[benjamincanfly]

I like this better than most web 2.0 directories I've seen (http://www.listio.com etc.), but it has to feel pretty exhaustive before I'll depend on it. If I don't expect it to give me better results than just plain Googling, I won't bookmark it to give it a chance.

Link directly to each site from the browse/search results page. I want the option to skip your site summary page and quickly open ten blogging sites in new tabs for comparison.

On the summary pages, I almost didn't realize there were reviews. If there are only one or two, it's not enough content for me to realize it just by looking at my scrollbar. That adwords block is going to be a wall for most people. I'd remove the screenshot altogether and put truncated reviews right next to the vital details.

Edit: There's another reason for removing the screenshot - for me, it just registers as a flash ad, and I almost don't even look at it. At http://www.wappied.com/apps/mint my brain wants to think that's a Vista ad on the right. Once you do look at it, it's still only about a quarter of its original size, so you're absorbing purely visual data(does it look cool?), which you already kind of get from the nice-sized logo.

[moorage]

I tend to agree - there's something wrong with the screenshots/slides right now.

Of course, for some reason I can't explain, I also like having them around in some fashion, so users can experience parts of the app without trying them. Perhaps this is what "tour" pages are for.

Maybe I should just make pictures part of people's reviews, if they want to show off a cool feature....

Hmm...