Directory of 2007 Resources

Description: Press articles in 2007 on or featuring the Open Directory Project.

Resources in This Category

Forbes.com: Open-Door Policy

http://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2007/0507/190.html
Jimmy Wales explains the motivations behind his launch of Wikia Search. ODP is named as a Web 1.0 community aimed at organizing the Internet.
Google Webmaster Central: Site Content and Use of Web Catalogues

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2007/03/site-content-and-use-of-web-catalogues.html
The article from Webmaster Central clarifies that the use of scraped content to increase the volume of a site violates Google´s webmaster guidelines. ODP and Wikipedia are named as examples for frequently-copied high quality sources.
Search Engine Journal: 10 Steps AOL Should Take to Reinvent the Open Directory Project

http://www.searchenginejournal.com/aol-dmoz-open-directory-project/5726/
Loren Baker reviews AOL’s relationship with the ODP and provides suggestions about how the project can reinvent itself.
SearchEngineLand.com: History Of AOL Search

http://searchengineland.com/history-of-aol-search-11634.php
Danny Sullivan provides a timeline for the major events in the history of AOL Search. Mentions their 1998 purchase of Netscape Inc, which included the Open Directory Project as part of the purchase
SEO by the Sea: Patent Documents Mentioning the Open Directory Project in 2006

http://www.seobythesea.com/?p=419
An overview by Bill Slawski.

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