2007

Search Engine Journal: 10 Steps AOL Should Take to Reinvent the Open Directory Project
Loren Baker reviews AOL’s relationship with the ODP and provides suggestions about how the project can reinvent itself. <small>(September 28, 2007)</small>
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/aol-dmoz-open-directory-project/5726/

WebProNews: DMOZ Blog Opens
Stephen Pitts offers his perspective on the launch of the DMOZ blog. <small>(September 26, 2007)</small>
http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/2007/09/26/dmoz-blog-opens

SearchEngineLand.com: History Of AOL Search
Danny Sullivan provides a timeline for the major events in the history of AOL Search. Mentions their 1998 purchase of Netscape Inc, which included the Open Directory Project as part of the purchase <small>(July 5, 2007)</small>
http://searchengineland.com/070705-194717.php

Forbes.com: Open-Door Policy
Jimmy Wales explains the motivations behind his launch of Wikia Search. ODP is named as a Web 1.0 community aimed at organizing the Internet. <small>(May 7, 2007)</small>
http://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2007/0507/190.html

Site Content and Use of Web Catalogues
The article from Webmaster Central clarifies that the use of scraped content to increase the volume of a site violates Google´s webmaster guidelines. ODP and Wikipedia are named as examples for frequently-copied high quality sources. <small>(March 16, 2007)</small>
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2007/03/site-content-and-use-of-web-catalogues.html

Patent Documents Mentioning the Open Directory Project in 2006
An overview by Bill Slawski. <small>(January 1, 2007)</small>
http://www.seobythesea.com/?p=419