We would like to know more about you, our dear visitors. What do you think of our service? Where do you come from? Who are you?… For the first few random survey participants, we’ll reserve a 1 year free DIY Web account just for you, worth RM200!
If you’re a first time visitor – welcome! Why don’t you browse around our website and directory, you can come back here anytime to participate in the survey.
Jundullah.org is a “business and product & services reviews blog which will focus on reviewing any business, companies or products, with an emphasis on Islamically-related products.” They’ve been kind enough to write a short review of BizBox, which can be viewed here:
jundullah.org/2007/01/26/bizboxcommy/
A quote:
[BizBox] would be suitable for new startup companies interested to get exposure, or long-established corporations which have yet to make an online presence and wish to go at with a compliance to Web 2.0 (all the rage now these days).
Thanks, Jundullah.org!
Web 2.0 “adoption” in the Malaysian web industry (on both developer and end-user sides) is very low. It is still a very new concept here, and it being only a concept makes it a bit harder to comprehend or implement. However, there are a few concrete examples of technologies that represents the general idea of web 2.0.
For some people who are new to web 2.0, here’s a quick rundown of some web 2.0 related technologies that are implemented in BizBox, plus a quick explanation and some examples:
In BizBox: Feeds are available for both latest companies, and most active companies.
In BizBox: DIY Web companies can add custom tags as their categories. These tags can be accessed as a tag cloud.
In BizBox: For DIY Web users, our CMS system utilizes simple AJAX interface and a WYSIWYG profile editor. In the ‘products / services’ DIY Web page, clicking on a product pops up the product’s image and information without loading a new page.
In BizBox: Our tag links uses the rel=tag microformat; the listings in our search result, tag or category pages uses both hcard and hreview microformats
But one important consideration is that these technologies are just technical features, and the implementation of these features (i.e. the presentation of it, making it easier to use for users, etc.) is what web 2.0 is really all about.
And we are the first to admit our implementation of these technologies is far from perfect, that’s why we have stated that we are constantly refining and improving the site, day-to-day. Our goal is to make things easier for local companies to build their businesses online. And for normal people, Malaysians like you and me, to look for these businesses.
Furthermore, we strongly believe that these technologies can drastically help us in our quest for ultimate world domination.
We at BizBox are constantly developing cutting-edge features for our customers. We have many ideas and features that we’d like to roll out down the line. In the next few weeks, expect a few upgrades to your DIY Web account, including:
Update: We added 2 new upgrades to our “TO DO” list.
BizBox is not a static web application where upgrades only come once a year. We are constantly refining and improving the site on a day-to-day basis. Come back here to our weblog for the latest news and announcements about BizBox – we promise we’ll post something new here at least once a week! Or, just subscribe to our RSS feed to get updates directly to your feed reader.
We’ve added some new features for our Biz Directory users – for those who are searching for companies/businesses:
All users can use these new tools anonymously, i.e, no user registration required. This removes any unnecessary steps and will keep things simple. However, if and when, our directory user-base increases up to a point, we might open up registration for directory users as this can have many benefits.
So, browse around our directory, maybe rate a few interesting companies, and tell us what you think!
An online business directory is basically a site that indexes companies and businesses. A good online directory should have large database with the most updated information, yet accurate description regarding the list. Accurate description is important when user search directory list by keywords.
A web page on the other hand contains specific information which is published by the web page owner to all web users. So, a business card printing company will have web pages which describe variety printing services with related price range, and etc. After a website is setup, web page owner will try many methods to draw as many as Internet users to the website for checking provided services, for example, search engine submission, meta tag, robots and more. However, how well is the website is visible to mass Internet users still unsure.
Online directories are comparably very general, but when implemented in a specific area like Online Business, it will provide good amount of information for Internet users who are dealing with businesses. The combination of web pages and online directory, can populate the directory with a variety of business contact and information, just like indexing your research in a table of contents of a thesis. A frequent and popular online directory can help increase the user visit traffic to all web pages indexed within the directory.
As one of the many Malaysia online business directories, BizBox is integrated with the latest Web 2.0 technology. It combines online business directory and DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Web to cater market needs for low cost of ownership yet sophisticated and simple solution for business owners. Our directory utilizes of Keyword Tagging to index the businesses within the directory. Flexible tagging keywords are at user’s disposal on how they describe their business natures. However, general tagging keyword still applies for general search by users.
Do It Yourself or simply said, DIY, means doing an activity that consist of simple steps yet easy for anyone to do. A website which is professionally designed always require professional help in order to make it happen, which is usually costly and laborious. But what if you can Do It Yourself? Wouldn’t that sound good?
If we look into many existing web pages available in the Internet, most of them still contain static web content, most of it already obsolete. This will gradually reduce page visits. Regular maintenance of a website, for example uploading new information, pictures and designs, will be costly in the long run.
Our BizBox DIY system is basically a new way of publishing any information a business can have to the web, anytime, and as easily as possible. Users can spice up their web page freely and conveniently.
Forget about professional web developers, designers and what not, now you, the business owner, can Do It Yourself!
The number of internet users in Malaysia (and worldwide) is increasing. They are looking for relevant information and resources online. These are all potential customers, and the information that they are looking for might be related to any type of business, including traditional offline businesses. Companies without a website will lose more and more business to their competitors who do have one.
With a website, a business can:
With BizBox, you can do all of this.
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