19Oct Bob Mutch recently rated 40 top directories
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 |
