Name of your website?0mg.com
Your name?
JP McDonald
Your Location (city, etc)
Las Vegas
Please give us a short summary of your website?
SEO-friendly, human-edited, free comprehensive directory of the web with over 3,500 categories and sub-categories.
What inspired you to launch your own website?
Felt there was a need for a fully-comprehensive web directory similar to DMOZ that would be easier to get into and to get listed quickly.
When did you launch your first website, and what was it?
2002 - sold website traffic services.
How did you decide on a name for your website?
Wanted something simple and easy to remember.
What makes it different from other, similar offerings?
Much more comprehensive (over 3,500 categories and sub-categories and growing daily) and customer-friendly.
What is your eventual goal? (To sell it, keep it for income, secure a book or other mainstream media deal?)
Make it the best directory on the web.
How does your investment of time and money balance against your success?
Time will tell.
If you had an unlimited development budget for development, how would you change your site?
Not sure.
If your site got really big, really quickly, would you be able to keep up with the demand?
Of course.
What unexpected costs and headaches have you had to deal with?
None so far.
What has been your biggest challenge?
Listing all the categories.
What method has been most successful for promoting your website?
Submitting them to other directories and search engines.
How has running your website differed from your expectations?
n/a
How long have you run the site already, and how long will you continue to keep it up if you don't enjoy big gains in traffic, income or popularity?
It began in July 2007 and will run indefinitely.
What is your website address?
0mg.com