Some time ago if a web marketer wanted to know details about a site it could take hours to investigate. How many links does a site have? How many pages does a site have cached in Google? How old is the site? What is the site’s Alexa rank? It was […]

We have long stressed the importance of surrounding yourself with the best people that you can find. We take great pride in the people that work for Best of the Web, and expect passion and a commitment to excellence from all. By attracting the best people we can continue to pursue initiatives fully […]

Knowing what your users think about your product or service can prove to be a crucial role in the success of your offering. Is it solving their needs? Easy to use? The only way to know is to ask.
The goal of the BOTW Directory is pretty straightforward. Build a comprehensive directory […]

In a departure from our stance on the Web Directory, we have opened up the Blog Directory to volunteer editors.
We unofficially launched the volunteer program about 10 days ago, and have since received more than a few applications. Now that some of the bugs have been worked out, we felt we would officially announce […]

My Lords… My Ladies…
Today you find yourselves equals - for you are all equally blessed; For I have the pride, the privilege, nay, the pleasure, of introducing you to the BOTW API!

What I’m about to tell you is subject to change, since it’s still early in the game. […]

I’m not sure whether I’ve ever posted the following analogy, but I’ll say it again anyway: I often feel like I’m a soldier and the internet is my battlefield.
Some days, I’m just trying to survive without getting my head blown off. “What are we fighting for Sarge???”
Other days, […]

Most bibliophiles know that books can transport a person to places they could not go otherwise. When one truly realizes the value of a great book, it is because of the potentially life changing experience some books offer the reader. One of those books, which has been on the business bestsellers list and […]

The good news is that a couple of months ago our blog search was added to GrabPERF, a blog performance monitoring site. We are included amongst some industry titans, including Mozilla, Wordpress, Google, CNN, Digg, Technorati, and more.
The bad news is that according to their speed metrics, we currently rank as the third slowest […]

In the past, the average Internet user searched topically. However, local searches are becoming more and more popular. When a person wants to find quality links to local entities, it only makes sense to utilize a directory edited with quality control in mind.
There is nothing like the simplicity of going […]