jimnoble - 12:32 pm on Oct 2, 2007 (gmt 0)

Other times the site just wasn't good enough to get in - and didn't supply something new or original to the category

Let's look at an example of 'good enough' in a little more detail because it partially depends upon the website's purpose.

Ahn individual bed and breakfast website will be listed in its locality without any problem - provided that it works and isn't just a visiting card of course. It doesn't have to be pretty; it just has to say what it is, where it is and not be unduly user hostile[1]. Prices and a photo gallery are nice but not essential.

OTOH, a bed and breakfast directory for a locality will be judged by its context. If we already have 23 B&Bs listed there, a directory with only five B&Bs is plainly useless.

Also, if we already have 3 good B&B directories listed there, why would we need another? If it's significantly better, we'll list it but otherwise probably not.

[1]Quite a few editors use Firefox because - well, it's just a better browser and has several very useful addons. It's a shame that so many web developers only check their sites in IE. If a site won't work in FF, I'll try it in IE and, in a perfect world, so will other editors. I can't guarantee that all do though.