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A "Killer Blog" Directory

There are a number of directory sites for ASP.NET information.  Sites like 123aspx.com, 411ASP.NET, and others provide a directory of online ASP.NET articles and FAQs grouped by category.  For example, with these sites it's really easy to find a list of email components, user control tutorials, or pre-built ad management applications.  These directory sites do a great job of categorizing and localizing a ton of very useful information interspersed over the Internet.

I was thinking that a killer Web site might be a blog directory for .NET information.  There are a number of excellent bloggers out there, putting out invaluable information in their blog entries.  But even those bloggers who have the highest signal to noise ratios still oftentimes put non-technical fluff in their blogs, like their latest electronic toys, what book's their reading, or movie reviews.  While this is what makes many blogs personable and worth subscribing to, if you are solely interested in .NET information you might find this fluff frustrating.

What I think might be a useful Web site would be a directory of great blog entries that focus specifically on .NET.  These could be categorized like general ASP.NET directories, but would instead focus solely on indexing top-notch blog entries.

Do you think such a service would be worthwhile, or should this be delegated to the existing directory sites, including in with their catalogs of articles?  Does such a site exist already?  I'm unaware of one.  I'm contemplating starting up such a resource site, but don't have the time right now.  Plus, I have other projects demanding more of my attention which have been neglected more than they deserve.  Maybe someone will pick up this idea and run with it, if someone already hasn't, and (most importantly) if the reward is worth the effort...

posted on Tuesday, October 14, 2003 11:25 PM

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# re: A "Killer Blog" Directory 10/19/2003 1:16 PM Dave Burke

Great idea. A summary of the post would add a lot of value to the directory...and a lot of time in the creation of directories. Please post any developments with this idea. Yeah, the directory items could have a 5-star rating like your toolbox site.

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