Link Bid Directories: Concept Explained



Now just when the directory model was becoming a bore and the market was

dying out of ideas, the next refreshing think to hit the directory market was

"Link Bid type of directories"

In this article I would share with you the details on how these type of

directories work and a few personal thoughts.

The two primary factors that add an appeal to a bid directory are :

1. Ability to control ones link placement for maximum PR juice and traffic

exposure.

2. Strong permanent backlinks for a very reasonable price

The first point primary covers how a bid directory functions.

Let take an example and explain this. Let have a look at

http://www.bigweblinks.com/

The structure of a bid directory is very much like a conventional web directory.

You have relevant categories for your link suggestion and once you have decided

on an appropriate category for your weblink, you can use a submit form to

request inclusion for a premium. Now, the interesting part comes in. The

specialty of bid directories is that one can feature their links on the homepage

for maximum exposure and PR juice by bidding the highest amount for ones

weblink. Say I bid 50$ in flavor of my weblink, now if there are no bids greater

than 50$, automatically my link is promoted to the homepage.

Usually a bid directory would feature the top 5 or the top 10 bids in the

homepage.Some of you must be grumbling that you would not have a budget to bid

for the top spots.Thats the beauty of bid directories, the benefit rolls out in

two phases with even people with a smaller budget being able to participate in

the fun and get quality backlinks for their websites.How? It may be necessary to

be among the top ten or the top five bidders to make a homepage feature but you

can still bid for a strong category page listing for a minimal amount of 1$ or

in a few case a 5$ or a 10$ minimum bid.

With practically a budget of 200 bucks, you can get 100+ "PERMANENT" quality

backlinks for your websites.

That has to be the cheapest and the most cost effective way to build ones

backlink portfolio.The fun does not end here, if you get a raise in your budget

you can place additional bids to fight your claim for the top spots. The first

bid gets your link in the directory index and future bids on the same weblink

raise you position in the bid directory index if you already dont hold the top

spot, with the higher bid being place ahead of the immediate lower bid. Say we

have 3 bids of 1$;Link A , 5 $;Link B and 10$;Link C for a particular category.

In this case the links would be placed in such a sequence

~Bid Directory Category

1.Link C - 10$

2.Link B - 5$

3.Link A - 1$

Now if you add an additional bid of 6$ to Link B the placement sequence would

change as such

~Bid Directory Category

1.Link B - 11$

2.Link C - 10$

3.Link A - 1 $

The beauty of bid directories is that the highest and the lowest bids can

coexist in the directory index.

Someone did ask me that with so many bid directories coming by the day how would

one choose the best bid directories.

Well i follow a simple rule which you could also use to determine the best bid

directories.

Firstly, the popularity of some bid directories are pretty obvious with the

visible marketing effort one can see in the webmaster circle, so you would not

have a problem choosing them to bid your links.

Now the second type of bid directories are ones with a good PR, if you are happy

with the green thing in your toolbar you can bid for a few of your links.

A little warning here, the phenomenon of setting up directories at dropped

domains with good PR is at large. Be wary of these directories as most of them

see a big PR drop after just a single update. Remember if a domain name does not

make sense (I have seen insurance domains being used as bid directories), do a

background check for the domain to see if it is a dropped domain. Once you are

sure that the domain is a dropped domain, you can follow two ways to approach

the situation. One can be that you decide to wait for a PR update to see if the

PR is being penalized of if you are looking for immediate backlinks, you can

place a minimal bid for your links.

The last category of bid directories are the newly launched bid directories

that's may or may not be promoted. These are the most visible one at the moment

and the approach I follow is to place a minimal bid with plans to revisit them

after a PR updates.

I hate to admit but PR sells

Hope this helped you in understanding the bid directory concept and was of some

use to you.

Personally I feel that Bid Directories would soon feature as a promotion model

in every SEO company's or enthusiast's link building strategy.