Horse Hubs

Almost everyone is familiar with using search engines these days, since they allow us to locate things so rapidly. This is essential, but search engine results aren’t filtered by people, but by an algorithm. So why would that be noteworthy? Imagine you are searching for a restaurant in Belfast for example. One would enter these keywords into Yahoo! (for example), then a number of results would be shown. How do you know if these results are trusted if they haven’t been been vetted by a human editor? Here’s how: search engines employ human-edited online directories as a primary filter.

Directories still play a part online, and the top-quality directories will be unavoidably human edited. A person may realise that (e.g.) : “hmm, that restaurant has a michelin star, that’s a very encouraging signal”. A well-known directory receives many entries daily. An editor will look into these entries, and if the editor is content that the quality of the submission is of a particular standard, it is included in to the website directory. And this is why search engines still love website directories. Both dmoz.org and the Yahoo! directory are used by search engines as filters to find out the trustworthiness of a website – whether it’s listed in dmoz.org / Yahoo! directory or not, since they’re human-edited and have strict rules-for-entry.

So do not downplay the significance of online directories just because most individuals use search engines to discover things. A directory with stern guidelines can be an essential measuring device as to how reliable a website is. If you own a website, also look to get your site included in a niche directory, like a gardening directory, a hotel directory, or a pub and restaurant directory.