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.

 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:  Directory.google.com, Info.com/directory, About.com

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