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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.

Yahoo search screen
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.

 smiling face Best for browsing and topics that are broad or general.
 frowning face You may have to click through categories and subcategories.
Other commercial subject directories:  Google Directory, Looksmart.com, About.com

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