http://www.websitehits.com/taxonomy/term/11/0 A directory on the World Wide Web that specializes in linking to other web sites and categorizing those links. en http://www.websitehits.com/web-directory <p>A <a class="glossary-term" href="/seo-terms-and-definitions/web-directory"><acronym title="web directory: A directory on the World Wide Web that specializes in linking to other web sites and categorizing those links. ">web directory</acronym></a> is a directory on the World Wide Web. It specializes in linking to other web sites and categorizing those links. <a class="glossary-term" href="/seo-terms-and-definitions/web-directory"><acronym title="web directory: A directory on the World Wide Web that specializes in linking to other web sites and categorizing those links. ">Web directories</acronym></a> often allow site owners to directly submit their site for inclusion, and have editors review submissions for fitness.</p> <p>A web directory is not a <a class="glossary-term" href="/seo-terms-and-definitions/search-engine"><acronym title="search engine: A system designed to help find information stored on the Web.">search engine</acronym></a>, and does not display lists of web pages based on <a class="glossary-term" href="/seo-terms-and-definitions/keyword"><acronym title="keyword: One of the words used to find matching web pages.">keywords</acronym></a>, instead it lists web sites by category and subcategory. The categorization is usually based on the whole web site, rather than one page or a set of keywords, and sites are often limited to inclusion in only one or two categories.</p> web directory Thu, 9 Nov 2006 15:31:56 -0500 joseph 21 at http://www.websitehits.com