annej - 1:11 am on Feb 16, 2005 (gmt 0)

My "Widgiting History Directory" does quite well. It has a good PR, comes up #1 in the serps and gets midrange # of visitors compared to other pages on the site. It's divided into several pages according to subject matter within the overall theme. The description of the linked sites are brief but give the reader an idea about what they will find.

There is no link trading involved in the directory. That might help with Google. Whenever I find a decent site in the field I add it. Google must be able to tell somehow that it isn't just a link exchange.

I did take AdSense off of it though. Since people coming to a directory are usually searching for something specific the click through rate was quite low.I figure even though it doesn't make any money for me it adds value to the overall site which indirectly brings profit. I'm hoping it helps set my site as an authority site which is exactly what it is though in a very niche topic.