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Find a Web Site using the Yahoo Directory

By Wendy Boswell, About.com

The Yahoo Directory is one of the oldest and most exhaustive directories on the Web. What is it, exactly? From the Yahoo Directory Help page: "The Yahoo Directory is a human-created and maintained library of web sites organized into categories and subcategories. Yahoo editors review these sites for potential inclusion in the Directory, and to evaluate the best place to list them."

The Yahoo Directory has many categories, from Arts and Humanities to Society and Culture (and everything in between). You can drill down via either the Search or Advanced Directory Search links, and you can also get new additions to any category delivered to you via RSS - check it out at the Yahoo Directory RSS Feeds page.

Also, if you have a web site that you'd like to submit to the Yahoo Directory, you can read my article titled 8 Ways to Submit Your Site to Yahoo for more detailed information. The Yahoo Directory is an excellent place to submit your site to be spidered by search engines; however, you should expect a "reasonable delay" when going through the site submission process.

Overall, I find the Yahoo Directory an incredible place to find new and interesting sites; I enjoy browsing around the categories and sub-categories.

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