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Search Engine Optimization>>What is the difference between a directory and search engine

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WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SEARCH ENGINES AND WEB DIRECTORIES?
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It is important to realize that web directories are not search engines. When your advertising your website it is good to realize that from a visibility point, they are two very different things.

The difference between the two is quite simple. When someone uses a search engine they type in keywords or phrases in tone of what they are specifically looking for. The search engines then pick out these keywords and phrases from websites that have them in their pages or titles. Whereas web directories use specific groups and categories as listings. Someone looking for information on a web directory would look under the categories and then the sub categories to find the type of website they are looking for.

As web directories are maintained manually by an actual person or group of people they tend to be of a better content and there is some degree of quality control. As this way of managing the web directory is used it will be more beneficial to the user searching for specific websites, so therefore will be a lot more beneficial to the website owner and their amount of traffic coming to the website.

It can be a lot easier and more effective for the user searching for websites to use these web directories rather than search engines, as they direct them to the exact type of information and website that they are looking for rather than plucking out all sorts of websites just using those particular key words searched for in the search engine.

So when you think about it, it is just like asking an expert educated in a certain field a question related to their area of expertise. This is always easier than going around the houses and asking people who do not know about that particular area of interest. It is quicker and more beneficial to everyone if you go direct to the information you want instead of having to search through the thousands of listings the search engines throw up at you.

The most beneficial web directories to use are the ones that give the users searching for information that is actually relevant to what they are looking for. If your website is a great and efficient website that is one of the best in its niche market then the web directories will give you prominence.



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