Directory of 2008 Resources

Description: Press articles in 2008 on or featuring the Open Directory Project.

Resources in This Category

Search Engine Journal: Best of the Web Adds DMOZ Editors to Directory Team

http://www.searchenginejournal.com/best-of-the-web-adds-dmoz-editors-to-directory-team/6666/
Loren Baker writes that Best of the Web (BOTW.org) has hired over 30 of the top DMOZ editors in an effort to improve categories with additional relevant listings.
Telegraph.co.uk: In Search of the New Google

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/3356712/In-search-of-the-new-Google.html
Article on Rich Skrenta's plans to develop Blekko, a new competitor to Google in the online Search market. Skrenta's success with NewHoo, which later became the Open Directory Project, is noted as one of the reasons for the industry’s high expectations of Blekko.
The Register: Google and eBay Thwart Phishing Redirection Ruse

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/23/ebay_thwarts_redirection_ruse/
John Leyden discusses how these high-profile websites are cracking down on phishing fraudsters. Article mentions that SiteTruth uses the Open Directory Project database as a cross-reference to help identify problem sites.

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