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How to Link to the WebDirectory

The WebDirectory welcomes links from other websites. Show your support for the WebDirectory and get the word out with one of the helpful links below.

1. Put a WebDirectory metasearch box on your web page with the following HTML:

   WebDirectory Search">
   dmoz.org

   <center><small> <form method=get action="/web"> <input size=20 name=search> <input type=submit value="Search WebDirectory"><br> <a href="/web/"><b>dmoz.org</b></a> </form></small></center>

   WebDirectory is a good place to start searches, since you can continue the search on many different search engines without having to retype anything.

   If you are using the WebDirectory Search as part of a meta-search or aggregate search you may wish to disable some of the WebDirectory's fall back search features. These features are:

   1. By default the WebDirectory's first search attempt is always an "AND" search, by inserting an implicit "AND" operator between all search terms. This can be over ridden by inserting a different boolean operator either "OR" or "ANDNOT". Logical operators inside a quoted search term are ignored. Quoted strings are treated as a single search term.
   2. If there are no matches for the first "AND" search, the WebDirectory search attempts the search again, but with "OR" as the default search term. This is noted on the search results page. To turn off the fall back search option pass the search CGI the added GET argument "&fb=0"
   3. If both the "AND" and "OR" search fail, then the the search will attempt the query on the Netscape Search (powered by Excite). To disable this fail over search, pass the search CGI the added GET argument "&fo=0"

   Note: there are no "&fb=1" or "&fo=1" flags, they are simply set by default.

2. Add a WebDirectory category search box to your website with the following HTML:

   <center> <table bgcolor="#000000" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=1 border=0><tr><td> <table bgcolor="#f0f0df" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=6 border=0> <tr><td colspan=2 align=center><small> <b><a href="/web/">Search WebDirectory</a></b> </small></td></tr><tr><td><small><b> <a href="/web/Arts/">Arts</a><br> <a href="/web/Business/">Business</a><br> <a href="/web/Computers/">Computers</a><br> <a href="/web/Games/">Games</a><br> <a href="/web/Health/">Health</a><br> <a href="/web/Home/">Home</a><br> <a href="/web/News/">News</a><br> </b></small></td><td><small><b> <a href="/web/Recreation/">Recreation</a><br> <a href="/web/Reference/">Reference</a><br> <a href="/web/Regional/">Regional</a><br> <a href="/web/Science/">Science</a> <br> <a href="/web/Shopping/">Shopping</a><br> <a href="/web/Society/">Society</a><br> <a href="/web/Sports/">Sports</a><br> </b></small></td></tr></table></td></tr></table> </center>

3. Use one of the User-Contributed Banners & Buttons.