CommandShift3 allows website owners to register their site (it's free) to appear in queue side-by-side with other, semi-randomly chosen websites. Visitors then vote for the website they think is the most visually attractive. The prize? Glory? 10 seconds of fame? How about the bragging rights to "voted more popular by random visitors when compared side-by-side to some other website?" Okay, not much incentive, but for the uber competitive (pick me! pick me!) entrepreneurs, it can be a cool way to flex your website muscles - for fun. Plus, you can include your website address, the web designer's name, and even a URL for your own portfolio. You never know if someone might see your website and click through to find your company.
I read about CommandShift3 on Wired magazine's website while researching something entirely unrelated. I confess to spending the next thirty minutes ruthlessly judging websites. After ten or so sites, I began to understand Simon Cowell's nasty approach to American Idol. There are some great websites but I also bumped into plenty of sites, that, in my humble web designer opinion, should have stayed at home.
This sounds like a no brainer…even if it just produces one or two click throughs..what have you got to lose!
I think that a Facebook for websites is not necessary; companies could use Facebook groups for advertisement. There is a Cost Per Click campaign for aggressive firms.
Debbie’s right – no brainer for a free listing. But with nearly 18,000 sites in their rotation, we’re finding it takes quite a while for our site to show up – it’s been voted on 3 times in 3 months.
By the way, the article title is a bit misleading – it’s nothing at all like a “Facebook for Websites”. It’s like “Hot or Not” for websites, just as they at CommandShift3 themselves claim on their homepage.