Adopting the ‘Wiki’ Technology in the design of Web Directories 1 OF 3

With the increase in the number of websites found in the World Wide Web; the need for web directories has also increased with them. Web directories rely on editors to continually update and to continually check the data entered for consistency. Finding volunteer editors is the easy part. It’s assigning them to a certain domain and giving them editing privileges that’s painstaking. That is the main reason why web masters turn to Wiki technology to help them increase their editor roster.

Web Directories are sites that offer a comprehensive list of links that correspond to searches made by the site’s users. One of the most common types of web directory is the Human-edited Web Directory. This form of Web Directory relies on volunteer editors to edit the content of their sites. For this reason most existing Human- Edited Web Directories employ the Wiki Technology to allow their volunteer editors easy access to the site.

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