What are the characteristics of a good business directory? This is a question with many answers. However, some characteristics definitely include directory page structure that is easy to navigate, clearly structured and simple enough category tree, alphabetical listings, fast-loading Web pages that are easy to read and skim.
These are in fact among the characteristics of any good listings-based Web site. Web directories have been a part of the World Wide Web for such a long time that the design principles of prior experience fit the concept perfectly.
virtuallyfree.com is a business classifieds directory and we think the above characteristics applies to this Web site that has been online since 1996, which is an achievement on its own on the ever-changing World Wide Web landscape.