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hi
can any one give me some tricks and tips to promote my new bidding directory??
Thanks in advance

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Practical playbook for a bidding directory — complements the ideas from , , and while focusing on durable, technical, and conversion-first work. Three priorities: make listings findable by search engines, make listings trustworthy and easy to act on, and create repeatable channels that scale without constant manual submission.

Make the site crawlable and structured. Ensure each listing and category has a unique, helpful title and a short summary that matches search intent. Implement structured data (ItemList for category pages; appropriate schema types for individual listings and aggregateRating for reviews) so rich snippets can appear in search results. Fix canonical tags and parameter handling for faceted navigation, publish a complete XML sitemap, and serve mobile-first, fast pages (compress images, use caching/CDN, enable TLS). Troubleshooting tip: if pages aren’t indexed, check robots.txt, meta robots, canonical targets, and whether category pages link to listings.

Convert and retain visitors with social proof and useful workflows. Add verified/claimed badges, a lightweight review/rating flow, clear pricing/fee information, simple onboarding for new listers, and short case studies that show outcomes (anonymized metrics work). Capture emails with a low-friction offer (weekly curated bids) and run automated re-engagement sequences. Consider offering a CSV/API feed so partners can syndicate listings—this creates steady referral volume.

Measure, prioritize, and protect quality. Track acquisition channels, listing submission rate, conversion from visitor→contact→paid, CAC and LTV. Moderate automatically (spam heuristics) and manually for high-value categories; thin or automated listings quickly harm rankings. Prioritization: fix indexability first, then mobile/speed, then trust signals and conversion funnel, then scalable growth tests (small paid tests, partnership pilots).

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Member Avatar for MarbleHost.com

Try article marketing - it can work pretty well. Write an excellent article about related topic and submit it to some quality article directories. You will get targeted traffic and some backlinks which will help you to get higher in search engines.

Member Avatar for bobchrist

Submit sites to different directories and promote through forums, blog, social networking sites, classified sites ect.

Member Avatar for beamup

I would say paying some $$ in some GOOD directories worth a lot. I would say those will help to promote and get more revenue and traffic.

Member Avatar for sslayer

Use other bid directories and directories catalogs.

Member Avatar for bobchrist

I would say paying some $$ in some GOOD directories worth a lot. I would say those will help to promote and get more revenue and traffic.

I don't think directories can generate that much traffic to earn good revenues, you need to implement many things such as social media optimization to get more targeted traffic.

Member Avatar for jeffpaul

article marketing is the only way related to your work

Member Avatar for net4nuts

With the kind of services you are offering, there is huge potential of customers and traffic. You just have to keep your basics right all the time. Usually we only focus on big things and forget the basics. Points to remember are:

1. Ensure that you act on your customer's feedback immediatly.
2. Always respond to your customers in time. This keeps confidence and they spread good words about ur site.
3. Submit to as many free directories as possible.
4. Keep improving the look and feel of your site, it always adds freshness.
5. Main focus should be to ensure that your existing visitors keep visiting you.
6. Write about your services and your site as much as possible at whatever place you may find, i.e. press releases, blogs, forums etc.
7. Submit your site to as many social bookmarking sites as possible. This is a trend thats catching up real fast and is giving pretty cool results.

I hope you will be able to gain some good quality traffic to your site.

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