I have recently purchase a PhpMyDirectory Script and I find it quite useful and easy to use. Overall I find it quite useful for a business directory. Comparing it with PhpLinkDirectory, PhpMyDirectory is slightly pricey at USD99.95 but if you do not want to do a link back to PhpLinkDirectory, this would put both script at the same league.

I have done a Hospital Supplies directory as you can see below. I have tried editing around and find it very user friendly and perfect for a B2B or B2C trading directory.

The benefit of this script is the features.

SEO Friendly link
This is the very first features I look for when buying a script, it will always be good to have SEO Friendly Link and also change in the Title Tag when a company detail is clicked

Contact Details
Contact detail could be hidden, so that user will have to use your homepage to contact the company inside your directory for the first time. This would encourage more usage of your website for visitor loyalty.

Administrator
This is pretty much the same as other script directory but there is slightly more controls and administrator because of the extra functions in contact details, products, images and membership. Overall, you have the statistics, listing approval, payment processor, banning and filters, backup, import, and all other common admin tools.

Products Directory
Other than listing a company and its detail, company could list their products with picture and detail, documents (for certification or Quality System). If you look at the picture towards the left, you could see a list of features which is very suitable for business directory.

Three Templates
Unlike most directory which comes in a standard templates and there is a lot of third party templates who charges for it. PhpMyDirectory have three different templates, I have edited the original templates, but there is 2 other templates. One of which is a Yellow Pages templates.

Membership
Although I do not have intention to charge for Membership anytime soon, but this is a great option as you could provide more resources if someone would like to host more products and images with your directory.

Less Commitment
If you have plan to continue updating your website, PhpMyDirectory comes with a one year free upgrade. Unlike PhpLinkDirectory, you may only get 6 months if they decides to upgrade to version 4.0. Also, they charge USD10.00 for supporter forum.

Summary
I think it is quite worth the money to have this script as you could potentially gain more from membership and advertisements. Plus you will get discount for your second directory script at only $49.95. This is a whooping $50 discount.

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