Directory of 2006 Resources

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Description: Press articles in 2006 on or featuring the Open Directory Project.

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• CNET News: Internet Search Gets Web 2.0 Style

  http://www.cnet.com/news/internet-search-gets-web-2-0-style/
  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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Interview with Greg Hartnett

  http://www.shimonsandler.com/web-directories-interview-with-greg-hartnett/
  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".

• SearchEngineWatch.com: What's the Big Deal With Social Search?

  http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2068090/Whats-the-Big-Deal-With-Social-Search
  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/article/2067861/Whos-Who-in-Social-Search
  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.

• VOA News Website of the Week: Open Directory

  http://www.voanews.com/content/a-13-2006-10-20-voa5/321369.html
  Editor in Chief Bob Keating introduces the directory.

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