Subject Directories: Commercial

Subject Directories are collections of Web sites that have selected and organized. Yahoo is an example of a search engine that also contains a commercial subject directory. You can access the Yahoo Subject Directory at dir.yahoo.com

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Subject Directories:

Arrange selected Web sites into subject categories and sub-categories;

Sometimes annotate (provide brief descriptions) of the links so you'll know before clicking on it what a site contains;

Are provided by search engines; and

May provide links to better quality sites than you would get from a search engine keyword search

 smiley Best for browsing and topics that are broad or general.
 frown You may have to click through categories and subcategories.
Other commercial subject directories: Google (directory.google.com), LookSmart (search.looksmart.com), About (about.com)

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