Off the top of my head – yfs1.com
So I didn’t plan to review this one next. Why did I? Because at my favorite webmaster forum (other than my own), I saw the title to his latest blog entry called Making Your Directory Stand Out.
It appealed to me, because I’ve been running 2 directories for a while, and needless to say, directories are dime a dozen now. There are some good ones out there such as the Alive Directory, which he points out, but the vast majority doesn’t provide any value whatsoever.
Once I’ve read his post, I continued reading other parts of the blog. What I like a lot, is how he gives first hand account to the suggestions that he makes. You can tell that Jason, the owner of the blog, knows what he is talking about, none of his posts are simple repeats of other people’s news, or hearsay.
Jason has the following categories:
Forums
Interviews
Online Business
Question Time
Reviews
Search Engines
Society
Zany / Off Topic
which I believe are chosen wisely. He is one of the first who will critizise a site or business that is doing something wrong. His compliments as well as his negative feedbacks however seem to be dead on. I recommend Off the top of my head highly as one of those blogs that you want to bookmark and check back whenever you have some time. Note it on your calendar. Normally a wise thing to do is see how often a blog is updated. If it’s 2-3 times per week, then check it every 5 days or so. Also use the search function, type in a few keywords of interest and see what might pop up. You may be surprised what useful info you may find.
– Mike