Directories Blog » General Directories http://www.directoriesblog.info A blog about directories Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:29:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Search and Go Directory http://www.directoriesblog.info/2006/09/01/search-and-go-directory/ http://www.directoriesblog.info/2006/09/01/search-and-go-directory/#comments Fri, 01 Sep 2006 10:47:56 +0000 Not a Native English Speaker http://www.directoriesblog.info/2006/09/01/search-and-go-directory/ Seach and Go is probably not a really well know directory, I rarely (if ever) see someone mentioning it in webmasters forums. However, I must say that it is one of the directories that I believe will become really big in the years to come (I am not affiliated with the owners I don’t even know who they are). The reason for this is that they have done a few things that I believe will pay off in the future.
First of all the site is packed with unique content, what does that mean? Simply two things, food for the search engines that if they haven’t yet I am sure that they will start delivering traffic pretty soon and a magnet for links.
Another really nice touch is their GeoID tracker that is similar to the one from digitalpoint. The reason that this is going to help is quite obvious, Yahoo already reports about 50k links to that part of the site and I am sure that the links will continue growing with a steady pace.
Other than that the directory has a nice design, although not directory like but I guess this is done on purpose since it is more of a portal than a web directory. Nonetheless I believe they could improve the navigation within the directory part of the site.
Pricing: A regular listing costs $23.99 per year which is fair in my opinion but the Express costs $29 per month which means $348 per year (quite expensive for me).

Anyway, kudos to the people at Search and Go that have built and are still building a really nice directory.

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We thank you all for being a part of the Zeal community and contributing your time and knowledge to the Directory. LookSmart has decided to focus internal resources on objectives that are more central to our business strategy and Zeal.com has been shut down. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you again for contributing to the Zeal community.

We think avid Zeal users will appreciate the large and vital community at Furl.net (www.Furl.net). Furl is an online book marking service that helps save information that’s important to you, share it with friends and see what others are saving.

With Furl you can:

* Save Web pages to a personal, permanent archive with 5GB of storage
* Revisit the full text of your favorite Web pages
* Share articles and information with friends and family members with simple email pass-along tools
* Use Furl as a platform for social networking and discovering useful information
* Share articles and information with people that share common interests using RSS feeds
* See what other Furl members are saving and sharing

Whether you are browsing the Web, travel planning, recipe sharing, house hunting or researching, Furl is a wonderful tool. Join the thousands of people that are using Furl every day to find, save and share information that is important to them

I guess Looksmart decided to focus more on Furl.

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