Use Web Directories to Supplement Your Search
Have you ever grown tired of searching for something in Google or Yahoo! and wondered if the site really exists? One of the dirty secrets of search engines is that they bury most Websites where you will never find them. Every day hundreds of thousands of people who don’t trust the major search engines turn to alternative search resources to find content the search engines won’t show them.
For example, many people seeking transportation resources might look at a transportation Web directory to find a company that can help them. To collect this many listings through a search engine would be a very tedious process, especially as search engines don’t normally review Web sites. Directory editors often spend many hours reviewing their listings.
Specialty and niche Web directories exist for thousands of topics. For example, if you want to find Websites about cermaic topics there is at least one directory for that family of topics. The list of specialty directory sites goes on and on. Using a search engine to find Web directories may help you find the real content you’re looking for faster.
And when you do find all these special directories, should you just forget the links or should you consider creating your own links directory to help you remember where all those great resources can be found. Sometimes building your own custom link list on the Web will help you find interesting content again much faster than trying to remember how you found it through a search engine.
