A project to build a giant Web services directory touted by the likes of Microsoft and IBM has yet to catch on, as companies stumble over technology hurdles and come to grips with market hype. Born ...

Four major software makers will launch an updated test version of a public Web services directory that lets businesses list and find online services. IBM, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and SAP on Monday ...

New directories are a valuable tool for Web sites that need that extra boost in search engine ranking or in their number of visitors. They make for a great way to increase Web exposure and expand your ...

A HighRankings Forum thread asks how does one distinguish between a good and bad web directory. Web directories are often the first step for many link building campaigns. The obvious directories that ...

One of the most important sites of the web’s first era is about to go offline. Here’s a better suggestion. I happen to remember the very first thing I did on the World Wide Web. It was the fall of ...

BlueFind Web Directory Back From the Dead? Remember BlueFind, the staff reviewed & edited web directory from John Scott of v7n.com? Remember back in the SEO Salad Days when BlueFind was PageRank 8, ...

Japanese telecommunications giant NTT this week became the first company that doesn't make software to join an effort to build a public Web services directory that lets businesses list and find online ...

Last night a post from the DMOZ blog titled R-E-S-P-E-C-T for DMOZ caught my eye. As I read through it, I felt for the old Open Directory Project (aka dmoz.org). Let me just quote the first line: ...

For years on SEJ we’ve been a proponent of listing sites web directories as a form of traditional organic link building. And over these years many web directories have come and gone. As linking gets ...

Online directories let people discover a scary amount of private information about you simply by entering your name, location, and/or telephone number in their search boxes. Dennis O'Reilly began ...