A Site that helps parents find child care & other services

hello everyone! i just wanted to introduce to you all a site i
created. its at http://www.whitecarrot.com and was interested in
getting some feedback from parents around the web. Its basically a
child services directory for parents to find daycares and stuff; it
can also be used by child care providers looking to advertise their
business. It's free to use, no registration required, etc...
please let me know what you think. many thanks!!

whitecarrot wrote:
hello everyone! i just wanted to introduce to you all a site i
created. its at http://www.whitecarot.com and was interested in
getting some feedback from parents around the web. Its basically a
child services directory for parents to find daycares and stuff; it
can also be used by child care providers looking to advertise their
business. It's free to use, no registration required, etc...
please let me know what you think. many thanks!!

Gee, no registration required. That means that there is no assurance of
any quality with the child care prividers.

I think it is a stupid advertising site.

I was happy to share this with and
. I am sure they will find your spam interesting.

You asked what I thought. I told you.

Jeff

On Aug 3, 12:24 pm, Jeff wrote:
whitecarrot wrote:
hello everyone! i just wanted to introduce to you all a site i
created. its athttp://www.whitecarot.comand was interested in
getting some feedback from parents around the web. Its basically a
child services directory for parents to find daycares and stuff; it
can also be used by child care providers looking to advertise their
business. It's free to use, no registration required, etc...
please let me know what you think. many thanks!!

Gee, no registration required. That means that there is no assurance of
any quality with the child care prividers.

My wife might find a site with names of babysitters useful, even if no
registration were required, because screening the babysitter is not
something she would "farm out" anyway. She would talk to the woman on
the phone, get rerferences, meet in person, etc.


I think it is a stupid advertising site.

I was happy to share this with and
. I am sure they will find your spam interesting.

It looks like a legitimate site for parents, although I doubt it's
better than just using Google. I don't think posting about a site once
in a relevant newsgroup constitutes spam. If the OP repeatedly
advertises the site, that would be different.

In article .com, Beliavsky
says...

On Aug 3, 12:24 pm, Jeff wrote:
whitecarrot wrote:
hello everyone! i just wanted to introduce to you all a site i
created. its athttp://www.whitecarot.comand was interested in
getting some feedback from parents around the web. Its basically a
child services directory for parents to find daycares and stuff; it
can also be used by child care providers looking to advertise their
business. It's free to use, no registration required, etc...
please let me know what you think. many thanks!!

Gee, no registration required. That means that there is no assurance of
any quality with the child care prividers.

My wife might find a site with names of babysitters useful, even if no
registration were required, because screening the babysitter is not
something she would "farm out" anyway. She would talk to the woman on
the phone, get rerferences, meet in person, etc.


I think it is a stupid advertising site.

I was happy to share this with and
. I am sure they will find your spam interesting.

It looks like a legitimate site for parents, although I doubt it's
better than just using Google. I don't think posting about a site once
in a relevant newsgroup constitutes spam. If the OP repeatedly
advertises the site, that would be different.



It's not spam, but if this is basically a site which is a vehicle for ads, it's
off-topic as this is not a group for advertisements.

Banty

On 3 Aug 2007 11:59:38 -0700, Banty wrote:
In article .com, Beliavsky
says...

On Aug 3, 12:24 pm, Jeff wrote:
whitecarrot wrote:
hello everyone! i just wanted to introduce to you all a site i
created. its athttp://www.whitecarot.comand was interested in
getting some feedback from parents around the web. Its basically a
child services directory for parents to find daycares and stuff; it
can also be used by child care providers looking to advertise their
business. It's free to use, no registration required, etc...
please let me know what you think. many thanks!!

Gee, no registration required. That means that there is no assurance of
any quality with the child care prividers.

My wife might find a site with names of babysitters useful, even if no
registration were required, because screening the babysitter is not
something she would "farm out" anyway. She would talk to the woman on
the phone, get rerferences, meet in person, etc.


I think it is a stupid advertising site.

I was happy to share this with and
. I am sure they will find your spam interesting.

It looks like a legitimate site for parents, although I doubt it's
better than just using Google. I don't think posting about a site once
in a relevant newsgroup constitutes spam. If the OP repeatedly
advertises the site, that would be different.



It's not spam, but if this is basically a site which is a vehicle for ads, it's
off-topic as this is not a group for advertisements.


I'm loathe to admit it, but I have to give her/him/it a point for not using the
standard "Hey, look at this site I just found..." ploy.

Sweet Jesus, I must be getting soft in my old age.

- Rich

--
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.

Hey Jeff,
Thanks for your honesty. I'm not sure if you actually need childcare services
or not, but if you actually had the need to, you probably would find it
easier to find daycare listings on my site than you would perhaps with other
services. I've done my research, I've looked around. Many sites claim to have
10,000 listings or what not. Whats 10,000 accross the US when we have about
10,000 just in the state of Texas? I'm just trying to build an easy to use
system which gives you better results than most. Now I must admit we have not
covered all states yet, but I think we're making some progress here. Baby
steps.
Anyway, I can see how you may feel this site could be an advertising site,
But it's not. It does have some ads I admit, but most sites do nowadays.
You're in one right now as we speak. I definitely put and effort to read
replies like yours. Good or bad, it helps us determine what people want.
Sometimes we can fix it, sometimes we can't. Thats how things goes.

As for not requiring registration, well, I don't see a reason to. At least
not for parents who want to look for information about daycares in near their
home. Now we can't make assurances because that will make us liable. We have
33,000 child care businesses listed, we can't make assurances. Those things
are done by the state. As parents, we need to make sure we do our homework
too. The site is simply a tool, not parenting replacement.

