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* [[Starting Point Directory]] - A human-edited general directory organizing sites by category. |
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* [[World Wide Web Virtual Library]] (VLIB) - The oldest directory of the Web. |
* [[World Wide Web Virtual Library]] (VLIB) - The oldest directory of the Web. |
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* [[Yahoo! Directory]] - The first service that [[Yahoo!]] |
* [[Yahoo! Directory]] - The first service that [[Yahoo!]] offered. |
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===Specialist=== |
Revision as of 11:36, 8 October 2009
A web directory is a listing of websites organized in a hierarchy or interconnected list of categories.
The following is a list of web directory services for which Wikipedia has articles.
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Allgemein
- AboutUs.org - a wiki based web directory.
- Ansearch - Web search and directories focusing on the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand.
- BUBL - A free database of non-commercial websites, organised using the Dewey Decimal classification system.
- Best of the Web Directory - Lists content-rich, well-designed websites categorized both by topic and by region.
- GoGuides - Searchable human-edited web directory categorized by topic and location. Includes an image search and updated news.
- JoeAnt - A community of editors from the now-defunct Go.com volunteer-edited directory.
- Open Directory Project (aka DMoz or ODP) - The largest directory of the web. Its open content is mirrored at many sites, including the Google Directory.
- 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
- Biographicon - a directory of biographical entries
- Business.com - Business directory which charges a fee for review and operates as a Pay per click search engine.
- VFunk - Online directory that specializes in listing and categorizing global dance music and urban lifestyle listings.
Defunct directories
- 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.