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The thumbnails in directories

Discussion in 'Directories' started by pctec, Nov 23, 2006.

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    I noticed that a lot of directories use thumbnails of your frontpage next to the listing. I also noticed that almost all of the thumbnails are of my old site design. Even the new ones I submitted to. Do the directory owners use google's cashe for the thumbnail or am I simply missing something?
     
    pctec, Nov 23, 2006 IP
  2. dkessaris

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    No they use third party services like alexa(no longer free etc). So they display whatever image the third party provider is serving.
     
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    pctec Well-Known Member

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    Oh... that makes sense... so when the third party updates does it auto update in the directory?
     
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    Yes, since the images are practically hotlinked, they are not stored on the directory's server.
     
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    pctec Well-Known Member

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    Cool, thank you :)
     
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    WhatiFind offline

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    malcolm1 Prominent Member

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    go to alexa and change it ask for an updated thumbnail...i do it for all new sites entering my directory takes all of 2 minutes and they usally have it updated within 48 hours.

    thx
    malcolm
     
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    The MSN picsare superfast in comparison to Alexa. As soon as they stopped being free I think they killed any use of their pics.

    I think MSN updates once a month or so.
     
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    malcolm1 Prominent Member

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    well alexa doesnt cost me a cent and they still get it done within 48 hours.

    thx
    malcolm
     
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    pctec Well-Known Member

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    :)
    I'll see how alexa works out...
     
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    saadahmed007 Admínistratör

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    MSN is best.It's best and it's also fast.Alexa is not free moreover it's slow!
    Saad
     
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    msn has got my old site design indexed :S lets hope it index the new one :)
    Thanks for the link on how to add a thumbnail, I was looking for this to add it to my directory
     
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    except your are using MSN thumbs, not Alexa, silly man.

    el oh el.
     
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    I've been thinking of implementing something like this on my site - although the images are not necessarily thumbs of the sites just something related!

    I was going to ask how does a directory ensure the images are proper! But I just realised that the thumbs are auto generated for a site..silly me. That is quite cool...that's got me thinking...
     
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    how often they will update your thumbnail will depend on how often you update your site. I see large content sites have their thumbnail updated pretty often.
     
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    Hmm.. I never knew that. Thanks for sharing. I had this site that always had thumbnails of the old look. It was nice to know that they still change.
     
    SpotWeb, Nov 24, 2006 IP