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Years ago, it was common for a friend or colleague to send me the URL of a cool directory they found – excited to share this collection of gold nuggets all in one place. It’s not that search engines weren’t good enough – I could obviously go on Google and type "cool scripts" if I wanted some cool scripts. But someone already spent 5 hours digging through Google and putting together all of their favorites — that’s a major time saver! There might even be some great links that I…

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The Problem With Directories & How They Will Survive