I have been running Ownhost.in for over a year now, and having noticed that the question – “How to start a web directory” is often posted on several popular forums such as DP, Ozzu and Webmaster-Talk, here I am trying to present the basic inputs required by you to start your own web directory. We would first review what are the basic building blocks required for running a web directory, various required / must have to run the directory scripts on the server and in later posts I would cover various mods possible in a web directory that would attract new and regular visits from Internet users.
Web Directory Fundamentals
You should be familiar with following terms, if you do, skip to next post, else read on and learn a bit about the world wide web & Web Directories.
Web Directory - A web directory or link directory is a directory on the World Wide Web. It specializes in linking to other web sites and categorizing those links.
Domain Name – The unique name that would be your presence on the internet for browsers to get visitors to your website. eg I use ownhost.in for my SEO Human Edited Web Directory Service. If you don’t have a domain name for your directory yet, you may visit Quality Domain Name Registration & Web Hosting Services and Cheap Domain Registration.
Web Hosting – What has web hosting got to do with web directory? Well, like we need a place to live in, so do web directories require a capable host of storing directory scripts, executing them as well as run a database to store links, information and other features. Ownhost.in – SEO Human Edited Web Directory Service is hosted on Pubdomains.com that offers web hosting in Windows as well as Linux OS. MySQL is the database used for storing data and script language is PHP.
Directory Scripts – The software that is required to be hosted / installed on the web server that provides you with the functionality of running a web directory. Of course you may develop your own if you don’t wish to go with existing softwares in the market. Ownhost.in is running on PhpLD (PHPLinkDirectory) script which is made in PHP & MySQL. PHPLD is one of the most popular directory script available on the internet these days.
OK, so now that you are familiar with the terms – what next? Well, the answer to that would have to wait till my next post.
Should you have a specific question, feedback or comment, do not hesitate to write it down. I would love to hear from you!
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