Yahoo Directory Will Close On December 31

Yahoo has been steadily closing down various services and sections of its business over many months, and so it isn't surprising the company has announced a couple more things that will be soon fizzling away into nothingness. What is notable is the last entry on its list: the Yahoo Directory, which received a mere paragraph of note.

The hand-compiled directory of websites aggregated into categories served an important purpose during the Internet's early days, enabling netizens to scan through the sparse content the world wide web had to offer. It was popular, and has remained since as a digital historic landmark of sorts.

Google, of course, soon entered the picture and forever changed how content is found on the Internet. The Yahoo Directory has not been relevant for a long, long time, but its closure is still a notable one — one that some are complaining is not getting enough attention.

The Directory will be shut down on December 31, the last day of 2014. In addition, Yahoo has also revealed that its Education portal will be closing in a few days, and the Qwuiki app will be shutting down on November 1.

VIA: Search Engine Land