Web directory A web directory or link directory is an online list or catalog of websites. That is, it is a directory on the World Wide Web of (all or part of) the World Wide Web. Historically, directories typically listed entries on people or businesses, and th ...

is a listing of

Website A website (also written as a web site) is a collection of web pages and related content that is identified by a common domain name and published on at least one web server. Examples of notable websites are Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Wikip ...

s organized in a

hierarchy A hierarchy (from Greek: , from , 'president of sacred rites') is an arrangement of items (objects, names, values, categories, etc.) that are represented as being "above", "below", or "at the same level as" one another. Hierarchy is an important ...

or interconnected list of categories. The following is a list of notable

services.

General

* DOAJ.org – Directory of Open Access Journals * DMOZ (also known as Open Directory Project) – was at one point the largest directory of the Web. Its open content was mirrored at many sites. Offline since March 2017. Continued since August 2018 as Curlie.org. * Jasmine Directory - Lists websites by topic and by region, specializing in business websites. *

Sources Source may refer to: Research * Historical document * Historical source * Source (intelligence) or sub source, typically a confidential provider of non open-source intelligence * Source (journalism), a person, publication, publishing institute ...

– general subject web portal for journalists, freelance writers, editors, authors and researchers; in addition to a search engine it includes a subject-based directory. *

Starting Point Directory Starting Point Directory is a human edited general web directory that provides websites organized by topic. The search results displayed to the user require an annual subscription fee is required. Search results are bracketed with Google AdSense ad ...

– Founded in 1995, relaunched in 2006, charges a fee. * World Wide Web Virtual Library (VLIB) – oldest directory of the Web.

Business directories

Business.com Business.com is a digital media company and B2B web destination which offers various performance marketing advertising, including lead generation products on a pay per lead and pay per click basis, directory listings, and display advertising. ...

– Integrated directory of knowledge resources and companies, that charges a fee for listing review and operates as a

pay per click Pay-per-click (PPC) is an internet advertising model used to drive traffic to websites, in which an advertiser pays a publisher (typically a search engine, website owner, or a network of websites) when the ad is clicked. Pay-per-click is usually ...

search engine. *

Yell A yell is a loud vocalization; see screaming. Yell may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * Yell, Shetland, one of the North Isles of the Shetland archipelago, Scotland * Yell Sound, Shetland, Scotland United States * Yell, Tennessee, an unin ...

– is a digital marketing and online directory business in the United Kingdom

Niche

– Integrated directory of knowledge resources and companies, that charges a fee for listing review and operates as a

search engine. * Library and Archival Exhibitions on the Web – international database of online exhibitions which is a service of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. *

ProgrammableWeb ProgrammableWeb is an information and news source about the Web as a programmable platform. It is a subsidiary of MuleSoft and has offices in San Francisco, CA. The website publishes a repository of web APIs, mashups, and applications, and has d ...

– resource on APIs that provides a directory of APIs. * Virtual Library museums pages – directory of museum websites around the world.

Regional

2345.com 2345.com is a Chinese web directory founded in 2005. The website is the second most used web directory in China. It is ranked 47th place in China and has a worldwide ranking of 419 on Alexa, however, when downloaded, contains adware. It is hoste ...

– Chinese web directory founded in 2005. The website is the second most used web directory in China. * Alleba – Filipino search engine website, with directory. * Dalilmasr – Egyptian online directory * Timway – web portal and directory primarily serving Hong Kong. * Bailaho – business directory serving Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Defunct directories

AboutUs.org AboutUs.com is a wiki Internet domain directory. It lists websites along with information about their content. As a wiki, AboutUs allows Internet users to add entries or modify information. AboutUs.com has since become a wiki for more than just ...

– directory from 2005 to 2013. * Anime Web Turnpike – was a web directory founded in August 1995 by Jay Fubler Harvey. It served as a large database of links to various anime and manga websites. * Biographicon – directory of biographical entries. * Google Directory – copy of DMOZ directory, with sites listed in PageRank order within each category. Closed in July 2011. *

Internet Public Library The Internet Public Library (IPL, ipl2) was a non-profit, largely student-run website managed by a consortium, headed by Drexel University. Visitors could ask reference questions, and volunteer librarians and graduate students in library and info ...

– librarian-edited directory, product of a merger with the Librarians' Internet Index (LII) in 2010. Closed in June 2015. *

Intute Intute was a free Web service aimed at students, teachers, and researchers in UK further education and higher education. Intute provided access to online resources, via a large database of resources. Each resource was reviewed by an academic spec ...

– directory of websites for study and research. Maintenance stopped in July 2011, archives remain available. *

LookSmart LookSmart is an American search advertising, content management, online media, and technology company. It provides search, machine learning and chatbot technologies as well as pay-per-click and contextual advertising services. LookSmart als ...

– 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. *

Yahoo! Directory The Yahoo! Directory was a web directory which at one time rivaled DMOZ in size. The directory was Yahoo!'s first offering and started in 1994 under the name Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web. When Yahoo! changed its main results to ...

– first service that Yahoo! offered. Closed in December 2014. *

Yahoo! Kids Yahoo! Kids (known as Yahoo!きっず in Japan) is a public web portal provided by Yahoo! Japan to find age appropriate online content for children between the ages of 4 and 12. This site was formerly available in English via Yahoo!, where it w ...

– oldest online search directory for children, until its discontinuation as of April 30, 2013. * Zeal – volunteer-built Web directory; it was introduced in 1999, acquired by LookSmart in 2000, and shut down in 2006.

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