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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. |
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SearchEngineWatch.com: What's the Big Deal With Social Search? - http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3623153
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. |
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Opting Out of Open Directory Listings for Webmasters - http://blogs.msdn.com/livesearch/archive/2006/05/22/603917.aspx
A new tag introduced by MSN Search allows website authors to declare that ODP descriptions should not be used for the search result display of their sites. |
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VOA News Website of the Week: Open Directory - http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2006-10/2006-10-20-voa5.cfm
Editor in Chief Bob Keating introduces the directory. Includes a preview of the programme in the MP3 format. |
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SearchEngineWatch.com: Who's Who in Social Search - http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3623173
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. |
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Search Engine Censoring of Open Directory Data - http://www.searchenginehonesty.com/searchvsodp.pdf
A random sample of 35 sites that use ODP data are found to be heavily censored. |
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Interview with Greg Hartnett - http://www.shimonsandler.com/?p=125
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". |
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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. |
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WebProNews : 10 Ideas to Save DMOZ - http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/2006/12/11/ideas-to-save-dmoz
Aurora Brown's 10 proposals for the Future of the Open Directory Project. |
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Collectivate.net: Yochai Benkler's The Wealth of Networks - http://www.collectivate.net/journalisms/2006/4/14/yochai-benklers-the-wealth-of-networks.html
A report on the book launch by Trebor Scholz. In his talk, Benkler used ODP as an example for the power of commons-based peer production. |