A web directory or link directory is a directory on the internet, directory on the world wide web. A web directory is linking to other websites and categorize the websites. A web directory is not a search engine. Not it's not the same as search engine. A web directory lists websites by category and subcategory. Categorization based on the website, not based on one page or a set of keywords. Web directories often allow site owners to directly submit their site for inclusion, and have editors review submissions for fitness.
Web directories are great for them who wants to expand their relationship and partnership throughout the internet. Especially for them who put their business into websites. By using business web directory, it will increase the business profits greatly.
In general, the examples of web directories are Yahoo! Directory and the Open Directory Project (ODP). ODP is significant due to its extensive categorization and large number of listings and its free availability for use by other directories and search engines.
The Yahoo! Directory is one of the most common of the Web Directories being used by online business owners through out the globe. There are some directories that offer many similar links, and this may not be helpful if you want to search for different types of links in the same directory.
Today submission of websites to web directories is considered as a common SEO (search engine optimization) technique to get vital back-links for the submitted web site. One distinctive feature of 'directory submission' is that it cannot be fully automated like search engine submissions. Manual directory submission is a tedious and time consuming job and is often outsourced by the webmasters.
