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CommunityResources.net Honors the Open Directory Project with the Award of Excellence for Good Internet Citizenship
Press release on the excellence award given to the Open Directory Project for its success and contributions from volunteer editors. (November 16, 2002)
http://www.communityresources.net/press/dmoz.html

Search Day: The Search Engine Spam Police, Part 1
Representatives of the ODP and Looksmart spell out what sorts of submissions to these directories are considered spam. (May 29, 2002)
http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=2160011

Guardian.co.uk: Is Yahoo Losing the Plot?
Ben Hammersley's dissection of Yahoo in The Guardian makes favourable mention of the ODP. (May 2, 2002)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2002/may/02/internetnews.onlinesupplement

SearchEngineWatch.com: Open Directory Project Launches ODP Public Forums
Chris Sherman writes about the launch of the ODP editors forum. Describes the significance of the Open Directory in the world of web navigation. (April 8, 2002)
http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=2159641

Open Directory Project Search Results and ODP Status
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). (April 5, 2002)
http://www.searchengineguide.com/orbidex/2002/0405_orb1.html

Google, Open Directory Get Foolish
Search Engine watch remarks about Google and the Open Directory's antics on April 1st. (April 2, 2002)
http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=2164671

Microsoft Buys the Open Directory - or Not
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). (April 2, 2002)
http://www.pandia.com/sw-2002/11-god.html

ZDNet: Net laughs at itself on April Fool's
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. (April 2, 2002)
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,2107621,00.htm

CNET News.com: Pranksters Rig Web for April Fools
CNET covers April Fools Day pranks including the Open Directory along with Napster and others. (April 1, 2002)
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-873177.html

MSN Delivers Another Brick in "the Wall"
MSN acquires the world's largest web directory. An April 1st prank in which the ODP becomes GOD (Gates Open Directory). (April 1, 2002)
http://www.bryndole.com/April-01-2002_GOD_PR.html