The Yahoo! Directory and Yahoo! Search can be used together to bring you the information and resources that you are searching for.

Yahoo! Search finds a list of web pages which contain the words you searched for. These Yahoo! Search results list a combination of relevant web pages and websites provided by both Yahoo! Search and the Yahoo! Directory.

The Yahoo! Directory is a human-created library of websites, organized into categories and subcategories. Yahoo! editors review these sites for potential inclusion in the Directory. These editors also evaluate the best categories in which to list them.

For example, to see a full listing of sites related to dogs, click the Directory link under the More menu or above the search box. Then type dog into the search box and click Search. Site specific, dog-related subjects are listed on the Yahoo! Search results page.

The Yahoo! Directory is helpful when:

• You're not sure how to describe what you want, or when you're searching for words with multiple meanings. Behind the scenes, our editors build in synonyms, cross-references, and relationships between subjects. For example, if you're interested in acting, you might search for casting to get an audition. Your search results would 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, exclusively within Talent Agencies, rather than on the entire Web. This guarantees your results won't refer to another kind of casting, such as plaster 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.

Used together, the hand-built Yahoo! Directory and the technology of Yahoo! Search offer a useful, unified source of online information.