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11AugAlive Directory - Human edited, quality links

Alive Directory is a paid inclusion, quality website directory that lists quality, family-friendly, and spam-free web sites

While I don’t like having to pay for a listing I do like the fact that it’s human edited.

Human edited directories are the best directories online as they ensure the sites listed have been looked over and reviewed with a real set of eyes, rather than a bunch of code skimming the sites for certain key aspects like cuss words and photograph alt tags.

They also have a very nice design which is what pulled me into the site to begin with. It’s simple, clean, has ample room for the content, a lovely eye-catching logo and the colors play very nice together. It’s very web 2.0-ish but hey, that’s the type of design I like. You’ll have to be the judge in that area of the site.

All in all I feel this is a good directory and would be well worth the money to be included, however, I do feel that they need a free listing section. Just a simple space somewhere on the site where users can submit their links for free.

Having this type of section is always a good idea for any website directory as it gains more back links, and it’s easy to drop the benefits down a few notches so you really don’t lose much, as serious advertisers are going to buy the slots that have perks associated with them before they even think about a free listing.

Keep the paid listings and featured slots but have a smaller free section with a limit on the site description (or no description), require a link back to your directory (make free members use a button rather than a text link) and voila. Same income with more link backs. It won’t hurt ya and it’ll help your page rank in the long run. Maybe that six can go up to an eight? It never hurts to try!

Just for those who are curious here’s a list of Alive Directory’s main categories, you’ll need to visit (which I recommend, it’s super pretty!) to view all the sub-categories:

Arts
Business
Computer
Entertainment
Health
Home
Internet
Kids & Teens
News
Recreation
Reference & Education
Regional
Science
Shopping
Society
Sports

Have a little cash and want your site listed on Alive Directory? Go submit your site!

in Paid Post and Web Stuff. 0 Comments

10AugNew FireFox Toys For Me - Yay!

I was trying to login to scribefire earlier to create a quick post but as always it wouldn’t let me connect as it has issues with wordpress API urls.

I browsed google for a solution but never came across a fix for it. There’s a ton of people with the exact same problem I honestly don’t understand why the question hasn’t been answered and a fix hasn’t been given yet.. But what can ya do?

You can hobble over to mozilla.com and find another blog poster, that’s what!

So that’s what I did, but you guys know I’m a huge plugin whore so once I found an alternative poster (deepest sender) I just couldn’t resist browsing the other plugins and extensions up for grabs.

I came away from the journey with a new rss reader called ‘Brief’ which is mucho pretty and very easy to work with.

A bookmark plugin that works similar to the share this wordpress plugin, meaning I can bookmark urls on multiple networks with just one plugin.. rather than ten million.

The ratepoint toolbar, so I can rate and leave comments about the sites I come across online, a super awesome tab switching effect, google adsense earnings at the bottom of my screen, tags at the top of each site and a very nifty link preview thingy.

Good to know there’s still some kick ass plugins being created. One of these days I’m going to create a list of all the firefox extensions and plugins I use so you guys can see just how pimped out my little buddy is.

God I love plugins! hehe

in Guilty Pleasures, QuickPost, Tres Chic and Web Stuff. 2 Comments

08AugWho Needs Lisa Frank?

With school coming up around the bend the rush for school supplies will be going full force in another week.

The only problem is that local office supply and other stores such as Wal*Mart and K-Mart only carry pre-designed mass produced products.

Which are fine in a pinch but they’re easily lost and more often than not half the school’s employees and students end up with the same boring products in their bags and backpacks causing confusion and the occasional swap of ownership.

It’s much better to go the extra mile, spend an extra buck or two and spring for a custom binder that better suits your personality and stands out in a crowd.

You can design your binder to be simple, artsy, hobby inspired or anything else you desire. From simple name addition to special material, personal photographs and more, you can make your custom binders just the way you like them!

You can also get custom boxes, slipcases, covers, folders, portfolios, holders and more with your custom binders. Want a custom diploma cover for your upcoming graduate? Not a problem, you can get those as well.

Who needs lisa frank or five star when you can make your own designs?!

This post is sponsored by: Academy Looseleaf. Your one stop shop for custom binders, packaging and more. Can you pick your binder out of the bunch yet?

in Paid Post, Shopping and Tres Chic. 6 Comments

05AugCheeky Munkies

Post Munkey now has a group blog up and running. The main design hasn’t been customized yet as I’m still installing and testing plugins but there’s a few posts and a few authors.

Hopefully it’ll pick up soon as I’d love to see how it progresses from here.

If you’re a member of Post Munkey and want to participate as an author please visit the blog and register, once I check your account over I’ll set it up for authoring