I’ve just sold my signature link to Chris who runs Big Web Links Directory and after I’d had a look at the site I decided it might be an interesting resource to those who read my blog.

 Some of the keypoints include;

• - All links are permanent
• - The site is being very heavily promoted to deliver both traffic and link value for listed web sites
• - Category options are affordable and excellent spots are available.
• - For those interested, the top 10 bid listings are shown on the homepage and the top 20 are shown on the top links page. These are very prime positions.
• - All listings include a details page with an additional link back to the submitted site.
• - All links are 100% search engine friendly.

This definitely looks like it could be another successful directory along with Site Sift, Aviva and the Alive directories. Well worthwhile getting a link while they are still at a good price!

Big Web Links Directory is a search engine friendly web directory that offers a unique approach for directory listings. Instead of sorting listings by popularity, Page Rank, or alphabetically, the listings are sorted by listing bid amount. This allows webmasters to easily control the position of listings in the directory. For example, if a webmaster wants a listing to be on a category’s first page, the dollar amount can be adjusted to the amount needed to achieve this goal. Listing contribution increases take immediate effect. As an additional benefit, the top 10 listings are shown on the homepage, while the top 20 listings are shown on the top links page. A listing details page dedicated for each listing is also provided, which makes a total of 4 links possible in the directory.

For those living in the UK, many of you will have noticed that a new £20 note is being released shortly and the man to figure on the note is none other than the brilliant economist Adam Smith.

Born in my hometown of Kirkcaldy in 1723, Adam Smith built up a reputation in the areas of philosophy and the political economy, before writing a volume of publications, at the age of 53, on ‘Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations’ which basically argued in favour of free trade as many governments were trying to regulate commerce and trade.

According to some reports, only 25% of the UK population have heard of Professor Smith and a poll was held which concluded that approximately 50% of the population had voted that Winston Churchill was a more favourable candidate for the new £20 note.

I however, a Kirkcaldy man, am in favour of the decision made as Adam Smith is one of the few claims to fame for my hometown.

Other claims to fame for Kirkcaldy include;

• The longest traveling street fair/market in Europe
• Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer is the MP for this town
• Going back into the last 2 centuries Kirkcaldy was famous for its linoleum manufacturing

After the 1-0 defeat to Manchester United where the goal scored by John O’Shea was scored in the last minute of the game, Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez was quoted as saying

“I would have trouble explaining how we lost that in Spanish; in English I find it almost impossible.”