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- General
- Information for those living in apartments, condominiums and co-ops. Topics will be living in a small space, gardening on a balcony, roommates, and etc.
- Roommates
- Roommates
- Advocacy and Protection
- The Complaints and Protection category has sites that are intended to help consumers identify and protect themselves from unethical or illegal practices in the marketplace, and to guide consumers in complaining and getting redress when they have been victimized.
- Appliances - Sites in this category cover consumer information about household appliances.
- Arts and Entertainment
- Auctions - Welcome to "Auction Info" This category is for information, software and services for auctions, auctioneers and customers. Please do not submit your auction site here; go to Auctions Main Page , and choose a category there.
- Automobiles - This category is for sites that offer substantial on topic non-promotional content and information. The content must be designed to help consumers make informed decisions about purchasing automobiles and related equipment as well as to protect consumers from unfair business practices or faulty products. Sites in Home/Consumer_Information/Automobiles need to be very thorough and complete offering relevant, original and quality auto related consumer information on multiple topics.
- Clothing and Accessories - Information on fashion, style and clothing care
- Complaints - This category is for sites that evaluate the performance or products of a company. The category is organized by company name and may contain information such as consumer opinions, complaints, personal experiences, and reports of legal action written for the layman.
- Computers and Internet
- Electronics
- Food and Drink
- General - The Consumer Information category provides useful product and service information so that consumers can make informed purchasing decisions. This category is also intended to provide service contacts, warranties, recalls, and other product or service information for consumers who already have made purchases. Sites in this category are buyers' guides, decision guides, price comparisons, recall information, or tips and advice. Sites which are primarily promotional in nature, and not significantly useful in making informed shopping choices, can be found in the Business, Regional, or Shopping categories as appropriate.
- Gifts and Greetings - The Consumer Information category provides useful product and service information so that consumers can make informed purchasing decisions. This category is also intended to provide service contacts, warranties, recalls, and other product or service information for consumers who already have made purchases. Sites in this category are buyers' guides, decision guides, price comparisons, recall information, or tips and advice.
- Home and Family - This category is for consumer information only, to enable shoppers and consumers to evaluate products and services covered used in the home.
- Jewelry and Gemstones - A listing of diamond, gemstone and jewelry buying guide sites for the consumer.
- Lawn and Garden
- Motorcycles
- Office
- Pets
- Price Comparisons - This category is for consumer services Sites in this category will compare prices online to help consumers determine the best price for a product or service and how to obtain it. Evaluations of individual products or specialist services will be found in the appropriate product category. Sales sites will be listed in Business or Shopping .
- Publications
- Recalls
- Ski Resorts - The Consumer Information Ski Resorts category provides useful travel and service information so that consumers can make informed selection decisions.
- Sports and Recreation
- Tools
- Toys and Games
- Travel - The Consumer Information Travel category provides useful product and service information so that consumers can make informed purchasing decisions.
- Appliances - Sites in this category cover consumer information about household appliances.
- Appetizers
- Baking and Confections
- Beef
- Beverages
- Brand Name Recipes - This category contains sites for brand name food products which have recipes to share. Usually, the recipes will use one of the products as an ingredient. Sometimes the recipe will come from the packaging of the product. In this category, the name of the site is the name of the product, rather than the kind of food or cuisine. This enables users to locate a group of recipes by brand name.
- Breakfast
- Canning and Freezing - Canning and Freezing is for sites or pages with canning or freezing recipes.
- Casseroles
- Chats and Forums
- Cheese - All sites feature recipes using cheese. Sites about making cheese or descriptions of the world's cheeses go to Recreation/Food/Cheese. Sites selling cheeses go to Shopping/Food.
- Chili
- Condiments
- Crock-Pot - The crock-pot is a kitchen appliance used to cook foods slowly over a period of hours.
- Dairy
- Desserts
- Drying and Dehydrating
- Fish and Seafood - Fish- An animal without legs which lives in water, using its tail to help it swim, and which breathes by taking oxygen from the water. Fish is also the flesh of these animals eaten as food. Seafood- Non-fish type creatures that live in water, to include oysters, eels, and shrimp. This area is for the listing of sites discussing fish and seafood or having recipes including them.
- Fondue - Contains recipes for all kinds of fondue, from cheese to vegetable to meat.
