What is link bidding?

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When the directory model was becoming bore and the market was dying out of ideas, the next refreshing think to hit the directory market was �Link Bid type of directories�
In this post, I would share with you the details on how these type of directories work and a few personal thoughts.
The two primary factors that add an appeal to a bid directory are :
1. Ability to control ones link placement for maximum PR juice and traffic exposure.
2. Strong permanent backlinks for a very reasonable price
The first point primary covers how a bid directory functions.
Let take an example and explain this. Let have a look at Big Web Links
This is one of the leading bid directories and my personal favourite with the catchiest catch line �Awesome Links for Awesome People�
The structure of a bid directory is very much like a convetional web directory. You have revelant categories for your link suggestion and once you have decided on an appropriate category for your weblink, you can use a submit form to request inclusion for a premium.
Now, the interesting part comes in. The speciality of bid directories is that one can feature there links on the homepage for maximum exposure and PR juice (in this case a PR7 backlink) by bidding the highest amount for ones weblink.
Say I bid 50$ in favour of my weblink, now if there are no bids greater than 50$, automatically my link is promoted to the homepage.
Usually a bid directory would feature the top 5 or the top 10 bids in the homepage.
Some of you must be grumbling that you would not have a budget to bid for the top spots.
Thats the beauty of bid directories, the benefit rolls out in two phases with even people with a smaller budget being able to participate in the fun and get quality backlinks for their websites.
How? It may be necessary to be among the top ten or the top five bidders to make a homepage feature but you can stll bid for a strong category page listing for a minimal amount of 1$ or in a few case a 5$ or a 10$ minimum bid.
With practically a budget of 200 bucks, you can get 100+ �PERMANENT� quality backlinks for your websites. That has to be the cheapest and the most cost effective wat to build ones backlink portfolio.
The fun does not end here, if you get a raise in your budget you can place additional bids to fight your claim for the top spots. The first bid gets your link in the directory index and future bids on the same weblink raise you position in the bid directory index if you already dont hold the top spot, with the higher bid being place ahead of the immediate lower bid.
Say we have 3 bids of 1$;Link A , 5 $;Link B and 10$;Link C for a particular category. In this case the links would be placed in such a sequence
~Bid Directory Category
1.Link C - 10$
2.Link B - 5$
3.Link A - 1$
Now if you add an additonal bid of 6$ to Link B the placement sequence would change as such
~Bid Directory Category
1.Link B - 11$
2.Link C - 10$
3.Link A - 1 $
The beauty of bid directories is that the higgest and the lowest bids can coexist in the directory index.
Bid directories can be tweaked and also support a few more added feature for the bidders to enjoy.


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