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Grumpus · 04-10-2004, 11:00 AM

When making cre8asite's directory, our thread about this very discussion ran about 100 or more posts. (I forget, but it was HUGE - and it wasn't open to the general public - only the mods of the forum...)

The trick is not so much in picking whether you select "All" or "Best" but rather in coming up with a definition of "All" or "Best".

Another issue comes in when I have a site that contains good info about widgets. Then John makes a site that has all the same info mine has, plus it's got a whole lot more because it goes into more detail. This means that John's site has plenty of unique content. But, does that mean that my site is no longer unique and should be removed? Maybe - or even probably. But how does that get determined?

And, John didn't copy my site. He just made sure he covered all the bases my site covered. It's all his own words on his site and my own words on my site. Is the fact that the "coverage" is the same enough to make them "not unique"? Or is the fact that the copy is different enough to make the site unique? And, if it's determined that only one of them should be in the directory, which one? The one that was created first? The bigger one? The one that was submitted first?

"Best" is a tough call too as a lot of that determination is subjective.

There are a lot of tough questions in here and it's likely that the answers you guys come up with will be considerably different than the ones we came up with. And your answers will be different than what DMOZ or Yahoo, or whatever other directory came up with. That's what'll make your directory unique.

I definitely agree with John, though - putting a sites's PR or any SEO considerations into whether the site is good enough for the directory is a mistake. A site is either useful or its not. Whether they have backlinks is irrelevant. Even google started out with zero backlinks at one point.

G.

04-10-2004, 11:00 AM	#11 (permalink)
Grumpus Inactive Join Date: 01-21-04 Posts: 85 iTrader: 0 / 0% Latest Blog: None	When making cre8asite's directory, our thread about this very discussion ran about 100 or more posts. (I forget, but it was HUGE - and it wasn't open to the general public - only the mods of the forum...) The trick is not so much in picking whether you select "All" or "Best" but rather in coming up with a definition of "All" or "Best". Another issue comes in when I have a site that contains good info about widgets. Then John makes a site that has all the same info mine has, plus it's got a whole lot more because it goes into more detail. This means that John's site has plenty of unique content. But, does that mean that my site is no longer unique and should be removed? Maybe - or even probably. But how does that get determined? And, John didn't copy my site. He just made sure he covered all the bases my site covered. It's all his own words on his site and my own words on my site. Is the fact that the "coverage" is the same enough to make them "not unique"? Or is the fact that the copy is different enough to make the site unique? And, if it's determined that only one of them should be in the directory, which one? The one that was created first? The bigger one? The one that was submitted first? "Best" is a tough call too as a lot of that determination is subjective. There are a lot of tough questions in here and it's likely that the answers you guys come up with will be considerably different than the ones we came up with. And your answers will be different than what DMOZ or Yahoo, or whatever other directory came up with. That's what'll make your directory unique. I definitely agree with John, though - putting a sites's PR or any SEO considerations into whether the site is good enough for the directory is a mistake. A site is either useful or its not. Whether they have backlinks is irrelevant. Even google started out with zero backlinks at one point. G.