- For Children - This category is for sites that pertain to food and recipes suitable for children of all ages. Subcategories include toddlers, preschoolers, children helping in the kitchen and baby food. The baby food section has two subsections, one for preparation and storage of baby food, also including food safety, the other one is for teething biscuits.
- Fruits and Vegetables - This area is for the listing of sites discussing fruits or vegetables or having recipes including them.
- Fusion - Fusion cooking is a way of combining ingredients rather than a method of cooking like microwaving or pressure cooking. Fusion mixes techniques, ingredients, and styles from diverse cuisines and countries to make tasty dishes. Often the key is to use easily available ingredients and to cleverly use them as substituted for the authentic ones.
- General - Welcome to Home/Cooking. The purpose of this category, and its subcategories, is to provide a comprehensive directory of links to sites with recipes, or cooking contents. Please use the following guidelines if you are submitting a site to Home/Cooking: If you are submitting a site offering items for sale, even if they are cooking, cookbook, or food related, please refer to the appropriate Shopping category. If your site features recipes or articles pertaining to cooking, the url of that article or page may be submitted for review to the appropriate category of Home/Cooking. Please DO NOT use ALL CAPS in submission titles or descriptions. Only submit ONE category at a time. If you are unsure which category is appropriate for your submission, please add your site to the top category, Home/Cooking. Your submission will be reviewed, and added to the appropriate subcategory within 6 to 12 weeks. Please do not resubmit your site until that time has expired. Thank you, The Home/Cooking Editors.
- Gifts in a Jar
- Gourmet
- Grains
- Herbs and Spices - Herb - A seed-producing annual, biennial, or perennial that does not develop persistent woody tissue but dies down at the end of a growing season. Spice - Any of various aromatic vegetable products (as pepper or nutmeg)used to season or flavor foods.
- Holidays - Holiday recipes. For more holiday sites look at Society/Holidays.
- Jams, Jellies, and Preserves
- Lamb and Mutton - This category is for the listing of sites having lamb and mutton recipes on them. Lamb - A young sheep; especially one that is less than one year old or without permanent teeth. Mutton - The flesh of a mature sheep used for food.
- Magazines
- Mailing Lists - This category is for the listing of sites providing E-mail lists on cooking and recipes.
- Meat Substitutes - This category lists pages and sites that provide information about using vegetarian meat substitutes to prepare dishes typically made with meat. It includes listings which provide general information about meat substitutes, recipes for making meat substitutes, and recipes which use substitutes in place of meat.
- Microwave - This category is for the listing of sites having recipes for the preparation and cooking of food in a microwave oven.
- Nuts and Seeds - This category is for recipe sites that focus on or feature a particular nut or seed. Sites should be those that are collections of recipes about a nut or seed, or, recipes that have the nut or seed in the name of the recipe. It is intended that the nut or seed be a major ingredient of the recipe. It is intended that this be a category that is useful for cooks who have acquired a lot of nuts or seeds, such as a gift, and now need to know about recipes that use a lot of the product. Do not place in this category recipes that use only an incidental amount of the nut or seed. Do not place sites in this category that are only sales sites. Sales sites should be placed in Shopping.
- Outdoors - This category is for sites discussing or having recipes for outdoor type cooking. This includes barbecue, open flame grilling, smoking, open and closed pit cooking, and tri-pod cooking.
- Pasta - Loads of pasta recipes including everything from low-fat selections to gourmet. A number of pasta manufactures have their recipes indexed, as well as hundreds of pasta recipes from many large online recipe data bases. A separate subcategory is available for those interested in vegetarian recipes.
- Pizza - A pizza is an open pie made typically of flattened bread dough spread with a savory mixture usually including tomatoes and cheese and often other toppings and baked. It is also called pizza pie.
- Pork
- Poultry - Poultry Domesticated birds kept for eggs or meat.
- Pressure Cooker - Pressure cooking is a cooking method which takes its name in the fact that food is cooked in an airtight utensil for quick cooking or preserving of foods by means of high-temperature steam under pressure. The utensil is called a pressure cooker, also refered to as a Presto from the name of a company who makes pressure cookers.
- Quantity Cooking
- Quick and Easy
- Recipe Collections - This category is for the listing of web sites having collections of recipes on the site.
