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.