Archive for August, 2005

BOTW in the News

Posted August 30th, 2005 by Greg

While walking the floor at SES San Jose, I bumped into Chris Pirillo. Chris covers a bunch of tech topics, and provides some pretty cool interiews. Additionally, Chris runs Lockergnome – a very cool tech resource. Chris took an interest in BOTW, and we decided to chat for a bit. As it was a spontaneous [...]

Skeleton Crew

Posted August 19th, 2005 by Greg

Understanding that there is more to life than just working, we strive to maintain a healthy balance of work/play. Happy worker bees make for productive worker bees… A majority of the core staff, executive team, and editors are out playing for much of the month of August (all paid vacation, of course). So if things [...]

A Healthier BOTW

Posted August 16th, 2005 by Brian

Trying to build a comprehensive directory of all the information online can be pretty daunting at times. Picking and choosing branches to focus on is an iportant part of the master plan. Currently, we have a handful of editors focusing on the Health branch of the directory. Check out the What’s New in Health from [...]

Conference Highlights

Posted August 15th, 2005 by Greg

After a coast to coast, full week conference schedule, it is nice to take the networking hat off and duck behind the computer again. The conferences (Internext and SES San Jose) were full of information, networking, and partying. The new shirts were a success (more on the horizon). My favorite event of the conferences was [...]

Webmaster Radio Interview

Posted August 12th, 2005 by Greg

Webmaster Radio was kind enough to invite me on to speak for a while with host Monte Cahn to discuss domain names. Monte is the founder and CEO of Moniker.com, one of the fastest growing registrars online. The interview went pretty well, though the sound quality was sketchy. I was speaking a bit out of [...]

Free Advertising

Posted August 10th, 2005 by Jared

On Monday, Best of the Web updated its Premium Sponsorship program. Existing and new customers can now sponsor a relevant category and feature their ad in BOTW search results at no cost for 60 days. That’s right – FREE ADVERTISING! The free trial offer is an excellent way for advertisers to check out the Premium [...]

New Shirts

Posted August 2nd, 2005 by Greg

At our last conference, the WMW show in New Orleans, we got absolutely slammed with requests for our shirts. The long-sleeve were a hit, even in summer time New Orleans. We decided to load up on the original shirt, as well as expand our clothing line a bit. We ordered a few hundred shirts from [...]