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Just some constructive criticism but... everything looked like an ad to me. Each item looks very similar to an AdSense text advertisement, so at first glance the site appears to be a link farm. It was only after hovering over the links did I realize these were in fact not ads.

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Over the weekend I changed it so that the link information is hidden until hover. I've been leaning towards that probably wasn't as useful as originally intended, and I think this is another good example of why.

The thought behind it was to remove text from the display making it easier for people to see what they needed at first glance without deluging them information. I think this might have backfired.

Thank you for feedback, I appreciate it.

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