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What is the difference between a Search Engine and a Directory?A search engine indexes Web sites by sending "spiders" or "crawlers" to your Web site to review it's coding and content for relevancy. These computer programs read the coding of the Web site and determine it's ranking according to how the coding, content, and links match up with their algorithm.Directories, on the other hand, have real people review your Web site for relevancy. They look at the overall site from a human point of view. They still have algorithms they use to help rank a site, but the human factor is also involved. In addition, you must submit your Web site to a particular category set up within the directory. Understanding the most appropriate category and what the editors will accept or reject for titles and descriptions is very important. Once you are entered into a directory category with a title and description, it is very difficult to ever get it changed. Make sure it's done correctly the first time! |
