Relevancy rankings for resource directory categories

[grosolo]

Has anyone developed or already shared their strategy for developing categories for resource directories?

I'm building a new real-estate resource directory (local real-estate company) and I'm unsure how to best determine the most relevant categories and subsequently the most rewarding linking partners for the directory.

Our visitors are not writing in asking for this information.

Is there a tool that I could use to easily look-up the category titles and determine the most relevant category name to use? Maybe this is just another use of some of the keyword / key phrase relevancy tools already out there?

aloha,
Brent Norris

[incrediblehelp]

I don't think there is a tool for this.

You can use Keyword Discovery or Wordtracker to find out the keywords related in your industry, but the best way to find categories is to check out your current competition and see how their website is built.

Also it sounds like you are looking more into how to construct the websites architecture right now.

[roam_dx]

heres one that someone had posted here earlier

http://www.webconfs.com/backlink-builder.php

haven't used it much myself, but you might find some good links.

[eknives.com]

The best tool is going to be you, that is, if you are in the industry.
I started a link directory for our site eknives.com. Over time I learned how to better target the categories. Instead of scuba as a category, because we sold scuba knives, it is much better to do say, knife engraving, knife clubs, knife forums, knife defense, knife fighting etc... and keep scuba out of it. Because in the search engines eyes, they are not related enough. The others however, are very related, and sprinkle your keywords throughout the directory pages.
Hope this helps
Daryl

Originally Posted by grosolo

Has anyone developed or already shared their strategy for developing categories for resource directories?

I'm building a new real-estate resource directory (local real-estate company) and I'm unsure how to best determine the most relevant categories and subsequently the most rewarding linking partners for the directory.

Our visitors are not writing in asking for this information.

Is there a tool that I could use to easily look-up the category titles and determine the most relevant category name to use? Maybe this is just another use of some of the keyword / key phrase relevancy tools already out there?

aloha,
Brent Norris

[grosolo]

right on!
This is really useful info. I'll try out the tools, keep the categories relevant and sprinkle some keywords/phrases around the directory.

I'll also reply back in a while to let you know how we're doing.

Many thanks,
Brent Norris