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.

The history of the Open Directory Project.

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.

Danny Sullivan discusses the new features powering AOL Search and mentions its inclusion of matching categories from the Open 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.

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.

Article explains how the many volunteer editors of ODP are building the directory.

Article discusses Netscape’s unconventional move of licensing its Open Directory data to Lycos for free.

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.

Article discusses Yahoo’s move to charge a fee for an express review service and the industry debate on the issue.