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.