Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kudzu.com

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was Delete. Xoloz 19:32, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kudzu.com

• Seems to be a non-notable advertising site serving Atlanta, GA; Phoenix, AZ; San Diego, CA and Las Vegas, NV. -- AmbigDexter 11:08, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Delete. After some recent edits the page has gone from being unencyclopdic to being an advertisement masquerading as an article. AmbigDexter 12:21, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment (undecided). The Alexa ranking of this site is 38,448, which might attest to some semi-notability. I'm personally still on the fence with this one, though. - Thorne N. Melcher 11:39, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Not seeing any real media coverage of the company, which I'd expect if they were truly notable. The best I can find is a mention on the ZDNet blog, which might or might not qualify as a reliable source, but isn't enough to vouch for an article by itself. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 18:20, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

• From the site. Kudzu.com has been low key, in large part because its owner is a private company (Cox Enterprises) -- and it hasn't been looking to be acquired (unlike other sites in the local search category). But it has made a big splash in Atlanta and now appears ready to "grow" in the fashion of kudzu the vine. Site is a favorite of "online yellow page/local search" insiders such as Greg Sterling, frequently quoted in New York Times, BusinessWeek, elsewhere. And Peter Zollman, formerly of Kelsey Group and now an independent analyst. Items from Peter Zollman's blog: Cox's Kudzu Directory to Add 3 Markets, Cox Search launches Kudzu.com; Multiple mentions in Greg Sterling's blog; Mentioned in NYTimes: An IPod for Your Thoughts: A Web Site Offers Incentives to Reviewers By BOB TEDESCHI Published: August 15, 2005 - Nancy Nethery, Kudzu.com 21:00, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.