Anchor98 is a web index maintained on archival principles — each submitted site is assessed, classified under one of 22 subject registers, and formally accessioned into the catalog. The result is a stable, browsable reference resource covering 831 active web resources across a wide range of subject areas.
The index is organized into 22 named registers, each corresponding to a recognized subject area: from Fiscal Holdings and Medical Holdings, through the Tradesmen's Registry and Technical Archives, to the General Repository for entries that resist narrower classification. Every accession carries a title, URL, and short description as submitted by the site operator.
Submissions are accepted on an open basis from any site owner who wishes to have their resource cataloged. There is no charge for a standard listing. Submitted sites are reviewed against basic guidelines and, if accepted, assigned to the most appropriate subject register before formal accession into the Anchor98 index.
The catalog does not purport to be exhaustive — web resources appear and disappear continuously, and no index can capture the totality of the contemporary internet. What Anchor98 offers is a hand-maintained, consistently organized reference point: a finding aid for a specific moment in the web's history. Entries that are no longer active may be reported for removal by contacting the editorial desk.
Anchor98 is operated independently, without commercial affiliation to any listed site. The index accepts no payment for placement and exercises no editorial preference based on commercial relationships. Classification decisions rest solely on the declared primary activity of the submitted resource, applied consistently across all 22 subject registers.