Is this feasible? (local news site question)

by pyles
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Howdy all!

I run a local news site where I post on all the news and events of my town of 15-17,000 people.

I have one competitor, the local newspaper.

The domain is great and relevant and I am getting about 2,000 unique visitors a month.

I was thinking about creating a directory on the website with local businesses to pay for a listing.

Example, a local lawyer in town can rent eupnews.com /business/lawyer/ or something along those lines.

On each page would be a link to their website, photo/advertisement, biography, hours, phone, and map to their office.

Is that a feasible idea? What are some thoughts and suggestions you guys might have?

Thanks so much!
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  • Profile picture of the author George Wright
    Its a great business model. Many of us have done that.

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    Originally Posted by pyles View Post

    Howdy all!

    I run a local news site where I post on all the news and events of my town of 15-17,000 people.

    I have one competitor, the local newspaper.

    The domain is great and relevant and I am getting about 2,000 unique visitors a month.

    I was thinking about creating a directory on the website with local businesses to pay for a listing.

    Example, a local lawyer in town can rent eupnews.com /business/lawyer/ or something along those lines.

    On each page would be a link to their website, photo/advertisement, biography, hours, phone, and map to their office.

    Is that a feasible idea? What are some thoughts and suggestions you guys might have?

    Thanks so much!
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    • Profile picture of the author pyles
      But could it work as a subfolder off my main site?

      Aka website.com/business/lawyer, or would it be better to do website.com/lawer or website.com/directory/lawyer/?

      Any help appreciated thanks for response!



      Originally Posted by George Wright View Post

      Its a great business model. Many of us have done that.

      George Wright
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      • Profile picture of the author George Wright
        Originally Posted by pyles View Post

        But could it work as a subfolder off my main site?

        Aka website.com/business/lawyer, or would it be better to do website.com/lawer or website.com/directory/lawyer/?

        Any help appreciated thanks for response!
        Personally I'd use subdomain instead. It's basically the same thing but instead of www . your domain . com /lawyer you would advertise Lawyer.your domain.com Of course in this instance the subfolder would still work and be there but the subdomain does have to be set up for it to work.

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        • Profile picture of the author pyles
          Originally Posted by George Wright View Post

          Personally I'd use subdomain instead. It's basically the same thing but instead of www . your domain . com /lawyer you would advertise Lawyer.your domain.com Of course in this instance the subfolder would still work and be there but the subdomain does have to be set up for it to work.

          George Wright
          Ok great thank so much for the help you two.

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  • Profile picture of the author aritrim
    Subdomains will be a better idea.

    Ex: http://lawyers.example.com, http://usedcars.example.com, http://plumbers.example.com

    That way, if requires you can shell out email addresses to someone who does not have one (unlikely).
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