| A directory takes you to
the home page of a website. From there you can explore
to get to the information you want eventually. |
A search engine takes you
to the exact page on which the words and phrases
you are looking for appear. |
| Use a directory when you
have only a vague idea of what you want and when you
would appreciate prompts to guide you along. |
Use a search engine when
your goal is to get to a particular piece of information quickly. |
| When you want to find a great
nursing site or a site devoted to your favorite
kind of music, use a directory. |
When you want to know what
song or movie a particular phrase is from, use a
search engine. |
| Use a directory to get a list
of major newspaper sites. |
Use a search engine to find
a quote from a newspaper column, even when you
don't know the name of the columnist or the paper. |
| Use a directory for the
kinds of things you'd expect to find in the Yellow
Pages -- for businesses of certain kinds when you
may not know their names. |
Use a search engine for
information about a particular product when you know
the product name and model number, but not
necessarily the manufacturer. |
| Use a directory when you
are in the mood to surf -- to go on a fun trip
around the Web with no particular destination in mind,
just following your impulses. |
Use a search engine when
you are serious or when you have limited time to
find what you want. |
| Use a directory when you
are looking for a site devoted to a celebrity. |
Use a search engine when
you are searching for an ordinary person by name. |
| Use a directory to find cooking-related
sites. |
Use a search engine to find
a particular recipe, by name or by ingredients. |
| Use a directory to get a
list of schools of nursing in Massachusetts. |
Use a search engine to find
a particular paper written by a professor of nursing at the University of Massachusetts. |
| Use a directory to see a
list of sites devoted to alternative medicine or to
cancer. |
Use a search engine to
learn more about a medicine your doctor just
prescribed for you. |
| Use a directory to get a
list of job-related Web sites. |
Use a search engine to find
the resume of a job candidate with the credentials and
experience you want. |
| Use a directory to find Web
sites dedicated to discussions of great literature. |
Use a search engine to find
a particular passage in a particular classic work
and perhaps the complete text of that book. |
| Use a directory to find sites
devoted to buying and selling cars. |
Use a search engine to find
a page that talks about how to deal with the problems
you've been experiencing with your 1969 Mustang. |
| Use a directory to find
sites that deal with Windows-based software. |
Use a search engine to find
out the meaning of a particular error message
you've been getting. |
| Use a directory to find travel
guides. |
Use a search engine to find
the schedule for special trips on steam-engine-powered
trains in South Africa. |
| Use a directory to find Web
sites devoted to legal questions related to protection
of information property rights. |
Use a search engine to find
instances of plagiarism of your writing on the
Web. |
| Use a directory to find Web
sites devoted to trademark information. |
Use a search engine to find
out if a particular name, with unique
capitalization, which you'd like to make a trademark, is
already in use on the Web. |
| Use a directory to build a media
contact list. |
Use a search engine to
track down a particular reporter. |
