Cool Web Site Directories: Finding Really Cool Sites

Even though many people enjoy discovering and bookmarking terrific sites on their own, there are also times when a directory of cool sites can come in handy. Cool site directories usually fall into one of three categories: Archived lists, random site generators, or cool picks of the hour, day, week, or month. Yahoo! maintains one of the oldest archived lists of cool sites and offers categories such as Arts and Humanities, Business and Economy, and Recreation and Sports.

The listings in each category run the gamut from intellectual or scientific, to amusing or weird. There are many archived cool site directories that categorize their listings in different ways, often annotating entries with brief descriptions. Random site generators spit out a different cool site with each click, with no regard for category. Some site directories group cool sites according to how quickly they load, or how many visitors they have had. Others have sections dedicated to a particular year, theme, movie, or holiday.

Many of the sites that provide cool picks of the day keep those sites listed in archives, so visitors can go back and see previously featured sites. For professional Net surfers, there are cool sites directories that solicit suggestions for sites to be listed, and others that present cool sites in Top Ten lists based on clarity, relevance, accessibility, popularity, speed, or quality. With all of the cool sites directories available on the Web, anyone can find the perfect cool site, no matter what their definition of cool is.