I have been pretty fascinated with the concept of blogging since it was first suggested to me. We had seen an increase in the percentage of submissions in blog format beginning mid-2004. We got involved in the space, when a few of our staff members got personal blogs, and we launched our first collaborative blog [...]

Today the debate rages – price integrity v. increased exposure. How do you deal with maintaing a standard price for your product or service while trying to increase exposure and sales via price based discounts? In today’s digital age, the mass distribution of a promotional code is only a few keystrokes away. Blessing or curse? [...]

We had a short week at headquarters, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. While the main office was closed, luckily BOTW is a 21st century workplace. For our editors outside of the US, it was just another Thursday and Friday. Our new additions were a little light the last couple of days (see 11/24 and [...]

What is your favorite type of food? One thing that Americans have more than enough of is food. Cooking (and eating) has long been a favorite past time of many an American. Be it food from anywhere on earth, there is an audience willing to consume. We have recently filled out our International Cuisine category. [...]

Last week Brian, Greg and Jared spent the week in Las Vegas, exhibiting at PubCon 10. The conference marked our first appearance as an exhibitor, and we were excited to be there. We happily report that the time spent away from the office was well worth it. It was nice to see industry friends, as [...]

As announced at PubCon, on November 15 Best of the Web launched the BOTW Blog Directory. We view this as an opportunity to use our knowledge and experience in the directory space in a nascent industry. Our commitment to quality, coupled with our technological maturation should enable us to provide the user with a blog [...]

As a not-too-religious person, I don’t spend much time online looking for religious sites. However, I am not in the majority when it comes to religion online. There is a tremendous amount of information relating to religion, whatever your flavor may be. A few editors have recently taken a shine to the Religion area of [...]

If you can get yourself to Las Vegas the week of Nov 14, and would like to go to Pubcon, we have a handful of discount passes still available. As an exhibitor, we were given some coupon codes to extend the offer to our friends and clientele. Coupon One provides for 25% off the full [...]

As mentioned last month, in less than two weeks, we make our debut as a exhibitor at Pubcon. As this marks our first venture into the exhibitor arena, we were a bit overwhelmed with all of the preparations that needed finalizing. Thus far, the following tasks have been accomplished: Booth rented – we also needed [...]