LookSmart
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The new LookSmart subject directory, a part of the Readers Digest
World website, contains at present over 110,000 sites arranged in
ten major subject categories, with numerous subcategories. The
main advantage to the site is a layout that allows the user to see
subcategories for each category while the main categories are
still on the screen, which aids navigation. All web sites contain
short annotations. The site boasts of its simple search interface
(it does not support Boolean queries), and also contains a
"favorites" section, which users can personalize. Most of the
sites are commercial in nature. The quality of the sites in the
main directory varies, as in all directories, but LookSmart is an
interesting attempt to provide a site directory that appeals to
the general audience, and that attempts to "condense" the
Internet, just as Readers Digest condenses literature. Note that
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Address : http://www.looksmart.com
Archived: first capture 1996
Reviewed : 1 November 1996, by The Scout Report
Source  : Recovered for this collection
          The Scout Report, Net Scout Services / InterNIC, 1994-99
          Verbatim copies permitted provided this notice
          is preserved. Copyright Susan Calcari.
Tags    : Search & Portals, Scout Report

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