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	Business Reference Page - Links to directories of business information, phone numbers, government resources, maps, FAQs, dictionaries, and financial calculations. Rate this
	The Virtual Community of Associations - Online directory of U.S. associations. Rate this
	Professionals on the Internet - FREE membership International Directory of Professionals on the Internet. Rate this
	The Info Service - An enormous reference resource featuring links in categories like programming, computer help, genealogy, hobbies, business and travel. Rate this
	LibrarySpot.com - Reference collection including dictionaries, encyclopedias, newspapers, maps, reading lists, and quotations. Rate this
	Trussel's EclectiCity - Links cataloged in the form of on-line publishing: stories, articles, dictionaries, bibliographies, song-lists, word-lists, phone-lists, translations... Rate this
	What Do You Want to Know Today? - Includes searches on indexes to scholarly journals, dictionaries, image archives, listserve archives, online translators, and Classics web search engines. Rate this
	ReferenceDesk.org - A large categorized collection of reference links to over 600 different sites. Rate this
	DeskRef - Sources for quick answers to reference questions. Rate this
	The Internet Lost and Found - Free worldwide directory listings of lost and found property. Rate this
	My Virtual Reference Desk - A one-stop site for all things Internet: news, weather, sports, reference, encyclopedia (50 areas), facts on file, FAQs, tutorials, search engines, Win95, free stuff, games Rate this
	Virtual Learning Resources Center - Search a collection of resources recommended by librarians and educators. Select from subject specific databases or general web sites, news sources, or electronic text archives. Rate this
	Melissa Data - ZIP Codes, area codes, cities, states, addresses, information about non-profit organizations, people who have contributed to political campaigns, and demographics. Rate this
	Langenberg - Provides access to phone, reference, geographic, business, media and databases search tools. Rate this
	IPL Associations on the Net - Search Associations on the Internet through the Internet Public Library. Rate this
	Martindale's Reference Desk - Massive collection of links to reference resources includes language centers, calculators, maps, science tables and important websites of various countries. Rate this
	The Spire Project - A collection of article guides by a professional researcher covering commercial, library and internet resources. Rate this

Articles in this category:

• Which Directories - Which Directories
  By Clare Lawrence 19th August 2004
  
  There are literally 1,000 of directories on the web and new ones pop up every day.
  
  Which ones should I submit to? Well firstly, provided a directory’s pages are indexed by the search ...
• SEO and Directories - ...
• Directories and Traffic - Directories and Traffic
  By Clare Lawrence
  
  Submissions to directories can be an effective method to boost your websites ranking.
  
  Google the leading search engine places significant importance to text links that contain key words (also kn...
• Directories & Google - Directories & Google
  By Clare Lawrence 15th August 2004
  
  Can listings in directories help my rank on Google?
  
  Google the leading search engine considers several actors in its ranking algorithm, firstly it considers the text content of a ...
• Do We Need Web Directories? - ...
• Optimizing Your Site For Directories - The major indexes like Yahoo!, Open Directory
  Project, About.com, Snap, LookSmart, and
  Go.com, are great traffic sources. But it can
  be difficult and time consuming to get listed.
  This report illustrates exactly how to
  properly submit your ...
• Top 40 Articles Directories - A lot of times, Internet marketers, publishers and copywriters find themselves taking hours and hours on the Internet looking for places to submit their articles materials.
  
  This list consists of top 40 articles directories where you can submit yo...
• How Directories Help Search Engines - At the beginning of the web era, users would go to directories to find sites relevant to their interests. In fact, Yahoo!, the web's number one destination, started as a directory. Nowadays, most use...
• How to Submit Your Site to Directories - Unlike submitting to search engines, submitting your site to directories and niche portals usually involves a lot more than simply typing in your URL. You often have to start by researching the various topic categories to find the most appropriate area to...
• Is Google Gunning For Directories? - Why is it that webmasters are so quick to blame Google if their website falls down the search rankings, or out of the rankings altogether? Can it never be their own fault? I read an amusing forum pos...