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"&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;What is a Web directory? Although the terms &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;https://www.lifewire.com/how-does-search-engine-work-3482032&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;internalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;search engine&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; and subject directory are sometimes used interchangeably, they are not the same thing.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;h3&amp;gt;How A Web Directory Works&amp;lt;/h3&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;A Web directory organizes Web sites by subject, and is usually maintained by humans instead of software. The searcher looks at sites organized in a series of categories and menus. These collections of links are usually much smaller than search engines&amp;amp;#39; databases, since the sites are looked at by human eyes instead of by &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;https://www.lifewire.com/how-does-search-engine-work-3482032&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;internalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;spiders&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;There are two ways for sites to be included in a Web directory&amp;amp;#39;s listings; either the site owner can submit the site by hand, or the directory&amp;amp;#39;s editor(s) will eventually come across that site.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;h3&amp;gt;How to Search a Web Directory&amp;lt;/h3&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ol&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;The searcher types a query into the search function or toolbar, however, sometimes a more focused way to find what you&amp;amp;#39;re looking for is to simply browse the list of possible categories and drill down from there.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/ol&amp;gt;&amp;lt;h3&amp;gt;How To Find Them&amp;lt;/h3&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-google-3482041&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;internalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Yahoo&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;: Yahoo has one of the best (and oldest) Web directories on the Web, along with its own search engine listings and many other search services.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;https://www.lifewire.com/best-reference-online-3482477&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;internalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;4&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Look Smart&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; is hard to classify as just a Web directory; especially with its recent foray into &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;https://www.lifewire.com/web-and-search-4102742&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;internalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;5&amp;quot;&amp;gt;vertical search&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; channels.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-web-directory-3482036&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;internalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;6&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The Open Directory&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; has been around since 1999, and is a human-edited directory. Also known as DMOZ (Directory Mozilla), the Open Directory Project purports to be the \u201Clargest on the Web\u201D, constructed and maintained by a \u201Cvast, global community of volunteer editors.\u201D&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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