Over the years I have received hundreds of emails from people launching or running dating sites and services that cater to singles. Instead of being a bottleneck I decided to launch the Online Dating Insider Dating Resources Directory. The goal of the Directory is to get people to add their companies and services to a centralized location, increasing exposure to your sites and making it easier for others to locate and learn about companies in the online dating space.
The Directory is based on the same system that powers Wikipedia. Anyone can edit any page at any time. If someone writes something that you have a problem with, either factually or simply want to clarify a point, you can edit the page.
This will work brilliantly or could be a complete disaster. I’m hoping for the former but there are always people out there who try to ruin for others. I’ll do what I can to keep them out of the Directory.
The Directory is beta, needs a logo and better formatting. Expect to see gradual improvements over time, and as always, your suggestions are appreciated but I’m not a mind reader, use the Contact Form.
Getting Started
- Visit onlinedatingpost.com/directory
- Create an account.
- Go back to onlinedatingpost.com/directory
- On the main page, find the category closest to your business. Current topics include: Private Label Dating Systems, Dating Site Scripts, Video Chat Applications, Payment Processors, Mobile Dating, software vulnerabilities, profile writing, personal ad photos, Personality Tests, Mobile Dating, Legal, Open Social, Matchmaking Software, dating e-books, dating site reviews, developers and social networking platforms.
- Click through to a category.
- Edit the category page, adding a new page for your company or service.
- On the new page, add your company name, link to your website and a description of your service.
- That’s it.
If you need help figuring out how to edit pages, check out the Help section or Google wiki editing.
I’m going to be watching how people are using the Directory and adjusting the categories and adding new sections as needed. Once the main pages in each category get too large I’ll start adding sub-categories, especially for the dating sites category, which is bound to grow quickly.
I’m excited to see how people use the Directory and hope it proves beneficial. Go add yourself and let me know if you have any problems.
