by Anita Campbell
September 30, 2008 at 10:56 am
· Filed under Management, Web Apps
A while back I wondered aloud about where to find a directory to look up Web apps. A variety of sites and blogs have posts that cover SaaS apps / Web apps. But I was looking for THE definitive place.
Mashable.com doesn’t give us the definitive directory, but it is getting closer, with its list of 270 Web apps for running a business. That’s in addition to an earlier list of 230 Web apps from last year. Add them up and you get 500 Web apps between the two posts.
They range from accounting apps, to calendar apps, to project management apps, to virtual office apps, to email apps, to voicemail apps.
Both posts do a good job of pulling in the smaller providers. However, many of the industry leaders are missing. So are some of my favorite apps.
For instance, while in last year’s article I saw QuickBase, still I didn’t see other standards such as: QuickBooks Online; ; Billing Manager; Email Center Pro; eXpresso for sharing Excel spreadsheets; and several other familiar names.
The posts definitely are worth checking out to find some new apps you may not be aware of. However, there’s still a need for a directory in my view.
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Thanks for the pointing out the resource. I have Mashable as a RSS link on my Netvibes start page. Maybe someone will come up with a widget combining (read mash-up) links to different apps site with reviews of the linked applications.
Amanda wrote @ October 1st, 2008 at 10:52 am
Wow, what a list of goodies to go thru. Lots of good stuff to sort thru on these lists. Thank you for pointing us to them!
Thank you for highlighting these directories. We’ll have to see what we can do about getting Email Center Pro on some of these lists. — Cale / S. VP Product Development for Palo Alto Software
Your humble blog producer here… Actually Anita, you can very likely expect to see such a directory appearing here on the AppGap, within the month hopefully. We’re currently spec’ing it out, designing, etc., and hope to roll it out in a soft launch soon. Will shoot you an emaiil on the side with more details.
Super glad to hear, that Hylton!
The SEO professionals will tell you that directories have fallen out of favor. However, there are vertical markets (franchises) and niche purposes (Web apps) where directories make tremendous sense for users.
Anita
I agree with the need of this directory, Anita. It will definitely help us and save time in searching SaaS apps one by one in SERPs.
@Hylton, looking forward for that section here.
Anita, Martin, Amanda, Cale, Mary, et al.,
As I posted just now we’ve launched the reviews directory, dubbed Appopedia.
Check it out and let us know what you think – would really appreciate your feedback. We’ve got a few more features due out in the coming days but would love any input you all have.
Thanks,
Hylton
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