Stick a fork in it - Beta is over!

Well, I’m calling the Beta period officially over.  There have been some more minor improvements to the look and feel of the site.  More information about each site is now presented.  People still aren’t leaving as many comments as we had hoped.  If you do submit your site,  please take 2 minutes to comment on some other’s sites.  It’s really the way this will become a helpful tool for everyone to get feedback.  Some quick stats on the beta period:

135 sites submitted

122 members

241 comments posted

Thanks for everyone who participated during the beta test!  Now let’s really get this thing rollling!

-Jake   

100 sites reviewed!

We just hit our 100th website posted (actually 101) this morning!  Not bad considering no real promotion has been done yet.  Everyone getting your sites in early should be happy because you will always be right at the top of your selected category as our site gets more popular.  We are beginning heavy promotion soon which should increase traffic exponentially.  As always, please let me know if you have experienced any bugs.

Take care,

-Jake

Ready for prime time?

Things are definitely improving around here and I think this puppy may be ready for prime time.

The latest upgrades:

1. Notification system is now in place. You will be notified when your site has been posted to the homepage. You will also be notified when someone leaves a comment about your site. So be sure to use a valid email address when you submit your site! Note: You can turn off these notifications in your members area under “email settings” if you would like.

2. We are now SEO and search engine friendly! Your sites will have a permanent crawlable backlink for the search engines to refer to, no dynamic urls. We are also not employing any redirects or no-follows. Just straight up links.

Thanks, and please let me know if you have experienced any bugs or issues with the site.

-Jake

Beta almost over!

The beta period is almost over and things are starting to run much more smoothly. A huge thanks to Ryan for helping with a couple nagging bugs in the categories! We are currently at 75 users and plan to hold off major release until we hit the 100 mark. Then watch out. It should get ALOT more active around here. Thanks again to everyone who has submitted a site during the beta.  Please keep them coming and don’t forget to also comment on a few sites when you submit one! 

-Jake