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List of web directories

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A Web directory is a listing of Web sites organized in a hierarchy or interconnected list of categories.

The following is a list of notable Web directory services.

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Directories

General

Best of the Web Directory – Lists websites categorized both by topic and by region. This is a paid for service.
DMOZ (a.k.a. Open Directory Project) – The largest directory of the Web. Its open content is mirrored at many sites, including the Google Directory until July 20, 2011.
JoeAnt – A community of editors from the now-defunct Go.com volunteer-edited directory. Charges a fee.
World Wide Web Virtual Library (VLIB) – The oldest directory of the Web.
Hotfrog – One of the largest collections of business directories in the World

Specialist

Business.com – Business directory that charges a fee for review and operates as a Pay per click search engine.
Starting Point Directory – Founded in 1995, relaunched in 2006, charges a fee.

Defunct directories

AboutUs.org – a directory from 2005 to 2013.
Biographicon – a directory of biographical entries
LookSmart – Operated several vertical directories from 1995 to 2006.
Google Directory – Copy of DMOZ directory, with sites listed in PageRank order within each category. Closed in July 2011.
Internet Public Library – Librarian-edited directory, product of a merger with the Librarians' Internet Index (LII) in 2010. Closed in June 2015.
Intute – Directory of websites for study and research. Maintenance stopped in July 2011, archives remain available.
Lycos' TOP 5% – From 1995 until 2000 it aimed to list the Web's top 5% of Websites.
Yahoo! Directory – The first service that Yahoo! offered. Closed in December 2014.
Zeal – Volunteer-built Web directory. It was introduced in 1999, acquired by LookSmart in 2000, and shut down in 2006.

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Internet Directories at DMOZ

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_directory

A web directory or link directory is an online list or catalog of websites. That is, it is a directory on the World Wide Web of (all or part of) the World Wide Web. Historically, directories typically listed entries on people or businesses, and their contact information; such directories are still in use today. A web directory includes entries about websites, including links to those websites, organized into categories and subcategories.^[1]^[2]^[3] Besides a link, each entry may include the title of the website, and a description of its contents. In most web directories, the entries are about whole websites, rather than individual pages within them (called "deep links"). Websites are often limited to inclusion in only a few categories.

There are two ways to find information on the Web: by searching or browsing. Web directories provide links in a structured list to make browsing easier. Many web directories combine searching and browsing by providing a search engine to search the directory. Unlike search engines, which base results on a database of entries gathered automatically by web crawler, most web directories are built manually by human editors. Many web directories allow site owners to submit their site for inclusion, and have editors review submissions for fitness.

Web directories may be general in scope, or limited to particular subjects or fields. Entries may be listed for free, or by paid submission (meaning the site owner must pay to have his or her website listed).

RSS directories are similar to web directories, but contain collections of RSS feeds, instead of links to web sites.

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