Open Directory - Computers: Internet: Searching: Directories: Open Directory Project: News and Media: 2007

Search Engine Journal: 10 Steps AOL Should Take to Reinvent the Open Directory Project - Loren Baker reviews AOL’s relationship with the ODP and provides suggestions about how the project can reinvent itself. (September 28, 2007)
WebProNews: DMOZ Blog Opens - Stephen Pitts offers his perspective on the launch of the DMOZ blog. (September 26, 2007)
SearchEngineLand.com: History Of AOL Search - 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 (July 05, 2007)
Forbes.com: Open-Door Policy - 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. (May 07, 2007)
Site Content and Use of Web Catalogues - 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. (March 16, 2007)
Patent Documents Mentioning the Open Directory Project in 2006 - An overview by Bill Slawski. (January 01, 2007)

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