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Featured Page Nomination

Bla.st is nominated to be a featured wiki page. Please discuss this nomination below.

• First nominated on 15:46, 20 May 2007 (PDT)

bla.st the free international web directory

bla.st is a free directory where anyone can find or promote companies, products, services, promotions, sales, specials and events. The site could be described as a cross between a business directory, pixel advertising and a notice board.

Each advertisement on the site is called a 'card', and is usually an image. All cards are 270px x 165px in size. Each card on bla.st can have:

• up to 30 keywords (aka tags or categories)
• a link where a user will be directed to when they click the card
• an address which links to the location on Google Maps

Hovering over a small bla.st card brings up the large version

Keywords

Users can choose what ever keywords they like when they place cards on the site. Some popular keywords used so far:

• http://bla.st/design/
• http://bla.st/mac/
• http://bla.st/mac-software/
• http://bla.st/blog/
• http://bla.st/t-shirt/

A tag cloud is available showing the most popular categories: http://bla.st/site/categories/

Business Model

While bla.st is free to join and use, advertisers can choose to pay money to list their card above others on the site. Cards are ordered from the most expensive to the cheapest, so the free cards are listed last. Cards paying the same amount are listed from oldest to newest.

Languages

English

External Links

• Alexa: Bla.st
• bla.st Alexa traffic compared to other online advertising sites http://alexaholic.com/bla.st+43ads.com+isquare.it+linkexperiment.com+thechosenlink.com
• Official bla.st blog http://bla.st/site/blog/