Subject Directories: Commercial

Screen shot of Yahoo Directory.

Reproduced with permission of Yahoo! Inc. © 2006 by Yahoo! Inc. Yahoo! and the Yahoo! logo are trademarks of Yahoo! Inc.

Yahoo! Directory at http://dir.yahoo.com/ is an example of a commercial subject directory. People working for Yahoo! have selected and organized links to web sites in various categories.

Sometimes these links are annotated with descriptive information, so you'll know what a site contains before you visit it.


Subject directories are...

Smiley face. best for browsing and finding resources on broad topics.
Frown face. not great for researching narrow topics or answering specific questions.


Other commercial subject directories:
Google Directory, Looksmart.com, About.com
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