From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

Directories

General

• AboutUs.org - a wiki based web directory.
• Ansearch - Web search and directories focusing on the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand.
• Best of the Web Directory - Lists content-rich, well-designed websites categorized both by topic and by region.
• 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.

See also

• List of search engines

External links

• Internet Directories at the Open Directory Project