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| Search engine vs. Directories: An Introduction |
| Tuesday, May 23, 2006 |
Many people think of search engines and directories as the same thing. In reality there is a big difference between them. The difference is pretty much unnoticeable to the eye of web searchers and it lies in how the listings are compiled.
Search engines, such as Google; http://www.google.com/ create their listings automatically. It "crawls the web" by following links from web page to web page and website to website. You don't even have to submit your site to a search engine in order for it to "find" your site and place it in the index for searching. Page titles, body copy, Meta tags, descriptions and outside links to a web site, plus many other elements, are entered in search engine’s database and play a role in how and where the site is listed within the engine.
A directory such as Yahoo!; http://www.yahoo.com/ depends on humans for entering its listings. You submit a short description of your web site to the directory and an editor reviews your submission before adding it to the index. A good site, with good content, may be reviewed more quickly than a poor site. In a directory you can "submit" your site for review, but there is no guarantee that it will be included.
Knowing the difference of search engines and directories give you an advantage in web searching and web marketing. |
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