There are many scripts to try for adding a links directory to your site.
The two I am most familiar with are SuperChargedLinking, which requires installation of one MSQL database and LinkMachine, which does not.
Of the two, Linkmachine allows the most template editing to fit your website theme. LinkMachine automates the process of emailing other webmasters about their links or requesting links. Both automate the time consuming process of verifying that your link exists on the other pages. Linkmachine does it for a batch, while SuperChargedLinking requires links to be given individual push button attention.
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SupercChargedLinking is an inexpensive script, which contains obtrusive advertising from the author, which can be edited out after purchasing rights to do so. LinkMachine has one small “Powered by…” link at the bottom of every directory page, which is gone after a paid upgrade.
Linkmachine is a freeware download, which comes with a 10-day free trial of their premium service. If you like it you can continue using it, on up to three different web sites, for $89.95. (Additional web site licenses are $10 per site.) After purchasing Linkmachine Premium, if you’re dissatisfied for any reason, there’s a 30-day full money-back guarantee. They have 2 high premium services for $89.95 and $149.95, which incorporate SEO functionality.
These features would be nice, but most people only want or need the actual links directory, which is free! The free service has multiple valuable features including telling you the PR rankings of those pages listed in your directory. My suggestion would be to try the LinkMachine script and take advantage of the 10-day free trial of their service to fill your directory with links. Then when the trial expires it can continue to grow your directory more slowly and naturally.
LinkMachine is kind of boggy when told to fetch info for a site or add a new link. It takes a long time to run through the directory checking for reciprocals. This would be even more of a problem if someone had to do it with a dial up connection. In spite of these small problems, the free script has so many nice features that I can only highly recommend it.
