Tropical House Plants

This is my first “rant”. Sometimes I get so vexed at the incompetence or laziness, or maybe just simple rudeness of the webmasters of other sites that I have to talk about it. Here’s the latest example .

I decided to join a few directories, to publicize Tropical House Plants … just trying to get the word out about us. So about a month ago I filled out an application on the WordPress Directory site in order to get listed. They are now charging a fee for this.

“Due to high volume of submits and maintainance, all submits from Today (02-Mar-2008) will have a minimum fee.”

A regular link with a reciprocal link back to them had the lowest cost, so I decided to go with this option. I put up the small badge shown here as a link to poweredbywp.com.

I filled out their form, which included a space to enter the URL of my link, which I did. After filling out the required CAPCHA, I was immediately presented with the following error message:

“A link to http://www.poweredbywp.com/ could not be found at the specified URL.”

Well, that was simply not true. The badge link WAS there! So I sent them an email asking them to please fix the problem with their form.

Three emails and three weeks later, I have yet to receive any sort of reply, even though it is clearly stated on their website:

“We will respond to you within 2 working days.”

So I would strongly advise any webmaster thinking about applying to this directory NOT to do it! Save yourself the frustration and find another directory that wants your business. There are some badges in the sidebar for a few directories which are easier to join, and are also free.