Archive for the 'Development' Category

Introducing the BOTW UK Directory

Posted December 9th, 2008 by Jared

The ever-expanding BOTW is proliferating yet again—we have launched a comprehensive UK Directory that catalogs relevant British and Irish websites and your anglophile narrator is thrilled!
BOTW UK incorporates the original BOTW Directory’s extensive and comprehensive categorization methods, and the new UK Directory will offer seamless access to corresponding information in the main directory. British and […]

Hands Across the Water (and other curses)

Posted September 27th, 2008 by Rob Jones

Looking for something on the web yields similar problems. You need to search the term that’s actually present, and it doesn’t hurt to have it spelled the same way. Unfortunately, if you’re in the UK you are sometimes hampered by evidence the colonials elsewhere can neither spell nor call things by their correct name.

BOTW Local Updates

Posted July 22nd, 2008 by Greg

A little more than a month later, and we have made some great strides with our Local Search offering. What a wild month it’s been.
We built out and opened up a couple of dozen additional cities, and now have more than 30 cities active. You can find a partial list of the activated […]

BOTW Local Goes Beta

Posted June 18th, 2008 by Greg

Listed in the BOTW Directory?

Posted January 28th, 2008 by Greg

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 […]

BOTW, Stirred not Shaken

Posted October 10th, 2006 by Greg

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 […]

Customer Plus-Delta

Posted August 31st, 2006 by Greg

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 […]

Lend a Hand

Posted August 17th, 2006 by Greg

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 […]

BOTW API

Posted June 14th, 2006 by Dave

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. […]

And Justice For All…

Posted May 19th, 2006 by Dave

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, […]