FreshDB.com Website Launch and Call For Volunteer Translators

San Jose, Costa Rica (PRWEB) November 17, 2004 - FreshDB.com is here!
FreshDB.com (http://freshdb.com) is a website designed to showcase
fresh new content from across the internet. FreshDB.com aims to be
the first place that webmasters and content creators go to announce
fresh content, as well as the premiere resource for savvy web readers
to find out what is new on the net.

Why FreshDB.com?

Until now, there has been no central place on the internet to unite
those creating and publishing new content with those seeking new
content. Search engines and directories do a good job of categorizing
web pages and finding answers to a specific question, but they do not
really address the question of what is new and fresh. Niche sites
exist for announcing certain types of content (eg software) but go no
further.

Traditional methods of announcing new internet content include press
releases, search engine submissions, newsletters, and various types of
paid advertising. However, each of these mechanisms has drawbacks.
Press releases may not be picked up by any news outlet. Search engine
and directory listings may take a long time or may even be rejected.
Newsletters may reach only a small audience. Paid advertising can
quickly become expensive. Finally, most of these methods are specific
to websites, and are not really meant for announcing specific
resources such as a new document, photo, song, video, auction,
animation, etc.

FreshDB.com is different. Any piece of content with a valid, unique
URL may be submitted, not just websites. Anyone may submit a listing
at no cost. The database accepts all listings automatically and
displays them immediately, without time consuming human review. New
listings appear at the top of the home page and every related
sub-category page, complete with title and description. Announcements
and press releases about the content may be added to the listing.
Finally, each listing may be edited at any time, and a history of
changes is kept.

FreshDB.com is international. The site is built from the ground up to
support multiple languages. All of the text used on the site is
available for download and translation by volunteers. A single
category system based on DMoz is used throughout with category titles
available in many languages besides English. Listings may be added in
almost any language and readers may browse through the site with
listings restricted to a specific language or in all languages.

FreshDB.com is RSS-friendly. Every category page that can be browsed
on the site can also be delivered as a unique RSS feed. Additional
filters can be applied to the language, type, and age of the listings.
These enable the feed to be narrowed or broadened to suit your
specific interests. The feeds can then be viewed in desktop RSS
reader software, displayed on blogs and other websites, or otherwise
re-used.

Quick Feature List For Webmasters and Content Creators

* Place your new content where internet savvy readers will be looking
for it!
* Submit your new website or other creative work, free of charge, in
nearly any language.
* Get listed on the front page immediately, without time consuming
human review.
* Also get listed on every category page above and including your
chosen category.
* Add announcements and press releases regarding your listing.
* Keep it fresh! Edit your listing when you want, as often as you
want.
* View comments and feedback from your users.
* Any updates you make place your listing in the 'Recently Updated'
section.
* Full history of changes made to your listing (revision control).
Unlimited 'Undo'.
* Automatic RSS Syndication of your listing to interested readers any
time you make a change.


Quick Feature List For Web Readers

* Browse new and updated resources from across the internet, complete
with human edited descriptions and related announcements.
* Add your comments and feedback about particular resources.
* Subscribe to customized RSS feeds of just those items matching your
particular interests.
* Browse by category. For example, view only new listings under
Top:Arts:Movies.
* Browse by resource type. For example, view only audio resources or
new auctions.
* Categories match those of the widely used Open Directory Project
(DMoz), bringing great breadth, depth and familiarity.
* View listings published in your language, or in any language,
within a single category.


Call For Help. Translators Needed!

FreshDB.com is in need of translators to help us reach more people
around the world. Anyone fluent in English and a second language is
eligible and any time you can contribute will be helpful. For more
information, see:

http://freshdb.com/translate



CONTACT INFORMATION:

FreshDB.com
http://freshdb.com/contactus

"Dan Libby" <dan.libby (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

San Jose, Costa Rica (PRWEB) November 17, 2004 - FreshDB.com is here!
FreshDB.com (http://freshdb.com) is a website designed to showcase
fresh new content from across the internet. FreshDB.com aims to be
the first place that webmasters and content creators go to announce
fresh content, as well as the premiere resource for savvy web readers
to find out what is new on the net.

Why FreshDB.com?

Well right now it is to fresh!

"Dan Libby" <dan.libby (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

San Jose, Costa Rica (PRWEB) November 17, 2004 - FreshDB.com is here!
FreshDB.com (http://freshdb.com) is a website designed to showcase
fresh new content from across the internet.
snip

Well I just tried to give you 2 new fresh sites for London - apparently
..info and .uk.net domains aren't valid. Oh deary me , , , , , , , #8-)

Buzby wrote:

"Dan Libby" <dan.libby (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:e9099c30.0411171419.3e07b308 (AT) posting (DOT) google.com...
San Jose, Costa Rica (PRWEB) November 17, 2004 - FreshDB.com is here!
FreshDB.com (http://freshdb.com) is a website designed to showcase
fresh new content from across the internet.
snip

Well I just tried to give you 2 new fresh sites for London - apparently
.info and .uk.net domains aren't valid. Oh deary me , , , , , , , #8-)

Also it replaces the keywords with the RSS feed URL, and makes the feed URL
empty :-( See: http://freshdb.com/item/6115749

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On 17 Nov 2004 14:19:01 -0800, Dan Libby <dan.libby (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

San Jose, Costa Rica (PRWEB) November 17, 2004 - FreshDB.com is here!
FreshDB.com (http://freshdb.com) is a website designed to showcase
fresh new content from across the internet....

After it's been on FreshDB.com, does it get moved to DayOldDB.com? And
eventually SmellsFunnyButStillEdibleDB.com? And...

I just kept getting an INTERNAL ERROR..
... so how ready is this database for publishing on the net ??... NOT !!

"Neal" <neal413 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

On 17 Nov 2004 14:19:01 -0800, Dan Libby <dan.libby (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

San Jose, Costa Rica (PRWEB) November 17, 2004 - FreshDB.com is here!
FreshDB.com (http://freshdb.com) is a website designed to showcase
fresh new content from across the internet....

After it's been on FreshDB.com, does it get moved to DayOldDB.com? And
eventually SmellsFunnyButStillEdibleDB.com? And...

"Buzby" <gb (AT) pumpupthe (DOT) net> wrote

"Dan Libby" <dan.libby (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:e9099c30.0411171419.3e07b308 (AT) posting (DOT) google.com...
San Jose, Costa Rica (PRWEB) November 17, 2004 - FreshDB.com is here!
FreshDB.com (http://freshdb.com) is a website designed to showcase
fresh new content from across the internet.
snip

Well I just tried to give you 2 new fresh sites for London - apparently
.info and .uk.net domains aren't valid. Oh deary me , , , , , , , #8-)

Hi, I just tested and didn't have any problem with .info or .uk.net
domains. If you send me the exact URLs you used I can give them a
try. (without actually putting anything in the database.)

Also, you would receive a faster reply if you use the ContactUs form
on the site.

John Bokma <postmaster (AT) castleamber (DOT) com> wrote

Also it replaces the keywords with the RSS feed URL, and makes the feed URL
empty :-( See: http://freshdb.com/item/6115749

This has been fixed. Thanks for the report. You should be able to
edit your entry to correct the display.

For faster response, please use the ContactUs bug report form on the
website.

http://freshdb.com/contactus

"Mr McN" <BobMcNobby (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

I just kept getting an INTERNAL ERROR..
.. so how ready is this database for publishing on the net ??... NOT !!

What action did you try to perform? If I can duplicate the problem I will fix it.

For faster response, please report bugs via our web form at:

http://freshdb.com/contactus