So my links pages on ESL go were driving me crazy because I had to do everything manually. I set up a new language directory using WSN links. Here's the official description:
Fully templated and translatable PHP/MySQL links portal script. Features unlimited custom fields, member system, voting and review systems, file uploads, markup codes, database backup, censor, advanced usergroup permissions including options to require manual validation of submissions, search engine friendly URLs, etc. Includes link checkers for reciprocal, duplicate and dead links.
My directory is still new and is PR 0, but should 5 when Google gets around to it. Nevertheless it shows up in backlinks. I checked the backlinks for one of my sites and there was my PR 0 directory URL. What's even stranger but more promising is that when I did a search for "ESL blog" (detailed in my previous entry: a few links) the language directory page about ESL blog was in the top ten! Now there's a page three categories deep in a PR 0 directory showing up in SERPs; that's pretty good.
If you read the comments about uncovertheweb and biz-directory, you know that many top directories use that expensive script. WSN links is something like 36.00 for three licenses (12.00 each time you use it) so that's what I'll be using when I start my own paid inclusion directory. I'll also be using it to mangae the reciprocal links for all my sites.
If you plan to customize it, customer service (via message board) won't hold your hand, but it's easy to install and they will help you on the message boards. I still managed to customize mine a bit by fooling with the css. It doesn't come set up for SEO. You can set it up for search engine friendly URLs and static links by clicking a couple buttons. There are help articles to walk you through it.
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