A Web directory is a listing of Web sites organized in a hierarchy or interconnected list of categories.
The following is a list of Web directory services for which Wikipedia has articles.
Directories
General
- AboutUs.org – a wiki-based Web directory.
- Ansearch – Web search and directories focusing on the United States, UK, Australia and New Zealand.
- Best of the Web Directory – Lists content-rich, well-designed Websites categorized both by topic and by region. This is a paid for service.
- JoeAnt – A community of editors from the now-defunct Go.com volunteer-edited directory.
- Open Directory Project (a.k.a. ODP or dmoz) – The largest directory of the Web. Its open content is mirrored at many sites, including the Google Directory until July 20, 2011.[1]
- Starting Point Directory – A human-edited general directory organizing sites by category.
- World Wide Web Virtual Library (VLIB) – The oldest directory of the Web.
- Yahoo! Directory – The first service that Yahoo! offered.
Specialist
- Business.com – Business directory that charges a fee for review and operates as a Pay per click search engine.
Defunct directories
- Biographicon – a directory of biographical entries
- LookSmart – Operated several vertical directories from 1995 to 2006.
- Lycos' TOP 5% – From 1995 until 2000 it aimed to list the Web's top 5% of Websites.
- Zeal – Volunteer-built Web directory. It was introduced in 1999, acquired by LookSmart in 2000, and shut down in 2006.
See also
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