- Recipe Management
- Safety - Cooking, kitchen, food preparation and storage safety issues containing information about common problems with foods, and ways to minimize them.
- Salads - Salad - A mixture of usually raw vegetables or cooked meats or pasta, eaten either as a separate dish or with other food. See each catgeory for specific dishes as fruit, ham or chicken salads.
- Sandwiches - This area is for the placement of sites having recipes for and discussing sandwiches and sandwich fillings.
- Sauces, Dips, Gravies, and Toppings
- Snacks - Snacks are small food items, sweet or savoury, eaten between or in lieu of meals.
- Soups and Stews - This category is for the listing of sites having soup or stew recipes and or discussing this subject on the site. Some Soup Terms - soup du jour -- (the soup that a restaurant is featuring on a given day) consomme -- (clear soup usually of beef or veal or chicken) bisque -- (a thick cream soup made from shellfish) borsch, borsh, borscht, borsht, borshch, bortsch -- (a Russian soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation) broth -- (a thin soup of meat or fish or vegetable stock) broth, stock -- (liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces. chicken soup -- (soup made from chicken broth) cock-a-leekie, cocky-leeky -- (soup made from chicken boiled with leeks) gumbo -- (a soup or stew thickened with okra pods) marmite -- (soup cooked in a large pot) mock turtle soup -- (soup made from a calf's head or other meat in imitation of green turtle soup) mulligatawny -- (East Indian curry-flavored soup with a meat or chicken base) oxtail soup -- (a soup made from the skinned tail of an ox) pea soup -- (a thick soup made of dried peas (usually made into a puree)) pepper pot, Philadelphia pepper pot -- (a soup made with vegetables and tripe and seasoned with peppercorns; often contains dumplings) petite marmite, minestrone, vegetable soup -- (soup made with a variety of vegetables) potage -- (thick (often creamy) soup) turtle soup, green turtle soup -- (soup usually made of the flesh of green turtles) eggdrop soup -- (made by stirring beaten eggs into a simmering broth) chowder -- (a thick soup or stew made with milk and bacon and onions and potatoes) won ton, wonton, wonton soup -- (a soup with won ton dumplings) split-pea soup -- (made of stock and split peas with onions carrots and celery) green pea soup, potage St. Germain -- (made of fresh green peas and stock with shredded lettuce onion and celery) lentil soup -- (made of stock and lentils with onions carrots and celery) Scotch broth -- (a thick soup made from beef or mutton with vegetables and pearl barley)
- Special Diets - All sites in this category should contain recipes. Recipe sites in this category, and especially the subcategories, will usually be intended to help with a specific health condition. The site should indicate in the title or the text what that focus is, e.g. low salt, gluten-free, heart healthy, and so forth. Sites that focus on ethnic cuisines should go in the appropriate ethnic category in World Cuisines. Sites that focus on vegan or vegetarian diets should go in those respective categories. Sites that explain a medical condition and mention food preparation only in passing are better placed in Health.
- Spicy
- Stuffings and Dressings
- Tailgating and Picnics - This category is for sites that have recipes that are specifically for taking to tailgating parties or on picnics.
- Techniques - Sites that are primarily cooking techniques. How to cook and prepare food.
- Vegetarian - Traditional vegetarian recipes and cooking tips for foods and meals which consist of grains, pasta, beans, vegetables, fruit can be placed in this category. Recipes which include meat, poultry, fish, or shellfish are not generally considered to be vegetarian. This Vegetarian category can also include recipes which include animal products such as eggs, milk, cheese, and honey, and the like. These are considered acceptable to some vegetarians and is an eating pattern often referred to as "ovo-lacto vegetarian." Refer to the Vegan subcategory for eating patterns which are strictly limited to vegetable products, and exclude not only meat, poultry, fish, but also eggs, milk and dairy products, and insect products such as honey. In some parts of the world this eating pattern is referred to as "vegetarian" or "strictly vegetarian".
- Wild Foods
- World Cuisines - This area of the directory is host to recipes which are shared by communities.
- Baking and Confections
- General
- Home/Do-It-Yourself lists sites which provide instructions, advice, and tips so that you can do things on your own rather than buy the product or have someone else perform the service. Do-it-yourself sites specific to one topic (i.e. Home Improvement) should be sent to the most specific category.