With that said, thanks for your comments. I'm sure the verizon folks and
google folks enjoyed the spam report. Hopefully got kids that need child care!


Jeff wrote:
hello everyone! i just wanted to introduce to you all a site i
created. its at http://www.whitecarot.com and was interested in
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business. It's free to use, no registration required, etc...
please let me know what you think. many thanks!!

Gee, no registration required. That means that there is no assurance of
any quality with the child care prividers.

I think it is a stupid advertising site.

I was happy to share this with and
. I am sure they will find your spam interesting.

You asked what I thought. I told you.

Jeff

Hi Beliavsky,

I defintely agree with you regarding the screening process parents need to
make when seeking child care or what not. I don't think there are any
"simple" ways to click a button and just have 110% quality child care with no
risks. No website will dare to guarantee that unless they have paying child
care providers and have an infrastructure that processes and screens child
care providers. There are some, but they certainly aren't for free. Free
means you gotta do some homework on your own. Otherwise you'll have to pay.
Personally, I wouldn't leave parenting responsibilities to others, but it
doesn't hurt to have some sites/services out there to help facilitate things.
Whitecarrot.com is ever changing and evolving, so its not like what you see
is what you get. I follow up on my posts to see what people say because its
important for me to know why people like it or not. Obviously, it takes some
time, but I did ask for people's opinion, thats why I'm taking the time to
reply.
Many thanks for your comments and input!

Beliavsky wrote:
hello everyone! i just wanted to introduce to you all a site i
created. its athttp://www.whitecarot.comand was interested in
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Gee, no registration required. That means that there is no assurance of
any quality with the child care prividers.

My wife might find a site with names of babysitters useful, even if no
registration were required, because screening the babysitter is not
something she would "farm out" anyway. She would talk to the woman on
the phone, get rerferences, meet in person, etc.

I think it is a stupid advertising site.

I was happy to share this with and
. I am sure they will find your spam interesting.

It looks like a legitimate site for parents, although I doubt it's
better than just using Google. I don't think posting about a site once
in a relevant newsgroup constitutes spam. If the OP repeatedly
advertises the site, that would be different.

Hi Banty,
I actually did really want people's opinion. Whats interesting is that Jeff
mentioned how my site provides no guarantees. That brings up a pretty
interesting parenting topic. Would you want a site to guarantee you those
things? Would you trust it?

Banty wrote:
hello everyone! i just wanted to introduce to you all a site i
created. its athttp://www.whitecarot.comand was interested in
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in a relevant newsgroup constitutes spam. If the OP repeatedly
advertises the site, that would be different.

It's not spam, but if this is basically a site which is a vehicle for ads, it's
off-topic as this is not a group for advertisements.

Banty

Hi Rich,
Its a him...we got a few hims, couple of hers, no its, unless you count my
fish
I really wanted to get some feedbank tho.
Thanks for going easy on me


user wrote:
hello everyone! i just wanted to introduce to you all a site i
created. its athttp://www.whitecarot.comand was interested in
[quoted text clipped - 24 lines]
It's not spam, but if this is basically a site which is a vehicle for ads, it's
off-topic as this is not a group for advertisements.

I'm loathe to admit it, but I have to give her/him/it a point for not using the
standard "Hey, look at this site I just found..." ploy.

Sweet Jesus, I must be getting soft in my old age.

- Rich

--
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.

In article 76b0648010bd6@uwe, whitecarrot says...

Hey Jeff,
Thanks for your honesty. I'm not sure if you actually need childcare services
or not, but if you actually had the need to, you probably would find it
easier to find daycare listings on my site than you would perhaps with other
services. I've done my research, I've looked around. Many sites claim to have
10,000 listings or what not. Whats 10,000 accross the US when we have about
10,000 just in the state of Texas? I'm just trying to build an easy to use
system which gives you better results than most. Now I must admit we have not
covered all states yet, but I think we're making some progress here. Baby
steps.
Anyway, I can see how you may feel this site could be an advertising site,
But it's not. It does have some ads I admit, but most sites do nowadays.
You're in one right now as we speak.

You have no knowledge of his newsreader. Your ignorance is showing. Even my
web based newsreader allows me to suppress ads, which I do (because
unfortunately Newsguy seems geared toward their "adult" customers).

I definitely put and effort to read
replies like yours. Good or bad, it helps us determine what people want.
Sometimes we can fix it, sometimes we can't. Thats how things goes.

As for not requiring registration, well, I don't see a reason to. At least
not for parents who want to look for information about daycares in near their
home.

WHAT?!? No knowledge about if they're current, or licensed - you're less useful
than the phone book. At least those get re-issued about yearly.

Now we can't make assurances because that will make us liable. We have
33,000 child care businesses listed, we can't make assurances. Those things
are done by the state. As parents, we need to make sure we do our homework
too. The site is simply a tool, not parenting replacement.

With that said, thanks for your comments. I'm sure the verizon folks and
google folks enjoyed the spam report. Hopefully got kids that need child care!


I'm sure they did. They have a lot more experience than you give them credit
for.

My question for YOU is - if a daycare provider goes out of business, how do you
know? Do you keep your listing current - do you call them or check their
registration/accredation status and remove them if they're no longer in
business? How do you know someone even *is* a daycare provider?

Or is this something that will just pop up in Google, look 'real' and provide
nothing but a bunch of ads to be hit with?

BECAUSE, there are childcare resource and referral functions out there that
actually do provide good, current information. Compared to that, your site
looks pretty useless, and indeed just a site to move ads along.

Banty