Yahoo! Canada Search returns a list of web pages containing the words you entered. These results are a combination of sites from the entire Web through a search engine and from the Yahoo! Canada Directory.

The Yahoo! Canada Directory is a human-created and maintained library of web sites organized into categories and subcategories. Yahoo! editors review these sites and select the best place to list them.

For example, you can see a full listing of all general sites related to dogs by visiting Yahoo! Canada's Dogs category. Sites about more specific dog-related subjects are listed under appropriate subcategories.

The Yahoo! Canada Directory is helpful when:

• You're not sure how to describe what you want, or you're searching for words with multiple meanings. Behind the scenes, our editors build in synonyms, cross-references, and relationships between subjects. For example, when you're ready for your close up, you might search for "casting" to get an audition. Your results will include sites from the related Directory category:

  Talent and Crew > Talent Agencies.
  

  You can browse this list of sites and subcategories, or search for "casting" services just within Talent Agencies, rather than on the entire Web. This guarantees your results won't refer to another kind of casting, such as plaster casting or die-casting.
  

• You want a better understanding of the subject you're searching for. For example, search the Directory for "bugs" and you'll see:

  Arthropods > Insects
  

  In this category, you'll find listings for individual creatures from antlions to wasps, along with such topics as entomophagy (insects as food) and pest management. Web Results for "bugs" alone will give you a much narrower view.
  

You can further your knowledge of almost any subject using our rich categories with extensive links to related information.

Any time you see a Directory-listed site on your Web Results page, you'll know it met our standards for inclusion. Just look for results with a link to " More sites about."

The hand-built Yahoo! Canada Directory paired with the technology of Yahoo! Canada Search offers a useful, unified source of online information.