- Cleaning
- This category lists sites for Home Cleaning businesses that serve large geographic regions, such as national and multi-state areas.
- Education and Training
- General - Staffing Services for the household, which include, but are not limited to Estate Managers, House Managers, Personal Assistants, Chefs, Chauffeurs, Security, Gardeners, Cleaning Services, Butlers, Maids, etc. Sites offering exclusively childcare staffing (e.g. Nannies, AuPairs, Daycare, Babysitters, etc.) should be placed in Home/Family/Childcare
- House Sitting - Professional services whereby someone lives in an unoccupied home for varying lengths of time. This may be in exchange for payment or perhaps in exchange for free rent.
- Education and Training
- Equipment
- Food and Water
- General - Information, resources, and products useful for personal and family preparation for all types of emergencies. Not included are preparations that are made by governments or businesses, since this is in the Home category.
- Safety
- Survival Kits - Survival Kits, or Emergency Kits, are composed of various items for safety, communication, warmth, and shelter, along with food and water, for use in the case of general emergencies or of a particular type of emergency. The container is usually portable, but a larger survival kit might be designed to stay on-site.
- Food and Water
- Baby Showers
- Sites about how to plan a baby shower. Sites for shopping for baby showers can be found in Shopping. Baby items can be found in Shopping: Children: Baby .
- Children - This category is for sites that give guidance on planning a party or entertaining children in the home.
- Dining - This category is for sites about table setting, dining etiquette, and other aspects of fine dining in the home.
- General - This category is for sites that give guidance on planning a party or entertaining guests in the home. Sites that offer to sell this service, to cater food, or to sell supplies and equipment should be submitted to the appropriate category in Regional or Shopping.
- Holidays - This category is a guide to resources for home entertaining and party planning for holidays, such as Halloween, Christmas, New Year, etc.
- Outdoors
- Party Planning - This category is for planning parties to take place in a home.
- Wine Tasting Parties - This category is for sites offering advice, information, or tips on planning and hosting a wine tasting party in the home.
- Children - This category is for sites that give guidance on planning a party or entertaining children in the home.
- Adoption
- This category lists websites dealing with adoption and related issues.
- Babies - Home and Family oriented websites for and about babies, baby parenting, etc. This is not intended as a directory for shopping sites.
- Chats and Forums - This category lists interactive, real-time online chat rooms, bulletin boards, discussion groups, and message boards where the topic is the family.
- Childcare - This topic covers all areas in the field of child care- that is, caring for children. This includes child day care centers, family child care homes, nannies, au pairs, and baby-sitters.
- Family Resources and Support - Family Resources and Support provides a connection to a variety of resources and supports geared toward the family. Sites listed will support family oriented directories, online services, web and chat domains for families, family fun and entertainment, family health, planning family parties and events or family vacations/trips. Linking to other Open Directory Categories is available to assist in locating resources and support for child care, parenting, family recreation and travel, marriage, divorce, family counseling, aging, death and dying.
- Family Websites - Family web sites are sites about families and the individual family members.
- Foster Care
- Grandparents
- Large Families - Large families (for the purpose of the this category), are families which consist of four or more children , whether they be by birth, adoption or fostering. Pages must be centered around the fact that you have a large family.
- Multiples - Multiples refers to multiple births, which include twins, triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets, sextuplets and higher births. Please submit your site to the appropriate sub category.
- Parenting - Home/Family/Parenting is all about raising children and developing the skills and relationships needed for a happy family experience. Categories include Cloth Diapering, Fathering, Step Parenting and Parent Resources.
- Pregnancy - Sites related to human pregnancy, from pre-conception through pre-delivery.
- Publications
- Runaways - Informative sites related to runaways and their families. Examples include national and regional runaway hotlines, databases of missing children, research and other documented information on runaways, and personal accounts by runaways and their families.
- Software
- Babies - Home and Family oriented websites for and about babies, baby parenting, etc. This is not intended as a directory for shopping sites.
- Associations
- Clubs and Associations Clubs, Associations and Societies of all gardening types can submit their sites to this category. Sites from around the world are welcomed and embraced. Please note: There are categories present for societies of Clematis, Fuscias, Horticulture, Iris', Orchids, Rhododendrons, Roses and Water Gardens. Please check these to make sure your site would not fit better into these categories.
