The Directory Has Arrived

The next big feature for nearcircle will be landing this evening.

We now have a categorized directory of circles to make finding new circles much easier.

Some interesting notes about the new feature:

• All existing circles will not appear in the directory until the owner of them sets a category for the circle via the edit circle page.
  
  
• All new circles will be created with their category already assigned.
  
  
• The directory can be browsed without logging in and should be crawl-able by search engines so this should help get the word out about your site even more.
  
  
• Private circles will not appear in the directory.
  
  
• The circles are listed in the directory in a way that the most active circles will appear at the top of the category lists. Right now activity is judged by the number of members. Later on I'll change the measure of activity to be more tamper proof, but since we are small-ish now I thought this would do. :)
  

I took a stab at what the categories should be, but if you'd like to see others please let me know.

UPDATE: Since I have the flu, I did the install a little earlier than usual tonight. It's live now ... enjoy!