Scenarios about 'web directories'
Web directories are organized, hierarchical collections of websites categorized by topic, serving as curated guides to internet content before search engines became dominant. These human-edited catalogs, like DMOZ and Yahoo Directory, played a crucial role in early web navigation from the 1990s through early 2000s. Web directories represent an alternative approach to information organization online, often explored in alternate history scenarios examining different trajectories of internet development.
What If Search Engines Were Never Developed?
Exploring the alternate timeline where search engines failed to materialize, fundamentally altering how we access information, navigate the internet, and potentially slowing the digital revolution that has transformed modern society.