Today I reveal two of my own programmatic directory websites: One failure and one success. We'll dive into the niches I chose, my thought process when choosing them, and how far simple on-page SEO was able to take it.
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🔧 Tools Mentioned:
Geodirectory WP Plugin: https://wpgeodirectory.com/?ref=478
Tools FAQs:
Which ahrefs plan do I use? Ahrefs lite
Which google maps scraper do you use? https://outscraper.com/refer?referrer=ZTNhNTY1MmUzNDk4NDEzMjg3YjllYmE5MmU1ZmFkZTI=
How do you automate data enrichment? https://www.enrich.directory
What CMS and plugins do you use? Wordpress, Elementor Pro and a combination of Geodirectory or JetEngine + WP All Import
Timestamps
01:10 My (Free) Directory Community is Live!
01:58 Introducing my two directory sites
02:48 Tech stack (CMS + Directory Plugin)
03:01 Raw look at my failed pSEO directory
05:07 Thought process + keyword research when choosing this niche
06:55 Raw look at my successful pSEO directory
08:22 Thought process + keyword research when choosing this niche
09:31 (Failed Directory) Traffic, ranked keywords and indexed pages
10:40 An observation around how well pSEO location pages rank
11:22 (Successful Directory) Traffic, ranked keywords and indexed pages
12:29 My theory on how this indexed quickly
13:23 Top traffic pages are blogs!
14:02 An argument for static location pages within pSEO directories
15:09 Identifying on-page SEO gaps (home page, location page, and listing pages)