Thanks for your advice, spectregunner. I will certainly consider submitting to the appropriate local category.
I agree with your point that submitters' ideas about deep links are often not congruent with the ideas of editors.
In this particular case, I think a cogent argument could be made to the editors of the relevant categories that a deep link is warranted. The original submission was for management consulting services (business analysis, data mining, forecasting, revenue management, etc.) applicable to many industries. The deep-link page, in contrast, provides access to free data, charts, and forecasts based on -- and linked to -- official U.S. government and industry trade association data relating specifically to construction and real estate. I do not dispense any advice on this page.
Much of this information can certainly be found elsewhere on the Web, although not always in a user-friendly format. The value of the deep-link page, "U.S. Construction and Real Estate Market Pulse," is that it aggregates data and forecasts from many public and private sources free of charge. A number of visitors, including analysts from the federal government, have told me that they find the page to be useful.
I don't want to be like Sisyphus pushing the boulder up the hill repeatedly, but I'll give it one shot (after my main URL has been listed) and see what happens. As you said, I am free to try (once)!
Thanks again for your insights.
