Directory of 1999 Resources

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This category lists all news articles on the web regarding the Open Directory Project -- Both the Mozilla and Netcenter versions, for calendar year 1999.

Resources in This Category

• CNET News.com: Mozilla Comes of Age

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-221175.html
  Paul Festa writes about the success Mozilla achieved in its first year and the impact it made on the industry. Article mentions Netscape’s acquisition of NewHoo.

• CNET News.com: Netscape to Launch User-Driven Directory

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-220573.html
  Jim Hu writes about the pending launch of the Netscape Open Directory and its hope in the volunteer editors’ ability to expand the content.

• CNET News.com: On the Net, There is Such a Thing as Free Labor

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-230666.html
  Jim Hu writes about the growing trend of companies using volunteer editors to build their directories. Netscape’s purchase of NewHoo, which was then renamed the Open Directory Project, is mentioned.

• CNN: Search Engines to fit any style

  http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9910/21/search.engine.idg/index.html
  Danny Sullivan discusses the various trends among search engines. Open Directory is referenced as the provider of the main search results for Lycos and Netscape Search.

• Interview: Netscape's Dariusz Paczuski

  http://www.webreference.com/new/990308.html#interview
  Webreference interview looks at the Open Directory Project’s become goal to become the most comprehensive web directory. Provides notes on the importance of volunteer editors and outlines key differences between Yahoo and ODP.

• NYTimes.com: Changes in Search Industry Create Strange Bedfellows

  http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/04/cyber/articles/28search.html
  Article discusses Netscape’s unconventional move of licensing its Open Directory data to Lycos for free.

• San Jose BusinessJournal: Online Directories Beginning to Charge

  http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/1999/05/03/story5.html
  Article discusses Yahoo’s move to charge a fee for an express review service and the industry debate on the issue.

• Wired: Lycos Embraces Open Web Index

  http://archive.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/1999/04/19164
  Chris Oakes writes about Lycos adopting the Open Directory Project into its search results and notes a similar move recently made by Bomis.

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