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Yahoo Directory has certainly been neglected and customers stopped using it in favor of search. However, I think there's still an opportunity for a directory 'd
by highlander 12y ago
Yahoo Directory has certainly been neglected and customers stopped using it in favor of search. However, I think there's still an opportunity for a directory 'done well'. Browsing hierarchically is a different mode of discovery. Customers approach it in a different way and that can help them to discover sites that they wouldn't otherwise find through search and news.
- troymc 12y agoDMOZ is still around, but I think the best directories end up being the niche directories maintained by people who are really into something. Wikipedia also has some amazing lists.
- acjohnson55 12y agoThere's still https://delicious.com/ https://delicious.com/
- graycat 12y ago> Customers approach it in a different way and that can help them to discover sites that they wouldn't otherwise find through search and news. Very much so, and a directory can be focused start into a very different approach to the rest.
- jqgatsby 12y agoI strongly agree. Search works when you have some specific intent, and can articulate that intent to some degree. A directory helps you discover knowledge you didn't even know to ask about. @highlander, ping me at john a fries at gmail if you would like to discuss further.