Have You Used a Directory for Search in 2007? For What Type of Search?

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Have You Used a Directory for Search in 2007? For What Type of Search?

Is a directory ever better than a search engine for searching or finding?

foxfox

5:03 pm on Nov 10, 2007 (gmt 0)

defintiely DMOZ or similar stuffs like Y! directory has their value in history, but I just wonder it is useful to find information using these directory nowsaday.

Webwork

6:18 pm on Nov 10, 2007 (gmt 0)

I will use a directory when I have an interest in a marketplace vertical, such as professional service providers.

victor

6:22 pm on Nov 10, 2007 (gmt 0)

Yes.

I use them to find accommodation in locations.

The natural SERPS for [place hotels] searches are so polluted as to be useless.

centime

6:53 pm on Nov 10, 2007 (gmt 0)

i use them all the time to research websites in particular niches,

SERPS are always filled with unrelated sites, and really useless, light weight content for the sake of content, sites

foxfox

3:24 am on Nov 11, 2007 (gmt 0)

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I will use a directory when I have an interest in a marketplace vertical, such as professional service providers.

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yes, I agree yello page is useful. but will you use dmoz to find these providers