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Here are some handy tips for you to get started. I will add more as I think of them:

Dooz

  • » When adding a category name, think about the type of sites that will end up in it. The name of your category should closely match your intended use of each of the links you will add.
  • » Dual use sites such as Yahoo, which can be used as a either a search engine or for email should be categorized as you use it most commonly - i.e. news, email, music and so on.
  • » Use the Tag cloud to see how other people have categorized sites before creating your own. This helps to cut down on the number of redundant categories.
  • » Avoid personalizing categories as much as possible. Instead of naming a category "Billy's Awesome Search Engines" use something generic that will be meaningful to a stranger, like "Search Engines".
  • » From the start, adopt the practice of using plurals for category names. Since a category, by definition, holds a set of related items, your category name should reflect this. Use "Search Engines" instead of "Search Engine"
  • » When rating & reviewing sites, try to be as clear and concise as possible. Ensure that your rating is commensurate with your review and above all, be fair.

Dontz

  • » Don't recommend Websites to people you don't know or who have not requested that a link be sent to them!
  • » Don't use profanity or abusive language in any form on the site.
  • » Don't insert HTML or any other code into your notes and reviews - it will be stripped and mangled and persistant abuse will result in a ban.
  • » Don't insert URLs with query strings or session IDs. For example, http://www.mypage.com/news?uid=567567537etww645 should be added as http://www.mypage.com/news.
  • » Don't end a URL with a trailing slash. If you need to specify a directory, make use of the index file (for example, http://www.linkdoozer.com/ should be http://www.linkdoozer.com or, if this does not direct you to the correct page, http://www.linkdoozer.com/pagename.php).
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[Doozer]: Doozers spend most of their time building!

This section really depends on you! Offhand, I can't know what trouble you will encounter will Doozering. Accordingly, what I propose is that, for a little while at least, I will provide you with this email address:

help [at] linkdoozer [dot] com

You write to me and I will gather up the most common queries & requests and build a repository of solutions that will be added here.

If I know my programming skills, there will probably be a need for a forum to cater for wailing and gnashing of teeth and I will add one as and when I think it is necessary.

If there are any genius programmers out there who want to lend a hand pro bono to expand on the core, I think a forum would be quite useful and we can look at that as and when.

For now, the main points are as follows:

  • When in doubt, click on the little icons that are littered across your pages. These will reveal whatever functionality is hidden therein.
  • Refreshing your page will display any and all changes you have made to your account. I am working on being able to display everything without you ever having to send a full page request - this will save you time - but it is tricky.

I trust this will cure what ails you! Shout if there is anything else...
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About us

LinkDoozer started in 2007 in an attempt to avoid getting on with real work!

The idea behind the site was to provide a perfectly democratic way for people to search and research websites and pages on the Internet. LinkDoozer's distinctive approach improves on the standard Search engine model because it shows you what other people are using and not what companies pay SEO experts big bucks for you to be shown.

All seriousness aside, anyone and everyone should find LinkDoozer a fun and easy place to store, view and compare their favorite websites. Even if you aren't into sharing reviews and ratings or swapping notes with friends, LinkDoozer can make things easy for you by providing a great visual and connected favorites folder.

In fact, having an interactive favorites folder is something I personally have needed for a long time - its one of the reasons I built the site.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy my efforts and I look forward to hearing your suggestions about how to make LinkDoozer your perfect online companion!

Happy Doozing...

How it Works

LinkDoozer is designed to allow you to manage and control your interaction with the Internet. How you use it depends on what you need and your own imagination!

Whatever you can do on any of your favorite sites you can do on LinkDoozer! Simply add that site to your LinkDoozer Homepage and all its features are available at the click of a button.

In a nutshell:
  1. Register and set LinkDoozer as your homepage - we remember who you are each time you open your browser so you always go direct to your personal homepage
  2. Add all your favorite links to your LinkDoozer account (including your current homepage) - each link can open in its own section of your homepage for extra easy browsing
  3. Search the Doozer Categories and Links to find out what links are genuinely popular with other Doozers and add them to your account at the click of a button
  4. Everyone can rate and review the sites in their account, and these reviews are made available to everyone else to help them make better decisions
  5. Everyone can recommend sites to other people
  6. Notes on Websites can be shared privately between contacts

Badges & Links

Webmasters find it only natural to want show off good reviews about their Websites. Funnily enough, reviewers often want to show off their reviews about other people's websites too. Whether you're a Webmaster or a reviewer, or even someone who just likes badges, you'll find something to add to your homepage here:

We are Doozers

Partners

The following sites have, in some way or another, helped me and may in turn prove useful to you (If they do, remember to add them to your LinkDoozer account):

  • InfoBuoy: Provides a simple and easy to use Internet Portal that combines many of the world's best Websites to give you a powerful online companion.
  • RankTracer: Provides sales information including sales estimates, sales rank tracking, graphs, comparisons, review alerts, analysis statistics and pretty much anything else for products sold anywhere on Amazon.
  • PHPMyAffiliates: Free Web based utility for managing affiliate links

Terms of use

  • Anyone can use LinkDoozer on the understanding that it is completely free and therefore void of all guarantees and warranties whatsoever - whatever you can think of, we're not responsible! If you don't like something please, please, please let me know. If I can fix it I will; if I can't, then no one is forcing you to stay.
  • I don't want your email addresses to sell to those infernal spammers - I won't share your info with anyone at all. Your information is as safe as I can make it and if there is anything you need to know, just shout.
  • In an attempt to cut down on people using LinkDoozer to spam others with Website promotions, any recommender's email address is made available to the recommendee - this is on purpose because you should only be recommending a site to someone you already know.
  • You must respect the rights and conditions of each of the Websites or Webpages that you visit from LinkDoozer. Should you break any of these conditions you agree to indemnify me and take sole responsibility for your actions.
  • Its quite possible that I haven't thought of everything and written it down here. Because of this, these terms of use are subject to change at my discretion and without warning. If you really are that worried you can check back every now and then.
  • If you use LinkDoozer for anything remotely illegal or tantamount to hate speech, or child porn and so on, I will release your information to any authorities who are interested (and probably some who aren't).
  • Any attempts to subvert LinkDoozer will result in a ban and possibly legal action.
  • Access to the site is granted at my sole discretion and I have the right to withhold permission or discontinue the service for whatever reason I choose and whenever I choose.
  • Finally, your use of this Website automatically constitutes an acceptance of these terms.

Privacy

  • The only things that are required in order to set up an account with LinkDoozer is a valid email address, your name/nickname, and a password. It might be that you wish to supply other information for your profile at a later date, but LinkDoozer won't force you to provide any more than these original requirements.
  • I don't want your email addresses to sell to those infernal spammers - In fact, I won't share any of your info with anyone at all, unless you infract conditions set out in the Terms of Use. If there is anything you need to know, just shout.
  • In order to keep track of all the information in each account, LinkDoozer makes use of sessions & cookies which record information about the state of your account (i.e which site goes in which category). I don't use this information for anything other than this purpose!
  • There is no further information that we gather about you other than that which you volunteer or which is necessary to maintain your account.
  • LinkDoozer is designed to allow automatic login from your PC or laptop of choice - this makes it easy for you to begin surfing the Net. Thusly, if you access your account from a public machine, you MUST LOG OFF before leaving the site or the next person will also have access to your HomePage.
  • Be aware that whenever you view a Website through LinkDoozer you are subject to that external Website's Terms of use and Privacy conditions. As with anything, you should ensure you research the requisite information as part of a responsible approach to surfing the Net.