A hand built, categorized directory of links.

Family Friendly Reference since 1995, Information and Guides. Sites selected by a human. Classic and extensive human curated directory from 1995 and still being maintained.

Collector of URLs. The successor to the Open Directory Project (dmoz.org) the largest web directory ever built. Run by volunteer editors. With millions of listings this is still a valuable resource because it is human edited, it lists not just the popular but the good sites as well.

A Compendium of Resources from the Invisible Web - 70 Newsfeeds - 790 Categories - 46,000 Resources - 1228 Pages in this web directory.

Author makes the argument that small, curated web directories are still valid equating it to Little Free Libraries or even a regular library.

the directory of handmade webpages. An extensive searchable directory broadly categorized into personal websites, communities and experiments. Listings can also be sorted by tags.

A curated directory of indieweb websites by Kicks Condor. This is a quality over quantity directory. Each site is listed for a reason and the curator tells you the reason in the descriptions.

This is a directory of websites that primarily stick with simple, marked up, hyperlinked text.

A human edited directory of the non-commercial web.

IllumiRate directory, a family friendly catalog of thousands of high-quality resources spanning hundreds of categories.

A human edited, little web directory of Independent Web links. Mainly a link directory indexing the indieweb but it also has a blog about the indie web and building directories.

A directory of non-commercial (ie. personal, fan, rpg, blogs) sites. Extensive list of RPG's and blogs.

Back link required.

A web directory of non-commercial (ie. personal, fan, hobby) websites that has been around since 2004.

Back link requested but not required.

A small hand curated directory of web links that can be sorted by categories. This is a good starting point for surfing the web.