Small Business Blog Directory Gets Makeover

Five years ago when there were a lot less business blogs on the webs, I got really frustrated trying to find good business blogs to read. It was very overwhelming and time consuming to search around while trying to find just the right tidbit. Fast forward to today and it’s even worse (better?!).Instead of thousands of small business blogs, now there are millions. And that’s a good thing. Plus we have new tools to find good stuff to read and people to interact with. Back in 2005, my solution to the overwhelm was to create a small business blog directory.

The blog directory was a hit and it has grown steadily ever since. But for the last couple of years, it has been in need of a serious makeover. And it finally got one! Now there are a lot more options for viewing the blogs in the directory in addition to the ability for leaving comments, rating blogs and sharing them on social sites like Facebook and Twitter. Here’s a peek at the new look.

Currently, small business blogs are sorted into twenty high level categories. What I really like about this new layout is that it is much easier to read what a blog is about and then click on over to the real site. For site owners, in addition to the new sharing and community options I talked about earlier, the directory offers “do follow” links that can give them a Google juice kick. There are way too many new, cool options to detail in this post so I put together a quick tour of the site for you. You can watch it below.

I’d love to hear what you think about the “new and improved” small business blog directory and would love to have your blog included. Hop on over and submit your blog today.