List of web directories

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.
• 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 that charges a fee for review and operates as a Pay per click search engine.

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