Google Tutorial - Directory Feature

Unlike Google's search engine, the directory organizes results into categories, i.e. classification of pages by subject. Result entries are built "by hand," so to speak because each category entry has been evaluated, classified and annotated by subject-matter experts. (Search engine results on the other hand are always indexed and built by computers). Use Google's directory, instead of the search engine, when you wish to:

• Familarize yourself with a topic;
• Narrow your search;
• Discover key terms;
• View pages evaluated by a human editor;
• Find high quality web sites.

Access the directory at http://www.google.com/dirhp.

Upon entering a query, results pages may contain:

• categories
• subcategories
• subcategories and web page listings