Yahoo Reverse Lookup & People Search
The Yahoo! Directory is a human-created online web directory that provides information about people, companies, and websites by category. Yahoo! promotes the directory as an online guide to the World Wide Web. You can search for information on everything from arts and entertainment to international news and technological information. The directory provides ample links to help you refine your search and find the specific information that you seek.
How the Yahoo! Directory Works
Essentially, the Yahoo! Directory catalogs websites and organizes them into categories and sub-categories for easy use by online searchers. The websites are classified further as either commercial or non-commercial, global or regional, etc. Each website is listed within one of the fourteen categories found on Yahoo! Directory's front page.
To browse the directory by category, visit the left sidebar on the directory homepage and click your way down the category links. Let's say for example that you are interested in finding information about film schools in the U.S. You click first on the education category link. Then, you will be taken to a web page listing all the links and sites related to education.
If you want to further refine your search, you can click on the "more" option above the search box on the Yahoo! Directory homepage. Then, click "directory" from the drop-down menu. This will allow you to conduct a keyword search. By keying a term in the search box, you can expand your search. For instance, if you did not find out everything you wanted to know about U.S. film schools by conducting a category search, you can key in "film schools," and you will be given a list of links to websites focusing on the subject matter. You can then visit the websites to narrow down the information you need.
Yahoo! People Search
Another useful component of the Yahoo! Directory is the people search function. This search engine allows users to find out information about a given person by keying in their name and their home or e-mail address. By typing in this information and then clicking "search," users are re-directed to a web page listing any information known about the person on the web, including links to web sites their name is associated with.
Yahoo! Reverse Phone Number Lookup
Yahoo! Directory also allows you to perform a reverse phone number lookup to find out information about a given phone number. If an unfamiliar number keeps calling you, or you simply want to know more about a particular number, you can easily conduct a phone number reverse lookup to find out publically available information. By keying in the phone number and clicking "search" in Yahoo! Directory's search box, you are then redirected to a page listing the person's name, address and their telephone service provider.
Whether you want to conduct a phone number reverse lookup or search for people and businesses, Yahoo! Directory is a resourceful place to start.