Question about GoGuides

I've read the other posts, has this site gone anywhere?

[EliteWeb]

I've read the other threads about GoGuides and I was wondering if that site has gone anywhere or been useful to anyone? Is it part of your normal submission process? Should it be a part of mine?

Threads Re:
GoGuides.Org directory [webmasterworld.com]
Dozens of sites by X-GO Guides [webmasterworld.com]
New search directory [webmasterworld.com]

[mivox]

Well, umm...

1. not that I know of
2. not that I know of
3. no
4. only if you've got the time to spare (IMTHO)

[bird]

gone anywhere?

Yup, down the drain... ;)

GoGuides used to be a volunteer edited directory that fueled part of the results on go.com, before Disney dumped the unit and started to serve Goverture data instead. The same content was also mirrored on infoseek.com at the time, and on about a dozen other domains and subdomains that I don't all remember.

The directory was a mess and produced a referrer about every other day, but it was very helpful as a source of link popularity. Because of their intransparent way of cross linking their subcategories, each entry in the directory resulted in at least half a dozen seperate links from each of the above mentioned domains.

In any case, it's history now. The sites you list are some of the fallout caused by frustrated former volunteers.

[gayl]

GoGuides refers to GoGuides.org which is a directory formed a year ago by a group of volunteer editors, some of whom were editors at GO.com.

GoGuides.org is a healthy, growing directory with absolutely no connection to GO.com.

:)
gayl
Team Support member at GoGuides

[korkus2000]

Goguides looks to be a nice directory. I think I will be adding it to my list of directories I submit to.

It is very clean and is not riden with spam.

[bird]

Just to clarify that not everybody is talking about the same site here.

As I read the question, it wasn't specifically about goguides.org, but mentioned it only as one example out of several follow-up projects started after the demise the original Go Guides directory. I think it was obvious to most readers that my post referred to the latter one.

In my opinion, it is slightly unfortunate that the goguides.org project chose that name, as it is prone to produce this kind of confusion wherever it is mentioned. Other than that, I have no comments about it, as I see it still very much as a work in progress.

[hbird64]

And I know only two ex GO guides directories, not dozens :-)

Hugo

PS. Bird are you related to me?

[korkus2000]

I think both sites have merit. They are very proffessional. They are young. I just wish JA would not funnel its directory results through their cgi-bin.

[hbird64]

"I just wish JA would not funnel its directory results through their cgi-bin."

Soon (June/July) the topics and search will be switched over to php and therefore spiderable.

Hugo

[korkus2000]

sweet thanks

[Brad]

Whenever I can I submit to both Joe Ant and GoGuides. Both are nice directories that are striving for quality which I can only applaud.

If JA becomes spiderable it will be great!