- Designed Gardens - This area is for sites whose main focus is on a particular style or type of garden design. Sites that contain information detailing how to achieve certain effects within a garden are listed here, as well as those showcasing their own achievements with a particular style. Sites are categorized according to their main focus. If a site details a public, private or community garden then it goes into the most appropriate subcategory. Sites with a focus on a particular style such as cottage gardening, water gardens and the like go into their corresponding categories. Sites that sell products or showcase business' will not be listed here.
- Events - This category has sites for flower and garden shows intended for home gardeners and gardening enthusiasts and that occur at regular intervals, such as annual shows.
- Kids Gardening
- Landscaping - Landscaping involves the creation and maintenance of gardens. This category is for sites that offer guides and/or "how to" advice when it comes to landscaping a garden. Sites which cover topics such as design, maintenance, lawns, and general landscaping information are listed here. Sites that showcase companies or business' offering landscaping services will not be listed here.
- Pest and Disease Control
- Plants - Plants are a major living part of any garden. This is the area for sites who focus on specific types of plants. The subcategories have been grouped first by plant type, then by plant name. If a site focuses on one specific type of plant, it will be listed in the plant name subcategory. If there is no plant name subcategory, then the site will be listed in the plant type category until there are enough sites to create a new subcategory. Sites that sell plants will not be listed here.
- Regional - This category contains links to related gardening categories within the Regional part of the Open Directory Project . No sites will be listed in this category.
- Resources - This is the area for sites that cover a number of different topics. Sites who offer a particular form of communication such as calendars, software, magazines, or images will be listed in the most appropriate subcategory therein. Sites selling gardening related materials online will not be listed here. Instead they should be submitted to the appropriate Shopping category.
- Soil and Additives - Soil is a general term which refers to the earth that plants grow in. Sites which focus on issues and advice regarding soil and additives can be found here. Sites should give information and/or advice about the quality of soil, how to improve soil, the chemical components of soil, or how to measure the amount of soil one needs to fill a specified area. Additives includes a range of topics such as mulch, fertilizer, and compost. Sites that sell or showcase business' will not be listed here.
- Specialized Techniques
- Designed Gardens - This area is for sites whose main focus is on a particular style or type of garden design. Sites that contain information detailing how to achieve certain effects within a garden are listed here, as well as those showcasing their own achievements with a particular style. Sites are categorized according to their main focus. If a site details a public, private or community garden then it goes into the most appropriate subcategory. Sites with a focus on a particular style such as cottage gardening, water gardens and the like go into their corresponding categories. Sites that sell products or showcase business' will not be listed here.
- General
- Welcome to the Home categories of the Open Directory Project. If you are interested in home improvement, redecorating, remodelling or do it yourself home repair, tax preparation, consumer information, gardening, apartment living, family and parenting sites, recipes or fun places for kids, the Home category has the sites for you. Before submitting your site, please review the Guidelines for Submitting a Site . Thank you for helping us to make the Open Directory Project a success!
- Appliances
- This category contains sites which assist with the repair and maintenance of household appliances. This category does not include sites which sell goods and services online ( Shopping: Home and Garden ), sites for businesses that design or manufacture products ( Business: Industries: Construction and Maintenance ), or sites offering advice for purchasing decisions ( Home: Consumer Information ).
- Automation - This category contains sites which assist homeowners with installation and maintenance of home automation devices, including communications, entertainment, security, convenience and information systems. This category does not include sites which sell goods and services online ( Shopping: Home and Garden ), sites for businesses that design or manufacture products ( Business: Industries: Construction and Maintenance ), or sites offering advice for purchasing decisions ( Home: Consumer Information ).
- Bathrooms - This category contains sites which assist with repairing, remodelling, and redecorating bathrooms. This category does not include sites which sell goods and services online ( Shopping: Home and Garden ), sites for businesses that design or manufacture products ( Business: Construction and Maintenance ), or sites offering advice for purchasing decisions ( Home: Consumer Information ).
- Chats and Forums - This category contains chat rooms, discussion groups, bulletin boards, and message boards related to home improvement.
- Climate Control - This category is intended for sites which provide advice on maintenance, troubleshooting, or repair of climate control systems, including heating and cooling, air quality, and humidity. This category does not include sites which sell goods and services online ( Shopping: Home and Garden ), sites for businesses that design or manufacture products ( Business: Industries: Construction and Maintenance ), or sites offering advice for purchasing decisions ( Home: Consumer Information ).
