The New York Times Directories News Headlines:

Payouts and Payoffs
Do some art; do no harm.

?The Coffee Was Lousy. The Wait Was Long.?
Yelp, a San Francisco Internet company, has become a leader in a fast-growing category: Web sites that let people spout off about anything from shops to animal shelters.

The Company With the Biggest Little Black Book
Every phone call, fax and personal computer connection in North America depends on a little-known company called NeuStar, and its chief executive, Jeffrey E. Ganek.

Jack Cole, Creator of People Locator, Dead at 87
Mr. Cole was a businessman who used early computer technology to sort the world or at least millions of the people in it by street address.

As Cellphones Multiply, Phone Books Get Slimmer
The fat phone book, a fixture of the urban American household in the last century, is losing some of its girth as more people give up their land lines for cellphones.

Web-Links-Directory.com Weblog News Headlines:

Neglected but not forgotten
Not much to write about here lately. Still waiting for google to give this site a break. I think the directory must have gotten hammered with some sort of penalty or something. With contantly change algos and the constant battle with spam sites it is no wonder. I have read many forums that offer may [...]

Comments
I am considering turning the comments feature on for this blog. I think I should install the anti-spam plug-in first. I doubt any useful comments would result anyway. I guess I could post comments myself but that seems sort of pointless since I can simply modify the post. Oh well just a thought. Not too [...]

New categories coming soon
Checking into several possible verticle markets to include in the directory. A little research still needs to be completed but here is a short list of markets we are considering. Automotive Restaurants Blogs Several factors need to be weighed to determine the value of adding these resources.

Now accepting top level category link exchanges
Webmasters get more exposure with a top level category exchange. Even if your site fit in a lower level subcategory we will be approving links to help populate the link exchange directory. In some cases we may even copy your link to it’s most relevant subcategory giving you two links for one reciprical. We want [...]

Exchanging links
If done properly exchanging links with relevant sites can be a great way to promote a website. If done improperly it can actually cause more harm than good. If it’s worth doing it’s worth doing right.