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TOPIC: Claim this listing

Claim this listing 6 years 7 months ago #37265

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Many of us have great ideas for directory listings. There are opportunities to work with groups, associations, industry sectors and build directories.

The problem is the "Chicken or the Egg" syndrome.

1) How can one convince an organization to pay for a listing if there are zero or only 100 listings?
... remember, even if the listing is free, the organization still must spend time updating the listing

2) How can the site get ranked by search engines without any listings? Answer = it cannot.

Also, there is usually a snowball effect. After X number of members, the site starts to grow on its own. So - how to get to X ASAP?

Also we all can populate a site with basic information (Organization Name, Address, Phone, Basic Description, email) using many aggregator/scrapers widely available.

So, does anyone know if/how to create a "Claim This Listing" button that allows an organization to:
1) Register on the site as the owner of the listing (verified or not by admin)
2) Provide a "trial period" for the owner/listing
3) Allow the owner edit access to their newly claimed listing

Other directory scripts do this. Can this be done with RSDirectory?

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