- Decorating - This category contains sites which offer ideas, tips, and tutorials to decorate the home. This category does not include sites which sell goods and services online ( Shopping: Home and Garden ), sites for businesses that design or manufacture products ( Business: Construction and Maintenance ), or sites offering advice for purchasing decisions ( Home: Consumer Information ).
- Design and Construction - This category is intended for resources related to participating in the design and construction of new homes and/or major additions. This includes tips on how to be your own general contractor, how to work with contractors and businesses, and tips for optimizing the design of a complete home. This category does not include sites which sell goods and services online ( Shopping: Home and Garden ), sites for businesses that design or manufacture products ( Business: Construction and Maintenance ), or sites offering advice for purchasing decisions ( Home: Consumer Information ).
- Electrical - This category contains sites which assist with electrical projects and maintenance of electrical devices and components in the home. This category does not include sites which sell goods and services online ( Shopping: Home and Garden ), sites for businesses that design or manufacture products ( Business: Industries: Construction and Maintenance ), or sites offering advice for purchasing decisions ( Home: Consumer Information ).
- Energy Efficiency - This category is intended for advice oriented listings. Sites added to this category will be those that provide advice on improving home energy efficiency. This category does not include sites which sell goods and services online ( Shopping: Home and Garden ), sites for businesses that design or manufacture products ( Business: Industries: Construction and Maintenance ), or sites offering advice for purchasing decisions ( Home: Consumer Information ).
- Exterior - This category contains sites which assist with installation and repair of components exterior to the home, including siding, insulation, bricks, stucco, decks and patios, and gutters and eaves. This category does not include sites which sell goods and services online ( Shopping: Home and Garden ), sites for businesses that design or manufacture products ( Business: Construction and Maintenance ), or sites offering advice for purchasing decisions ( Home: Consumer Information ).
- Floors - This category contains sites which assist with installation, maintenance, and repair of floors and floor materials. This category does not include sites which sell goods and services online ( Shopping: Home and Garden ), sites for businesses that design or manufacture products ( Business: Construction and Maintenance ), or sites offering advice for purchasing decisions ( Home: Consumer Information ).
- Furniture - This category contains sites that offer advice for the care and maintenance of furniture, or that offer innovative suggestions for designing furniture for the home. This category does not include sites which sell furniture online ( Shopping: Home and Garden ), sites for businesses which design or manufacture furniture ( Business: Construction and Maintenance ), or sites offering advice for purchasing decisions ( Home: Consumer Information ).
- General - This category contains sites which assist with repairing, remodelling, and redecorating of the home. This includes not only its walls and rooms, but the contents within, like appliances and furniture. Sites are geared towards those with a do-it-yourself attitude, as well as those who would like to learn more before hiring someone to do it for them. This category does not include sites which sell goods and services online ( Shopping: Home and Garden ), sites for businesses that design or manufacture products ( Business: Construction and Maintenance ), or sites offering advice for purchasing decisions ( Home: Consumer Information ).
- Glossaries - Glossaries of terms related to home improvement, repair, construction, maintenance, and decorating.
- Kitchens - This category contains sites which assist with repairing, remodelling, and redecorating kitchens. This category does not include sites which sell goods and services online ( Shopping: Home and Garden ), sites for businesses that design or manufacture products ( Business: Construction and Maintenance ), or sites offering advice for purchasing decisions ( Home: Consumer Information ).
- Lighting - This category contains sites which assist the do-it-yourselfer with installation, design, and repair of lighting fixtures in the home. This category does not include sites which sell goods and services online ( Shopping: Home and Garden ), sites for businesses that design or manufacture products ( Business: Construction and Maintenance ), or sites offering advice for purchasing decisions ( Home: Consumer Information ).
- News and Media - This category is intended for a variety of media sources which focus on home improvement, repair, decorating, and do-it-yourself projects. This includes magazines, e-zines, television or radio programs, online books, and journals.
- Painting - This category contains sites which offers tips, advice, examples, and tutorials for painting projects in the home. This category does not include sites which sell goods and services online ( Shopping: Home and Garden ), sites for businesses that design or manufacture products ( Business: Industries: Construction and Maintenance ), or sites offering advice for purchasing decisions ( Home: Consumer Information ).
