Web directory
A Web directory is a website. It is like a directory, or a phone book. It lists other websites, that are put into different categories.
How Web Directory Help People
We can go with the definition given by Jimmy, it's a simple one, thanks to Jimmy. we can add few more things or we can say few more information and use of a Web Directory. The directory can be used in two ways based on the user, one is "General users" and the other is "Web Masters".
General Users: This type of users will come to Web Directories to get the information as usual, but here they can view different categories in that way they will get simplified to search a good site. Search engines are playing major role to get a site, but the aspect or the technology behind searching a site is not a perfect solution, because the search are the placement of a site will be decided based on the technology or the optimization methods not by the valuable information in the site, it should be done by a system not by a human. But as per the Human edited Web Directory the sites are manually checked and the sites will be placed in the respected category in this way a perfect web directory will provide good sites and information too.
Web Masters: Here the thing is reverse and related, we can say to get the "General Users" web masters will place there sites in the Web Directories. If we extend the terminology to get the traffic or to get page rank as a part of SEO they usually add there sites to web directory.The scope of web directory is less when we compare with search engines, but when the site traffic is concern the web directory will help the web master to initialize in search engines.One more advantage is the site will get a back link or an external link from the web directory, it is also a part in SEO ( Search Engine Optimization ) here the motto of the web directory is to place a site then almost every web directory will accept to place a site as a link if your site is valuable, not like other sites where there is no need or compulsion to place a link.
We can categories Web Directories based on different aspects one will ask to pay the other will give free service, one will accept only particular category sites, other may accept all. One will accept only blogs, country based, page rank based and based on valuable information.
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