Excite uses looksmart as the source for it's directory. Strong focus on business and industry sites, and regional sites. A large percentage of sites added to yahoo daily fall into these categories. ODP data can be used by any site provided proper copyright credit is given. ODP data is in use by AOL, Netscape, Hotbot, Lycos, Altavista, and others.
Directory is strongest in special interest and entertainment areas.
Small directory with limited number of entries in the main directory. Large directory which catalogs data into as many subcategories as possible. Many subpages from sites are listed here that would not be listed in Snap or Yahoo. Size of index is very small. Sites must be approved by one or two editors before being added to the directory.