General Directory Vs Search Engine

Discussion in 'Directories' started by uberman, Jul 13, 2006.

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    Hi

    Some questions:
    1) General Directory Vs Search Engine
    What the differences (if any) between a general directory like dmoz vs search engine?
    IMHO, one difference is that general directories target B2B market like webmasters while search engines target end users.
    So wouldn't it be better to start engine instead a general directory is one wants to target end-users?

    2) Directory dump vs Manual submissions
    I noted that many free directories accept free non-reciprocal submissions by webmasters. Wouldn't it be easier to just dump whole dmoz database into a general directory? Or is it because search engines like Google differentiate between database dump and manual submissions by webmasters?

    Would appreciate your comments.
    Thanks :)
     
    uberman, Jul 13, 2006 IP
  2. dcristo

    dcristo Illustrious Member

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    Directories are categorized, Search Engines are not.
     
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    Good directories are better for finding websites, while seach engines are better at finding web pages.
     
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