Diving Finder
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They say : The free Worldwide Scuba Diving Database. 5,051 scuba diving related websites in English.
We say : Its a huge directory of scuba diving businesses that can be searched by category and keyword. Needs attention to quality as well as quantity. - Url
- divingfinder.com
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- 4 May 2008
- Updated 28 May 2008
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They say
The free Worldwide Scuba Diving Database. 5,051 scuba diving related websites in English.
What can it do for you ?
Browse and read about diving stores around the world
There are over 5,000 scuba businesses included on Diving Finder. Each page is in the same format to include information about the business, opening hours and a link to their web site. Each business is categorised so you can find it in many different ways.
Join and add information about your diving business
Diving Finder have recently dropped all membership fees so you can now join and enter information about your diving business for free.
Is it easy to use ?
No – categorisation of pages is poor. For example there are 4 dive stores and only 1 dive magazine under Dive Magazines in Australia . Whereas Sport Diver magazine is categorised as a dive centre and a dive club so it will come up in results for dive clubs as well.
No – the search box has two buttons “go” and “search” which return different results. How do you know which one to hit?
No – The wiki update links are shown to everyone but can only used by a few select users.
Does it travel ?
Wikis are designed to work anywhere so no problems there.
Is your personal information secure ?
We could find no privacy policy on the web site. You need a valid email address to join and add information to the site.
What do you agree to ?
At the time we reviewed the web site there were no terms of service
Users
Unable to determine.
We say
This is a huge directory of diving businesses that would benefit from clearer organisation and more rigorous categorisation. While it makes sense to indicate that a dive store teaches SSI or PADI courses, it makes it very difficult to find PADI or SSI if lots of dive stores are returned in a category for dive associations. (Note that PADI do not even get a page on Diving Finder but SSI do).
Because it is a wiki we can see there have been changes in the site recently. They are ongoing so we look forward to more improvements soon.
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