- Plumbing - This category is intended solely for sites which provide advice or instructions for dealing with home plumbing related issues and problems. This category does not include sites which sell goods and services online ( Shopping: Home and Garden ), sites for businesses that design or manufacture products ( Business: Construction and Maintenance ), or sites offering advice for purchasing decisions ( Home: Consumer Information ).
- Restoration - This category contains sites which focus on the restoration of old homes. Sites offering restoration services should go under Business: Industries: Construction and Maintenance: Restoration Sites which sell goods and services online should go under Shopping: Home and Garden. Sites for businesses that design or manufacture products should go under Business: Industries: Construction and Maintenance . Sites offering advice for purchasing decisions should go under Home: Consumer Information .
- Safety and Security - This category contains sites related to maintaining a safe and secure environment within the home. This category does not include sites which sell goods and services online ( Shopping: Home and Garden ), sites for businesses that design or manufacture products ( Business: Construction and Maintenance ), or sites offering advice for purchasing decisions ( Home: Consumer Information ).
- Storage - This category contains sites which assist the homeowner with designing and building storage areas - including shelving and cabinets - and maximizing storage space in the home, including attics and closets. This category does not include sites which sell goods and services online ( Shopping: Home and Garden ), sites for businesses that design or manufacture products ( Business: Construction and Maintenance ), or sites offering advice for purchasing decisions ( Home: Consumer Information ).
- Tools and Equipment - This category is intended for sites which offer tips and advice for the use of tools and equipment that are commonly used for home improvement projects. This includes proper technique, safety measures, and instructions for care and maintenance of tools. This category does not include sites which sell goods and services online ( Shopping: Home and Garden ), sites for businesses that design or manufacture products ( Business: Industries: Construction and Maintenance ), or sites offering advice for purchasing decisions ( Home: Consumer Information ).
- Walls - This category contains sites which assist with constructing, repairing, remodelling, and decorating walls in the home. This category does not include sites which sell goods and services online ( Shopping: Home and Garden ), sites for businesses that design or manufacture products ( Business: Industries: Construction and Maintenance ), or sites offering advice for purchasing decisions ( Home: Consumer Information ).
- Welding and Soldering - This category contains sites which assist with welding and soldering projects in the home. This category does not include sites which sell goods and services online ( Shopping: Home and Garden ), sites for businesses that design or manufacture products ( Business: Industries: Construction and Maintenance ), or sites offering advice for purchasing decisions ( Home: Consumer Information ).
- Windows and Doors - This category contains sites which assist with installation, maintenance, and repair of windows and doors in the home. This category does not include sites which sell goods and services online ( Shopping: Home and Garden ), sites for businesses that design or manufacture products ( Business: Construction and Maintenance ), or sites offering advice for purchasing decisions ( Home: Consumer Information ).
- Automation - This category contains sites which assist homeowners with installation and maintenance of home automation devices, including communications, entertainment, security, convenience and information systems. This category does not include sites which sell goods and services online ( Shopping: Home and Garden ), sites for businesses that design or manufacture products ( Business: Industries: Construction and Maintenance ), or sites offering advice for purchasing decisions ( Home: Consumer Information ).
- Celebrity Homemakers
- This category is for sites that provide celebrity publications and media on homemaking issues. If the site you are submitting is a retail site or selling a product, please submit it to the appropriate Shopping Category.
- Cleaning and Stains - This category is for sites that provide homemaking information and solutions of home cleaning and stains. No sites selling products will be accepted. Please submit retail sites to the Shopping Categories.
- Frugality - This category is for sites that provide information on frugality issues. If the site you are submitting is a retail site or selling a product, please submit it to the appropriate Shopping Category.
- General - Homemaking is an index of sites that offer advice, tips, or suggestions for the homemaker. If you are submitting a site offering items for sale, please use the Shopping categories. NO shopping sites will be listed here.
- Publications and Media - This category is for sites that provide publications on homemaking issues. If the site you are submitting is a retail site or selling a product, please submit it to the appropriate Shopping Category.
- Cleaning and Stains - This category is for sites that provide homemaking information and solutions of home cleaning and stains. No sites selling products will be accepted. Please submit retail sites to the Shopping Categories.
