Subject Directories: Commercial

Yahoo is an example of a commercial subject directory. Subject directories are collections of Web sites that people have selected and organized.

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They have arranged selected Web sites into subject categories and sub-categories.

Sometimes links are annotated so you'll know before clicking on it what a site contains. Many commercial subject directories, such as Yahoo, also have a search engine function.

The quality of sites in a subject directory is usually good.

 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, Altavista Directory , About.com

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