Errr, so Street Directory is back with a new maps provider. So what? The site still hasn’t dealt with its clutter. The user interface still is horrible and the information structure on the site is the kind I will only wish onto my worse enemies.
My colleague was telling me about how he was using Street Directory when I suggested to him to try GoThere.sg. He loved it immediately. And guess what, he started spreading the word to his friends. My other colleagues who were foreigners also got excited about Gothere.sg.
I’m going out on a limb and said GoThere.sg was built at a significantly lower cost than StreetDirectory.
Makes you wonder.
Anyway, one of the reasons why I dislike StreetDirectory as compared to GoThere.sg is because of their purpose.
GoThere.sg is here to help us get to places and find places. This is how their site looks:
Notice how the main focus of their home page is the interface to help us get directions and find places.
Not contrast this with StreetDirectory’s home page:
In seems to me, StreetDirectory isn’t interested in helping us. What they are interested in is getting traffic to stick ads into our faces.
So StreetDirectory relaunches. So what?
KK | 01-Aug-08 at 3:38 pm | Permalink
hey, thanks for the nice comments. I’m pretty sure we built our site at a much lower cost
Give us suggestions on way to improve if any!
shen heng | 02-Aug-08 at 11:08 pm | Permalink
you are right, i use gothere.sg all the time now, less junk, clean interface, like google vs msn/yahoo
Loraine | 29-Sep-08 at 1:47 pm | Permalink
Well, if you’d really like to find other alternatives to Streetdirectory.com, you can look at:
1) http://sg.shownearby.com
2) http://maps.yellowpages.com.sg
3) http://www.stretdb.com
Shawn | 17-Oct-08 at 11:34 am | Permalink
Uses google map
additional features
ERP calculator for ERP cost in a trip
ERP real time
Taxi calculator with ERP, surcharges cost in a trip
Time to prevent ERP
http://www.TripSum.com
I was impressed by this site