- General
- Homeowner Associations - For the listing of links to homeowners and property owners associations as well as HOA and POA resources.
- Pest Control - About methods of controlling or managing pests in the home, including rats, mice, and other small animals, termites, ants, other insects, birds, and bats.
- Treehouses - Treehouses are houses built in trees. Treehouses covers all kinds of constructions from a simple plateform to a permanent living.
- Homeowner Associations - For the listing of links to homeowners and property owners associations as well as HOA and POA resources.
- General
- This category contains sites which provide information and advice for people in the process of moving or relocating.
- International Relocation
- Military Relocation
- Moving - This category lists sites offering resources covering information, guidance, and tips on residential or household moving.
- Publications - to include listings for publications that address moving and relocation.
- International Relocation
- General
- This category lists sites for magazines and e-zines which have articles devoted to multiple topics that are covered in the Home/ branch of the Directory - like cooking, gardening, decorating, family issues, and home repair.
- Estate Planning
- Features web sites containing consumer information related to the topic of Estate Planning.
- General - This category contains web sites on the topic of Personal Finance that are of interest to the general public, including Budgeting, Social Security, Individual Retirement Accounts and more.
- Insurance - Features web sites containing consumer information and articles related to the topic of Insurance.
- Investing - Features web sites containing consumer information related to the topic of Investing.
- Money Management - Features web sites containing consumer information related to the topic of Money Management.
- Philanthropy - Philanthropic giving is an important aspect of many people's financial outlook-- and plans for a large gift or bequest inevitably impact their financial planning. The timing and nature of the gift can impact their tax implications, worth to the beneficiary, and legal constraints on the estate; these factors can outweigh even the choice of the philanthropy itself. In addition, the donor may seek advice on how to ensure the survival of their trust or foundation, how to enforce the terms under which the money is given, and related concerns.
- Retirement - Information dedicated to helping individuals prepare for retirement. Please note that this category will not accept sites that promote a business.
- Software
- Tax Preparation - Information relating to the preparation of tax returns. Find tax professionals to handle problems with the Collection and Examination Divisions of the IRS in: Society/Law/Legal_Information/Tax/& Business/Accounting/Tax_Negotiation_and_Representation
- Unclaimed Money - This category contains sites to help people locate and recover unclaimed money. This includes any type of site that provides useful information to locate and recover unclaimed money, such as: government, non-profit and commercial services, guides, advice, directories and tips. This category is international and is meant to be helpful to people around the world. The term "unclaimed money" is used here, but other terms are also widely used (such as abandoned property, unclaimed assets or funds or accounts) and may appear in the category entries. The definition of "unclaimed money" varies by jurisdiction. Generally speaking, "unclaimed money" refers to any property or money has been inactive for a certain period. This can include things like old savings accounts, checks, refunds, real estate, refunds, dividends, life insurance etc. After it is declared unclaimed, it is turned over to a government agency for safekeeping until the owner returns to claim it. Governments do not generally try to locate the owners of unclaimed money but do often provide free searching tools online. Organizations also provide searching services to locate unclaimed money, as well as services to help you recovery the money.
- General - This category contains web sites on the topic of Personal Finance that are of interest to the general public, including Budgeting, Social Security, Individual Retirement Accounts and more.
- Consultants
- Companies and individuals who will organize home, business, or life, and/or train others to do so.
- General - The ability of individuals to organize their environment. Personal (life) planning, physical clutter and what to do about it. Knowing where to find things, or where to go for things or information. Being considered an "organized person", both in a home and in a work environment.
- General - The ability of individuals to organize their environment. Personal (life) planning, physical clutter and what to do about it. Knowing where to find things, or where to go for things or information. Being considered an "organized person", both in a home and in a work environment.
- General
- For those living a rural lifestyle. This includes hobby farms, homesteading and living off the land in general. Please do not submit real estate or products for sale.
- Hobby Farms - Small farms for recreation more than business.
- Homesteading - Free land from the government may be a thing of the past, but the spirit isn't. The modern meaning of Homesteading' is more than just living on a farm though. Most people who use the term mean a simpler back-to-the-old-ways, self-sufficient lifestyle.
- Personal Pages
- Hobby Farms - Small farms for recreation more than business.
