A web directory is a listing of websites organized in a hierarchy or interconnected list of categories. A web directory or link directory is a directory on the World Wide Web. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... A simple example unordered tree In computer science, a tree is a widely-used data structure that emulates a tree structure with a set of linked nodes. ... In computer science, a graph is a kind of data structure, specifically an abstract data type (ADT), that consists of a set of nodes and a set of edges that establish relationships (connections) between the nodes. ...

The following is a list of web directory services for which Wikipedia has articles.

Directories

General

• 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 Yahoo! offered.

Ansearch is an Australia based-internet company. ... Best of the Web Directory is a general web directory providing content rich, well-designed websites categorized topically and regionally. ... JoeAnt is a human edited directory offering to provide a directory of quality sites for Internet users. Created by former Go. ... The Open Directory Project (ODP), also known as dmoz (from , its original domain name), is a multilingual open content directory of World Wide Web links owned by Netscape that is constructed and maintained by a community of volunteer editors. ... Open content, coined by analogy with open source, (though technically it is actually share-alike) describes any kind of creative work including articles, pictures, audio, and video that is published in a format that explicitly allows the copying of the information. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Google offers a variety of services and tools besides its basic web search. ... Starting Point Directory is a human edited general web directory that provides websites organized by topic. ... The World Wide Web Virtual Library was the first index of content on the World Wide Web and still operates as a directory of e-texts and information sources on the web. ... The Yahoo! Directory is a web directory which rivals the Open Directory Project in size. ...

Specialist

• Applegate directory UK B2B business listings
• Magatopia - Directory of free-to-view online magazines or e-zines.
• 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 & urban lifestyle listings.

// Applegate Directory[1], often shortened to simply Applegate, is an online business to business directory covering the UK and Ireland, notable for being one of only a very few directories that provide users with usage information based on page impressions rather than hits[2]. It is similar to directories such... Magatopia is a human edited web directory, specializing in listing and categorizing online magazines, or e-zines. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Business. ... Pay per click, or PPC, is an advertising technique used on websites, especially search engines. ... VFunk also known as (VF), a professional human edited global niche directory, that specializes in listing and categorizing dance music & urban lifestyle related web site 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.

Looksmarts original site LookSmart owns an internet directory, Wisenut search engine, experimental Grub distributed web-crawling project, FindArticles premium content search and NetNanny desktop parental controls software. ... The TOP 5% logo TOP 5% of all Web Sites was a web directory run by Lycos that aimed to review, categorize and award the top 5% of all websites. ... Zeal is a volunteer-built web directory, first appearing in 1999, and then acquired by LookSmart in October 2000 for $20 million. ...

See also

• List of internet search engines

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External links

• Internet Directories at the Open Directory Project