While it isn’t an issue by any means, it is amazing how many submitters leave the choice of category entirely up to the editor. It just seems worth a shot to state a preference. In a directory this size there are generally several places one site might fit. This post will give you an idea how to offer the editor your personal preference should you desire.

BOTW Local Premium listings 50% off thru February 28
BOTW Local is a map related business directory that helps people locate local vendors. As a service to both vendors and users we allow a free listing (called a “Jumspstart”). For an added fee you can get a Premium listing. Premium pages provide prominent placement and expanded business details like email and website links, coupons, special notes, etc.

Now we’d like to play our part helping folks get their website and their products in front of more people than ever. BOTW now has more than 20 million listings spread across the Web Directory, Blog Directory, UK Directory, and BOTW Local. We are happy to offer a promotion good through the end of January: SAVE 20% on All NEW BOTW Submissions and Sponsorship Advertising.

Best of the Web is offering a bundled price for our flagship product, the Best of the Web Directory, and BOTW Local, our user-driven directory of businesses throughout the US. Note that this includes 50% off our already discounted price for BOTW Directory… so this is a deal not likely to be eclipsed by future offers.

Our very own Greg Hartnett took the spotlight during an interview with Local Search expert, David Mihm, where he discussed the new Local Directory and where it’s headed. An interesting read all around! Great job, Greg. Check out the entire interview here.

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 cities [...]