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citizenzen

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Is it a site map?

Or is it just a fad?

What function do they perform?

Example (screen shot below)
 

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It's categorized search. Kind of how Yahoo use to show search results long ago (maybe they still do somewhere). It's the same type of thing on WordPress blogs that use a category section on the sidebar. It also helps with SEO by providing more direct links for search engines to follow around the site.
 
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