seroundtable.com— I wonder if Yahoo is giving up the ghost on the directory... which would be somewhat sad since that's what got them started in the first place.
Mar 26, 2007View in Crawl 4
I used to use categories when I wanted to browse a topic, but had no idea what in particular I was looking for. Now I have Digg to just find the good sites that I don't know about.The times, they are a-changing.
To each his own. I did find them useful, and sometimes I used the directory to browse around when I wasn't precisely sure what I was looking for... a good time waster. Too bad they're abandoning it.
Directories were for back in the day when the sites were few and easy to index by topic. Today, the majority of those sites have probably been offline for years, and are only visible through the Internet Archive.They've had their time, so let them go. The sites themselves (Digg, YouTube, Wikipedia, Slashdot) have become their own directory indexes for endless types of information, so there's no further need for search engine directories.
trentionMar 26, 2007
Am I the only one that finds these categories useful?
digitalbathMar 26, 2007
I use Yahoo as much as Google and the directory listing was one reason why. But now....
neocortexMar 26, 2007
I used to use categories when I wanted to browse a topic, but had no idea what in particular I was looking for. Now I have Digg to just find the good sites that I don't know about.The times, they are a-changing.
Closed AccountMar 26, 2007
I did.. in about 1998.
bhirschMar 26, 2007
To each his own. I did find them useful, and sometimes I used the directory to browse around when I wasn't precisely sure what I was looking for... a good time waster. Too bad they're abandoning it.
Closed AccountMar 26, 2007
But portals, maaaaan!
mrscienceMar 26, 2007
I've always loved the directory concept. It's too bad they're doing away with it. But there is a little known feature of Google that will soften the blow (though it isn't very discoverable): <a class="user" href="http://directory.google.com/">http://directory.google.com/</a>And, for the readership here, the very hidden <a class="user" href="http://directory.google.com/Top/Adult/">http://directory.google.com/Top/Adult/</a>
mrscienceMar 26, 2007
I used categories extensively too. You might be surprised to find that Google has a similar service: <a class="user" href="http://directory.google.com/">http://directory.google.com/</a>
raynevandunemMar 26, 2007
Directories were for back in the day when the sites were few and easy to index by topic. Today, the majority of those sites have probably been offline for years, and are only visible through the Internet Archive.They've had their time, so let them go. The sites themselves (Digg, YouTube, Wikipedia, Slashdot) have become their own directory indexes for endless types of information, so there's no further need for search engine directories.
mightybuttonMar 26, 2007
I know that this isn't quite the same as having it in the search, but you can go to dir.yahoo.com
Closed AccountMar 28, 2007
Dmoz and google directory are there as good (better?) alternatives.
deindexedJan 12, 2009
There are hundreds of other good directories that offer guarenteed placement of links, try <a class="user" href="http://www.tysyacha.com/">http://www.tysyacha.com/</a> or <a class="user" href="http://www.niche-market.org,">http://www.niche-market.org,</a> both very good small bid directories.
sebastian0602Jun 8, 2009
Here is another one: <a class="user" href="http://linkeurope.net">http://linkeurope.net</a>