Mahesh Mhatre

My good friend Saad has come up with a very beautiful looking phpld template for all the directory owners and the best thing is that its completely free. You can download the same from here : cool blue template  phpld2.0 and cool blue template for v 3.0

Good luck and keep up the good work Saad. (Saadahmed007)

The contest fever has started and Mike the Blogmaster has started a directory contest at directorycontest.com where in the directory has to maintain a regular link without any on-page optimization (though some of them have twisted the rules and are using it - excuse is that all other pages have similar setup). Its funny to see what people can do to attain the ultimate goal. Good luck to directorycontest.com

If you are one of those people who loved dressing up dolls, visit www.i-dressup.com. The site features digital dolls that can be dressed up in the latest collection of big fashion houses. The site also has a fashion blog to keep tabs on emerging trends

What is a water footprint? People use a lot of water for a variety of things; everything from bathing to producing food. In a few years the usable water on the planet will not be sufficient to support the growing population. www.waterfootprint.org aims at teaching everyone about water consumption, its repercussions and the conservation of water.

Recently there has been a new trend of viral marketing - all started by Stuart of Site-Sift.com (a very nice guy), and continued by Jeff (sevenseek.com) - The marketing revolves around flooding forums with avatars specific to your website. It has started as a christmas special but I doubt it will end here, its bound to continue for a long time now. All these avatar hijacks is making DP look like uhmmm you figure it out.