Feline Friends Headed in the Right Directory
Partnership formed to create Meowhoo.com, an all-inclusive directory of businesses, websites and resources geared to meet all the needs of cat lovers evolves into something extremely special along the way.
Sweet Home, OR, Monday November 11, 2002: Meowhoo.com is far more than just a cat resource website. It is a heart-warming tale of two people with a passion for cats who met online -- people that would never have had a chance to meet were it not for the World Wide Web. Anne Moss and Mary Anne Miller met over two years ago through an affiliated website that Anne hosts, www.TheCatSite.com. Over the years they have corresponded online through emails. Six months ago, Anne approached the subject of a partnership to create Meowhoo.com. Now, on a daily basis they meet in the quiet of Mary Annes morning and the still of Annes evening. Anne sips decaf and eats hummus and pita bread, while Mary Anne sips her high-octane" coffee and nibbles on toast. They work from their respective homes, fending off inquisitive cats from their keyboards, typing furiously, exchanging laughter, tears and ideas.
What makes them so special? They have not had the privilege of meeting face to face. They do not share office space. They have never even spoken to each other on the phone. Anne lives in Israel, and Mary Anne lives in Oregon. But their passion for cats brought them together. They have been able to travel the distance between them electronically (although Annes ability to speak English as well as Hebrew certainly helped bridge the gap).
Anne is affiliated with The Cat Welfare Society of Israel (www.cats.org.il). She is a well-known cat behaviorist in her area, and maintains three cat-related websites. Mary Anne is a well-known cat rescuer in her area and was searching for a good source of information online. Mary Anne stumbled across one of Annes websites, TheCatSite.com. With one of the chat forums devoted to ferals, strays and cat rescue, Mary Anne quickly found a new home." With Mary Annes knowledge of and experience with strays and ferals, she quickly became a valuable resource and was invited to join the site as a moderator to several forums.
During the past two years, Anne and Mary Anne have spent much of their time on the Web helping cat owners, cat lovers and cat rescuers. Searching for cat-related products, services and solutions, they identified a hole in the market" and on the Web. Most of the existing directories on the Web include other pets or are limited in the scope of products or services offered. The goal was to include on one single page viable, useful links that were needed in ANY aspect of cat ownership: litter pans, cat collars, pet psychics, access to Vets and behaviorists, etc. The site contains a link to a virtual tour of a cat hospital where you can see everything that goes on before you take your cat in. The site even deals with the one aspect of cat ownership that so many others overlook: grief management.
The objective? To save cats from being dropped off in the wild or at shelters because the owner was just to overwhelmed or frustrated to try and figure out the answers to their problems.
Meowhoo.com has come a long way to meeting its goal and objective in just six short weeks!
Meowhoo.com Grows To 1,625 Listings in Just Over One Month on the Web
Meowhoo.com officially launched on October 1, 2002 with just over 100 listings. Today, it is well on its way to becoming THE on-line resource site for everything cat" with over 1,625 listings and growing daily. It is an all-inclusive directory of businesses, websites and resources geared to meet all the needs of cat owners, cat breeders, cat rescuers and all cat enthusiasts. The site offers links to purchase pet supplies, access to Vets to answer health questions, behavior and training assistance, care and grooming tips, breeders, cat furniture, cat-themed gifts, toys & entertainment, grief management, rescue resources and specialized pet services, to name just a few.
At Meowhoo.com, each participating business/service is entitled to one free listing. This benefits providers via increased traffic to their respective websites and benefits visitors to and members of Meowhoo.com by expanding the already vast base of resource links. The response has been tremendous. In addition to growing resource listings to 1,625 in a little over a month, Meowhoo.com experienced 37,775 visitors its first month, with an impressive 283,423 accesses (each visitor accessed over 7 pages on average per visit!).
The Meowhoo.com Club
On November 1, 2002 Meowhoo.com launched The Meowhoo Club (membership is free). Members receive a monthly newsletter that includes exclusive offers on cat-related products, monthly contests with great prizes for cats and their owners, Internet freebies, and the latest information about new products and services in the Meowhoo.com directory. Membership in the Club has grown to over 500 since its launch just two weeks ago!
About Meowhoo.com
Meowhoo.com is your beeline for everything felineŠ." It is an all-inclusive directory of businesses, websites and resources geared specifically towards cat owners, cat lovers and cat rescuers. It is a one-stop shopping and resource center for anything you may need. It is all about cats. However, we at Meowhoo.com also care about all cats -- the pampered pets, the strays and the ferals. We strongly advocate spay and neuter for all pets and support no-kill population control efforts for stray and feral cats. A portion of all Meowhoo.com profits will be donated to cat welfare. Please visit us on the World Wide Web at www.Meowhoo.com .
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