Talking about web directory, it is quite similar to search engine except that it is specialize in linking to other web sites and categorizing web sites. It also does not list web sites according to keywords. It is more common for the categories and subcategories that help make your search be done easier. You can have categories like business, entertainment, sports, shopping and others. You might even see subcategories like blogs, sportswear and others. However, there are normally limitation in its’ inclusion of categories depending on the web directory. These create the questions over the reliability of web directories in comparison to search engines. Most of those limited categories web directory are called niche directories. One example is the shopping directory.

Most of the web directory has various of different features, most often depending upon the price for inclusion. Among the features are free submission, reciprocal links, paid submission, featured listing, bid for position and many others. Some webmasters create web directories for different reasons but one of the most common one is for search engine optimization.

There are some other web directories which only focus on variety of blogs. There web directory normally gain popularity among bloggers. But what is more important is the method of editing in a web directory. There are two types, one is the human edited directory while the other is the automated submission web directory. The former one was done by an editor and it is often criticized for the delay in approval and not as efficient as the later one.

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