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PCWorld: Netscape's Volunteer Army Indexes Web
Article explains how the many volunteer editors of ODP are building the directory. (December 1, 1999)
http://www.pcworld.com/article/14086/netscapes_volunteer_army_indexes_web.html

SearchEngineWatch.com: AOL Search Big Improvement For Members
Danny Sullivan discusses the new features powering AOL Search and mentions its inclusion of matching categories from the Open Directory. (November 1, 1999)
http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=2167581

SearchEngineWatch.com: The "New" AltaVista
Danny Sullivan writes about the new changes at AltaVista and mentions they are using their own version of the Open Directory. (November 1, 1999)
http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=2167571

CNN: Search Engines to fit any style
Danny Sullivan discusses the various trends among search engines. Open Directory is referenced as the provider of the main search results for Lycos and Netscape Search. (October 21, 1999)
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9910/21/search.engine.idg/index.html

CNET News.com: On the Net, There is Such a Thing as Free Labor
Jim Hu writes about the growing trend of companies using volunteer editors to build their directories. Netscape’s purchase of NewHoo, which was then renamed the Open Directory Project, is mentioned. (September 7, 1999)
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-230666.html

Netscape Launches Next Generation Internet Search Service
The search is based on the Open Directory Project, which offers 675,000 sites in over 100,000 categories and from 229 countries in 44 languages. For search terms that don't appear in the ODP, Netscape queries Google. (June 24, 1999)
http://cgi.netscape.com/newsref/pr/newsrelease774.html

Netscape's Open Directory Project Tops 675,000 Sites on First Anniversary
Netscape announces that the directory is growing so rapidly that it has more than doubled in size every three months since its inception. (June 24, 1999)
http://cgi.netscape.com/newsref/pr/newsrelease773.html

Search Engine Laisha's List
The history of the Open Directory Project. (June 1, 1999)
http://www.laisha.com/zine/odphistory.html

Jupitermedia: Perlhoo Featured on Internet.com's WebReference Site
Articles explains that Perlhoo is an Open Source application for building catalogs in a cost effective way. Mentions future versions will include import filters for data from the ODP. (May 13, 1999)
http://www.jupitermedia.com/corporate/releases/99.05.13-perlhoo.html

SearchEngineWatch.com: Lycos Transforms Into Directory
Danny Sullivan covers the Lycos decision to abandon its crawler-based search engine for directory data. Discusses the large number of ODP volunteer editors and compares their editing power to that of Yahoo’s staff. (May 4, 1999)
http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=2167171

San Jose BusinessJournal: Online Directories Beginning to Charge
Article discusses Yahoo’s move to charge a fee for an express review service and the industry debate on the issue. (April 30, 1999)
http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/1999/05/03/story5.html

NYTimes.com: Changes in Search Industry Create Strange Bedfellows
Article discusses Netscape’s unconventional move of licensing its Open Directory data to Lycos for free. (April 28, 1999)
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/04/cyber/articles/28search.html

San Jose Mercury News
Can Open Directory survive at portals geared to commerce? (April 19, 1999)
http://web.archive.org/web/19991002050315/http://www.sjmercury.com/svtech/news/indepth/docs/081180.htm

Wired: Lycos Embraces Open Web Index
Chris Oakes writes about Lycos adopting the Open Directory Project into its search results and notes a similar move recently made by Bomis. (April 16, 1999)
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/1999/04/19164

Interview: Netscape's Dariusz Paczuski
Webreference interview looks at the Open Directory Project’s become goal to become the most comprehensive web directory. Provides notes on the importance of volunteer editors and outlines key differences between Yahoo and ODP. (March 8, 1999)
http://www.webreference.com/new/990308.html#interview

CNET News.com: Mozilla Comes of Age
Paul Festa writes about the success Mozilla achieved in its first year and the impact it made on the industry. Article mentions Netscape’s acquisition of NewHoo. (February 4, 1999)
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-221175.html

SearchEngineWatch.com: Netscape Integrates Directory
Danny Sullivan writes about the launch of Netscape Open Directory and its relationship with the ODP. (February 2, 1999)
http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=2166961

CNET News.com: Netscape to Launch User-Driven Directory
Jim Hu writes about the pending launch of the Netscape Open Directory and its hope in the volunteer editors’ ability to expand the content. (January 24, 1999)
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-220573.html