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Discontinued web directory hosted by Google

The Google Directory was a web directory hosted by Google and is based on the open source project DMOZ. It was discontinued on July 20, 2011. However, the Google business places and recommended businesses is now commonly referred to as the Google directory.

Each main category page had links to sub main category pages in alphabetical order, as well as a search box on top of it. Each sub category entry is followed by a number that gives the number of items in that sub category. Sub categories would be created as needed, and eventually the user would get to a page with no more subcategories. Each page might have links to related categories. Some links were redirects to other pages.

The World link had the names of languages. If the user clicked on one, they would be taken to a version of the directory in that language.

As the name states, it had pages for kids and teens. It was completely disconnected from the rest of the directory, so if you clicked it by accident, you would have to press the back button on your web browser.

The Google Directory was completely built upon the Open Directory Project. Google integrated its PageRank system and its search system into it. Everything was green. There were links on the bottom so that the user could contribute to it.

If a search result was also in the directory, Google included a link to the respecting category. If someone wanted to have a listing in the Google Directory, they would have to be listed in the Open Directory Project.