What Cornerstone is
Cornerstone is a trade almanac of the working web — a directory that keeps a plain, factual record of websites operating across industry and commerce. Eight hundred and thirty-two entries are currently logged across twenty-two sections, covering trades as varied as dental practice, industrial manufacture, legal counsel, and travel.
The almanac is free to consult and free to submit to. Each listing is checked for a working web address before it is added to the record. Cornerstone does not rate or rank listed sites — it records them, in the same spirit as a printed trade directory or a chamber of commerce almanac.
Sections are organised by trade rather than by geography, meaning a plumber in Edinburgh and a builder in Brisbane may appear in the same section. Within each section, entries are ordered by the date they were logged, not by any measure of prominence or authority.
The almanac is maintained as a public-access reference. There are no membership tiers, no featured placements, and no paid upgrades. A site either meets the basic criteria — an accessible web address and a trade that fits one of the twenty-two sections — or it does not. The submission form is on every page.
Cornerstone is one index in a wider network of free web directories sharing the same catalogue of listings. Each index operates under a distinct name and design, giving the same inventory a different editorial character across the network.