So yknow i was board after getting in and just started doing ssome random checks as i usuallly do, the business directory is generally one of them.. i figured let me do some googling on some jamaican organizations or just some organization that i think would be listed and to my surprise the results where very much infavour of the business directory.

first was BWIA International Ltd.

which pulled the business directory as result number 2 and 3 in google test it yourself

second was Super Plus Food Store
which pulled he business directory as result number 3 in google test it yourself.

My third and final test impressed me the most and this was Billy Craig Insurance Brokers Limited
which pulled number 1 and 2 in the business directory see for your self. The reason why this impressed me so much is we were higher than billy craigs website in the google result set, but billy craig gets no negative impact from this because the searcher is still gonna get redirected to his sitei n the long run. so its a win for MR Billy Craig anyway

The business directory definatly works both the small and large business models who have any kind of webprescense at all and even if you dont have one you could still list as it gives you a chance to have some kind of online profile which google will detect and yknow thtas where people are looking for stuff most the time.. When i have some tmiee to spare i will run this same test wwith these 3 organization in yahoo and msn and do a comparison

where the directory fell down was not becauase of its architeture at all but actually due ot the lack of organization information provided by the client.. which really is their own fault if you think about it.