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	CNET News.com: Pranksters Rig Web for April Fools - http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-873177.html CNET covers April Fools Day pranks including the Open Directory along with Napster and others.
	Microsoft Buys the Open Directory - or Not - http://www.pandia.com/sw-2002/11-god.html Pandia discusses Microsoft’s purchase of the Open Directory. The article covering the April Fools Day prank mentions ODP will be renamed the Gates Open Directory (GOD).
	SearchEngineWatch.com: Open Directory Project Launches ODP Public Forums - http://searchenginewatch.com/2159641 Chris Sherman writes about the launch of the ODP editors forum. Describes the significance of the Open Directory in the world of web navigation.
	Google, Open Directory Get Foolish - http://searchenginewatch.com/2164671 Search Engine watch remarks about Google and the Open Directory's antics on April 1st.
	Open Directory Project Search Results and ODP Status - http://www.searchengineguide.com/orbidex/2002/0405_orb1.html Reports on ODP's usage in the search engine world as well as the April 1 prank of apparently being bought by Microsoft and changed to the Microsoft Directory Project aka the Gates Open Directory (GOD).

	ZDNet: Net laughs at itself on April Fool's - http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,2107621,00.htm Microsoft's MSN has launched the Gates Open Directory, otherwise known as GOD, which seeks to simplify copyright on the Web by purchasing all copyrighted material.
	Guardian.co.uk: Is Yahoo Losing the Plot? - http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2002/may/02/internetnews.onlinesupplement Ben Hammersley's dissection of Yahoo in The Guardian makes favourable mention of the ODP.
	CommunityResources.net Honors the Open Directory Project with the Award of Excellence for Good Internet Citizenship - http://www.communityresources.net/press/dmoz.html Press release on the excellence award given to the Open Directory Project for its success and contributions from volunteer editors.
	MSN Delivers Another Brick in "the Wall" - http://www.bryndole.com/April-01-2002_GOD_PR.html MSN acquires the world's largest web directory. An April 1st prank in which the ODP becomes GOD (Gates Open Directory).
	Search Day: The Search Engine Spam Police, Part 1 - http://searchenginewatch.com/2160011 Representatives of the ODP and Looksmart spell out what sorts of submissions to these directories are considered spam.

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