Anchor31 began as an effort to build a reference catalogue of the open web — a structured finding aid modelled on the library card catalogue, where each site is described, assigned to a subject section, and filed for reliable retrieval.
The catalogue currently holds 825 reviewed site entries spread across 22 subject sections, from healthcare and legal services to gaming, technology, and travel. Each section of the Anchor31 stacks represents a distinct subject heading under which qualifying sites are filed and maintained over time.
Every entry in Anchor31 carries a domain, a title, and a brief descriptive note drawn from the site at the time of cataloguing. This information is held on a standard index record and is updated as sites are reprocessed through the intake queue during routine maintenance cycles.
The submission process is open to any operator running a qualifying website. There is no charge to submit a listing; the catalogue team reviews each submission, writes a descriptive note, and files the entry under the appropriate subject heading in the relevant section of the stacks.
Anchor31 is maintained as an independent reference resource with no affiliation to the sites it catalogues. The directory is provided for informational purposes; inclusion in the stacks does not constitute endorsement of any kind. Browsers are encouraged to conduct their own research before engaging with any listed service.