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Yahoo Getting Beat Upby Charles Iliya Krempeaux, published on Thu Apr 6th, 2000The Open Directory Project, also known as dmoz (a directory like Yahoo but released as open content) is near the point where it will over take Yahoo in terms of size. Even if you haven't heard of the Open Directory Project yet, you've very likely used it already (without knowing). The Open Directory Project, being an open content project, allows anyone to use its data. And many do. Such as AltaVista, AOL Search, Google, and Netscape Search. (A more complete list of sites using this data can be found here.) It's even been incorporated into the Netscape Web Browser; in the what's related feature. This volunteer driven project is nearing a milestone in its history. Its nearing the point where it will overtake its rival in the race to index the web, Yahoo. One count puts it at about 118,163 away from over taking its rival. And with an army of editors, numbering at last check at 23,478, it shouldn't be long now. New CommentsWant to write a comment to this post on your own blog? Then use the HTML code below to link to this article.... Or better yet, use the quote-o-matic below by "selecting" the part of the text (in the article) that you want to quote, and then use the HTML code that will get generated below to link to this article.... Preview: |
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http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2000/4/5/231558/8633.
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