CNET News: Internet Search Gets Web 2.0 Style - http://news.cnet.com/Internet-search-gets-Web-2.0-style/2100-1038_3-6108962.html Elinor Mills offers an overview on social search projects, including comments from industry experts on the likely impact on search. ODP and Yahoo are named as projects which are at the roots of the development.
Opting Out of Open Directory Listings for Webmasters - http://blogs.msdn.com/livesearch/archive/2006/05/22/603917.aspx A new tag introduced by MSN Search allows website authors to declare that ODP descriptions should not be used for the search result display of their sites.
Inside Google Sitemaps: More Control Over Page Snippets - http://sitemaps.blogspot.com/2006/07/more-control-over-page-snippets.html Google announces that they´ve added support for the NOODP tag, which allows site owners to request that ODP is not used for generating snippets.
SearchEngineWatch.com: What's the Big Deal With Social Search? - http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3623153 An overview on the history of human mediated search efforts, the current situation, its problems and chances for the future, by Chris Sherman. ODP is named among the examples for social search projects that have been around since the early days of the web.
SearchEngineWatch.com: Who's Who in Social Search - http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3623173 Chris Sherman presents the various approaches to social search and some of the key players in each area. ODP is mentioned as the original collaborative directory.
WebProNews : 10 Ideas to Save DMOZ - http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/2006/12/11/ideas-to-save-dmoz Aurora Brown's 10 proposals for the Future of the Open Directory Project.
VOA News Website of the Week: Open Directory - http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2006-10/2006-10-20-voa5.cfm Editor in Chief Bob Keating introduces the directory. Includes a preview of the programme in the MP3 format.
DMOZ Had 9 Lives. Used Up Yet? - http://www.skrenta.com/2006/12/dmoz_had_9_lives_used_up_yet.html Rich Skrenta discusses options for the future development of the project.
Collectivate.net: Yochai Benkler's The Wealth of Networks - http://www.collectivate.net/journalisms/2006/4/14/yochai-benklers-the-wealth-of-networks.html A report on the book launch by Trebor Scholz. In his talk, Benkler used ODP as an example for the power of commons-based peer production.
Interview with Greg Hartnett - http://www.shimonsandler.com/?p=125 Shimon Sandler interviews the founder of Best of the Web, the oldest directory of the web. Hartnett names both Yahoo and DMOZ as "inarguably the top directories": "Their comprehension, user base, commitment to quality, and age help to set them apart".
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