An evolved resource directory may provide filtered and prioritized search results to a client's search query for resources. For example, in a network comprising servers and a resource directory, the resource directory registers a plurality of URIs received from the servers. The resource directory may determine an initial ranking of the plurality of URIs based on measuring cross-links between each of the plurality of URIs and identifying contexts of the plurality of URIs. The initial ranking is stored in a ranked database. In response to a client's search query, the resource directory may determine a real-time ranking for the plurality of URIs stored in the ranked database. The real-time ranking may be determined based on checking a sleep status for each of the servers and/or by partially balancing traffic loads of the servers. The resource directory, based on the real-time ranking and/or the initial ranking, may then generate a ranked list of the filtered and prioritized URIs.