Web directory

What is Web directory?

A Web directory or link directory is a structured catalog of active links to working sites with a brief description or a name taken from the title (Title tag).

Such a structured set of links is usually divided into topics and "subsections". The structure of the breakdown of site directory topics has a tree form. Topics are divided into relevant clarifying "subsections". This is convenient for users of the site directory. For example, in the web directory SITECATALOG.RU there is a topic "Art", which, in turn, is divided into 42 subsections. Because the topic "Art" is very broad. This includes not only types of artistic activity (paintings, sculpture, etc.). This also includes sites dedicated to other human activities that touch on, describe, and resolve issues of culture and art, i.e. activities not directly related to art, but which are an important element in the field of art (for example, government Internet sites dedicated to the activities of cultural organizations or events in the world of art).

A subsection of a site directory is a child topic of the main topic or section. There are 17 main sections in the site directory SITECATALOG.RU. These are: Adult, Arts, Business, Computers, Games, Health, Home, Kids and Teens, News, Recreation, Reference, Regional, Science, Shopping, Society, Sports, World.

So, detailed subsections in the site catalog contain links to sites devoted to this detailed topic of the corresponding subsection. Some site catalogs have a certain ranking (ranking is the order of the sites in the list). The ranking can be any. The ranking can have a certain order or rule corresponding to the parameter or property of the site located in the ranking list. Some catalogs use a parameter or property given by other sites or Internet services. For example, alphabetical order, or - citation index. The citation index of a site is an indicator of a search engine (for example, Google), determined on the basis of the number of active and direct hyperlinks to a given resource from other sites, or the number of mentions of a site or a specific page, in the context of an important and necessary article. For example, some Internet encyclopedias in the notes block to the article provide a list of links to relevant articles or articles that were cited and used in the construction of this encyclopedic article.

The Web directory "SITECATALOG.RU" uses the time of discovery of a significant and valuable site to rank sites. That is, in the primary ranking, the sites that were discovered first are at the top.

In some cases, especially valuable sites are moved to the top of the site directory registry manually.

As was written above, a site directory can have a certain number of topics or sections. If these topics are not related to each other, then the site directory is general. If all topics or sections are related to each other, then this is a thematic or specialized site directory.

Types of web directories

Web directories can also be divided into types:

Closed site directories are when only one person (the owner or administrator of the site directory) can add sites to this directory.

White Web directory (for example - russian catalog "КАТАЛОГСАЙТОВ.РФ")are site directories where there is no mandatory requirement to provide a backlink on the site mentioned in the directory. White site directory always contains a direct link, without a redirect and restrictive tags (for example, the "nofollow" tag to the link - determines that the hyperlink to the site does not need to be scanned (followed) by the search engine).

Gray Web directory differs from white site directory in that it requires a backlink to its directory, but, at the same time, puts a direct link, like a white site directory.

Black Web directory is the most ineffective site directory, since it requires a backlink to its site, and, most importantly, does not put a direct link to the site, i.e. the link contains a redirect (redirection to another site address). Most black site directories also contain restrictive tags for search robots.

Thus, the most effective way to promote a site will be to get into the white site directory and the gray site directory.

And we, in turn, remind you that Web directory "SITECATALOG.RU" provides direct links to the highest quality Russian-language sites in Russia and the CIS countries. Registration in the site directory "SITECATALOG.RU" ensures that the registered site is in excellent proximity to the best sites in Runet. The main requirement for a site is the presence of the Russian language on the site, and the absence of hostile and prohibited information.