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Link Directory software

September 17, 2007 By: ScottK Category: Stuff No Comments →

Years ago I had an idea to create a link directory site so I did some research on what to use. I came across Link Management Assistant by Duncan Carver . I just wanted a link site to help market client web sites I worked with and possibly turn a dollar or two from the cheap featured/sponsored listings. So Great Back Links was born.

Link Management Assistant wasn’t difficult to set up or to skin but was difficult to make programming changes. Not that I was allowed to make changes. ;) In order to get the software which is free you need to first register with your email so you can get marketing emails. Basically Link Management Assistant helps the author to gather for email marketing.

A year ago my hosting company changes the linux distro on their serves and Link Management Assistant stopped working because of the Apache configuration so Great Back Links went down. I was actually upset as marketing strategies to promote Great Back Links was beginning to work but I also needed to concentrate on other areas.

This weekend I decided to find other Link Directory software. Using an old friend SourceForge I did a search. I came up with two possible applications and tried openLD first. I didn’t try the second because openLD is exactly what I needed. It has captcha and PayPal capabilities that work, and I didn’t have to hack in. I operates will well but just looking at it to re-theme it I found that it’s going to be a bear.

So here’s the link http://www.greatbacklinks.com go ahead and leave your link. I know it looks plain at the moment, just not enough hours on the weekends. Let me know what your link is and I’ll up-grade you to sponsored status for free. I totally started a fresh database without the old links so I want to build it quickly.

I’ll see you at BarCamp

September 17, 2007 By: ScottK Category: For Fun No Comments →

On September 23 I’ll be attending BarCamp Orlando. BarCamp is when a bunch of technology minded people (notice I didn’t say geeks) get together and make presentations of whatever they wish to talk about. This year with over two-hundred people in attendance not all will be able to present so I won’t be. If you plan on attendending leave a comment and let me know. Email works well also.