Searching represents about one-half of the Web traffic at Galaxy. The searchable index includes only those pages actually submitted. They periodically re-index sites linked to by Galaxy. They employ professional information specialists to organize Galaxy and oversee the classification process. GoTo Companies can bid to get their sites placed close to the top of a search.
Editors select the non-advertiser sites.
There does not appear to be a topical index, as there is on most of the other sites in this section. The Internet Scout Project, run by the University of Wisconsin Department of Computer Sciences, is a weekly publication offering a selection of new and newly discovered Internet resources of interest to researchers and educators. The reports are also available by subscribing to an e-mail list. Librarians' Index to the Internet LII is a searchable annotated directory of more than 6400 web sites, selected and evaluated by librarians and aimed at public library users. It's a good, highly reliable guide to sites in many different categories, including the environment .