This is a list of Major Web Directories and reviewed web guides. Web Directories
Business.com charges a $299 annual listing fee. Business.com is a purchase more for direct traffic than link popularity.
DMOZ – also known as the Open Directory Project – provides free listings, but it may take a while to get your site listed.
Gimpsy verb based directory which charges a one time $40 fee or also list your site free if you are willing to wait 21 days.
GoGuides one time $40 fee or provides free listings for editors.
JoeANT one time $40 fee or provides free listings for editors (it is quick and easy to become an editor.)
Lycos Directory European based directory.
Skaffe one time $40 fee or provides free listings to editors. Originally Built from GoGuides core data.
Uncover the Net – Newer directory which has more link popularity than all but a couple directories on this list. My friend Shawn has done a fantastic job promoting Uncover the Net. $39 fee. Highly recommended
Web Beacon one time $40 fee or provides free listings to editors. Originally Built from GoGuides core data.
Wow Directory – Bruce Stone’s directory. Offers free inclusion, paid inclusion, and sponsorship opportunities. Highly recommended
Yahoo $299 annual fee or free for non commercial websites.
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Major Web Directories |
by Roberto Espinoza
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Bob Mutch recently rated 40 top directories |
by Roberto Espinoza
Bob Mutch recently rated 40 top directories based on their age, how many edu and gov links they have and whether or not they are listed in DMOZ and Yahoo!. I would contest that WhatUSeek isn’t a real directory, ISEDB is a directory of search engines and directories, and that Vlib.org should be counted as a directory, but other than those minor points this is a pretty cool study.
| No | URL | EDU | GOV | Age |
| 1 | www.dmoz.org | 128,000 | 761 | 1999 |
| 2 | dir.yahoo.com | 111,000 | 2,060 | 1995 |
| 3 | www.lii.org | 10,400 | 110 | 1998 |
| 4 | www.business.com | 2,420 | 73 | 1998 |
| 5 | sbd.bcentral.com | 955 | 23 | 1999 |
| 6 | www.whatuseek.com | 273 | 2 | 1996 |
| 7 | www.cannylink.com | 204 | 1 | 1997 |
| 8 | www.123world.com | 123 | 2 | 1999 |
| 9 | www.americasbest.com | 99 | 13 | 1998 |
| 10 | www.joeant.com | 106 | 1 | 2000 |
| 11 | www.chiff.com | 105 | 1 | 1998 |
| 12 | www.mavicanet.com | 64 | 1 | 1999 |
| 13 | www.botw.org | 50 | 1 | 1996 |
| 14 | www.elib.org | 43 | 0 | 2003 |
| 15 | www.isedb.com | 33 | 0 | 2002 |
| 16 | www.rlrouse.com | 27 | 0 | 2002 |
| 17 | www.gimpsy.com | 23 | 0 | 2001 |
| 18 | www.goguides.org | 22 | 0 | 2001 |
| 19 | www.uncoverthenet.com | 18 | 2 | 2004 |
| 20 | www.qango.com | 19 | 1 | 1998 |
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Flush the flash intros and entirely flash-based websites! |
by Roberto Espinoza
True, flash animations can be beautiful to look at, they are edgy, trendy and in general plain cool. Unfortunately, the search engines like Google or Yahoo cannot see any of it. It is not even that they may take too long to load and the search engine’s crawler doesn’t want to wait and leaves, though this too is already a good reason not to have them. It is that crawlers cannot read the movement or action at all. Search engines read text, that’s what they index in their catalogs, and that’s what they will look up when you go into Google and type, for example “Web Design in Miami“.

