Chris Hoffman, owner of Alive Directory and Island of Media, has put together a large list (24 points to be exact) of tips and hints for web directory owners.

An excerpt from his post:

1. Disable image validation before announcing your directory. It is recommended that you always keep it disabled. Many submitters that have numerous listings to submit to each directory avoid those that use image validation because the time is better spent submitting to those that don?t use it and the inconvenience. No matter how easy the image validation is (and some are quite bad), it takes more time to submit to directories that use image validation than those that do not. There are better solutions to prevent spam, such as the spam guard MOD. Don?t put up a road block for those who want to send you money.
2. Include an option for featured listings in your directory. This probably seems obvious to most, but it?s surprising how many directories you can run across that do not. Featured listings provide you with increased revenue, and allow submitters the option for better and secure category placement. Some web site owners and promoters will not even submit to a site if listing cannot be achieved on the first category page. Most submitters prefer to be included among the first one or two pages of a category rather than much deeper, of course.more…

The article is extremely well written and comes with years of directory submitting behind it, as Chris has promoted his large network of directories and sites around the web.

Continue reading the article at Alive Directory’s Blog: Comprehensive Tips and Guide for Web Directory Owners

Jeff, from Aviva Directory, has come up with an interesting resource to track the number of backlinks shown in Yahoo! for popular directories.

The leader of course, with over 633,418,783 backlinks (yeah, that’s insane) is Yahoo! Directory.

Fourfind comes in on the list with over 146,000+ backlinks, not bad for only a few months promotion.

Anyways, it’s definitely an interesting resource.

Check it out: Which directories have the most backlinks?