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Tips & Tricks to start a Directory WebsiteFallacies in the world consist of owning a website: a natual quick way to makehordes of money. We hear about various people on the news who do this. But guesswhat? They are the exceptions. If that were true, then all business owners inthe world would be another Howard Hughes, Warren Buffett or even Donald Trump.Instead, reality on the internet is the same as the real business world and maybethe percentages are even worse now. With our country's current financial problemsaffecting all of us, we might expect approximately only about 3% or less to becomesuccessful and actually earn or make money.Good News. You can earn money and have a successful website fairly quickly withthe right help, information and aid. You only need an enduring intense earnestdesire to do so.Building your website is similar to building a home. First you need yourfoundation or basement. You need this so other websites, search engines andvisitors can find you. This encompasses your basic decisions you make for yoursite.Since you have chosen to have a directory, you need a place to put your website.This means you need a server to host your site. Server pricing is variable andcompetitive. Research hosting companies and then choose one that is easy to payfor, has all the requirements you need for your website, provides good customerservice and has a good track record of their servers not being shut down. Olderservers are down more than newer ones just like your computer.Next you should decide on a name. Always purchase a URL or name for at least 5years as google gives more credence to websites which plan to stick around versusthe here-today, gone tomorrow website.If you have already purchased a name, you can still implement the followingsystem. It is always a bit better if you can use the following as your mainwebsite URL but you can still do this if you have already done somethingdifferent. At the very beginning, always target your plans and goals aroundobtaining visitors and traffic to your site. This is one area where you canleverage this so try to take advantage of it.You need the right keyword or keyword phrase. Note: a common description of akeyword phrase is 'long tailed keyword'. If you wonder what the importance ofthis is, just go to the google search and enter in a phrase or word for yourplanned site. (Not the name you have chosen.) The websites that come up aresites which are optimized and marketed for that specific keyword.So how do you find your keyword or phrase? There are two methods. Wordtracker isa site which has a free trial and can be used but however, google now has it's owngenerator for keywords and letting you see the traffic for each. Just go to:https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal Enter in the most basickeyword for your planned website into the search and google will also give yousuggestions for more keywords as well as the current traffic and projected futuretraffic for each.Before choosing keywords for your site, you need to decide what type of directoryyou want to own. If you take a look at directories on the internet, you will findthe more 'general' in nature, the more competition there is by webmasters to betop on google and that should also be a concern as you should want an easy websiteto own and become top in your category. As a directory owner, you will, in time,
 
want to write articles for your directory, possibly post new developments in theindustry, post news that have developed and become known as an expert in yourfield.A good way to do this, is first of all take a self inventory. Do you have anyknowledge already about a specific topic? It could be horse racing, shoes, 'Asseen on TV Products', Trivia games and questions, hand crafted jewelry, automobilerepair or just anything that has always interested you and you alreadyautomatically read or absorb information about the topic. It is much easier towork with a targeted topic that interests you. Let us use a specific example herethat most people can relate to. For the sake of giving you help, let us choose'Consumer Electronics'. This topic is general enough that it covers a largeenough area to allow you to be creative since many household goods, i.e.,refrigerators, microwaves, etc. fall under this as well as televisions, DVDplayers, radios, etc.Using our main targeted keyword of Consumer Electronics, we then start our keywordresearch to either define our website name or just pick our first keyword we wantto use for our site. When viewing todays list of keyword suggestions from googlefor this category, we find the following:KeywordJune Search VolumeGlobal Monthy SearchvolumeConsumer electronics market4,400 3,600consumer electronics industry4,400 3,600consumer electronics 368,000 7,480,000thompson consumer electronicsnot enough data 1,600panasonic consumer electronics2,400 18,100consumer electronics audionot enough data 673,000wholesale consumer electronics5,400 74,000home consumer electronics9,900 550,000In looking at the above list, you will find that 'home consumer electronics'appears to be a sleeper in that the current June search is 9,900 but the expectedglobal is 550,000 per month. You might find that the .com is not available but inthis case, even owing the .net should be beneficial. The other keywords are alsofairly good too. You will find many keywords are not available due to desiring a.com. When you research, you may end up re-defining your exact plans for your<b><a href="http://www.worlddirectorywhitepages.com">directory</a></b> so that youcan meet the ability to grab traffic right away and making things easier foryourself. Keep in mind, you can choose this as a website name or simply use itwithin your keyword optimization for your site. It is always best to own yourkeywords if possible as, in the long run, there are more benefits to this beyondwhat is expressed herein. To obtain other good keywords, take your chosen keywordthat you have purchased and enter that into google's keyword tool search andgoogle will give you more suggested keywords with the traffic for each one. It isgenerally a good practice, if that is all that is available, to accept a .net foryour website URL but only .coms for extra keywords you own related to your site.You want to purchase the keyword just like you purchase any name. It will notmatter too much whether it is a .com or a .net although .com is always best. Yourkeyword or keyword phrase should have a natural traffic ranking of 1500 per monthor better. Try to make it the exact keyword you want. You can always work fromGoogle's suggested list. I was shocked to find a perfect keyword the other dayusing this system that had over 40,000 a month in traffic and it only cost me
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