 prize/15% off coupon code:

WIN10K

You must enter this when you submit your site to get the discount and enter the draw.

To submit your site head to Best Of The Web, select the right category and follow the submission instructions.

]]> http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/win-10000-for-submitting-your-site-and-get-15-off/feed/ Back In The Office! http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/back-in-the-office-2/ http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/back-in-the-office-2/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:36:35 +0000 thecritic Site Announcements http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/back-in-the-office-2/ Got back online this week after a 5 day vacation. Everything is up to date here on DC:

Here’s what I’ve just done…

  • 80 directories have been reviewed
  • 108 ratings have been reviewed
  • 5 directories upgraded to premium
  • 50 emails replied to
  • 3 new advertisers added
  • Weekly average points have been updated

A lot can happen in 5 days :)

]]> http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/back-in-the-office-2/feed/ Out Of The Office, 20th - 25th Sept http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/out-of-the-office-20th-25th-sept/ http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/out-of-the-office-20th-25th-sept/#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:07:13 +0000 thecritic General Site Announcements http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/out-of-the-office-20th-25th-sept/ This is quick note to all Directory Critic users that I’ll be out of the office from the 20th to the 25th of Sept. Keep submitting your dirs, using the site and reporting dirs and I’ll get everything up-to-date when I get back in.

Thanks for your support :)

]]> http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/out-of-the-office-20th-25th-sept/feed/ Our Server Had Hard Disk Failure http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/our-server-had-hard-disk-failure/ http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/our-server-had-hard-disk-failure/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:04:28 +0000 thecritic General Site Announcements http://www.directorycritic.com/blog/our-server-had-hard-disk-failure/ Last night, one of the hard drives on our servers failed. The result was the website going down for about 8-10 hours and some minor data lost. We restored a backup from the 13th of September so only a few days data was lost.

If you submitted your web directory after the 13th of September please resubmit it here:

http://www.directorycritic.com/add.html

If you paid for a listing, or upgraded to a premium listing please add your web directory then contact us. We will verify you made a previous payment and add your directory back to the site.

There might be a few minor glitches over the next 24 hours while we get everything back up 100%. If you find any problems throughout the site please don’t hesitate to contact us and report them.

Thanks for your patience, we’re working hard to get Directory Critic fully operational again!

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