An overview on the history of human mediated search efforts, the current situation, its problems and chances for the future, by Chris Sherman. ODP is named among the examples for social search projects that have been around since the early days of the...

Chris Sherman presents the various approaches to social search and some of the key players in each area. ODP is mentioned as the original collaborative directory.

Google announces that theyve added support for the NOODP tag, which allows site owners to request that ODP is not used for generating snippets.

A new tag introduced by MSN Search allows website authors to declare that ODP descriptions should not be used for the search result display of their sites.

Editor in Chief Bob Keating introduces the directory. Includes a preview of the programme in the MP3 format.

Rich Skrenta discusses options for the future development of the project.

Shimon Sandler interviews the founder of Best of the Web, the oldest directory of the web. Hartnett names both Yahoo and DMOZ as "inarguably the top directories": "Their comprehension, user base, commitment to quality, and age help to set them apart".

Elinor Mills offers an overview on social search projects, including comments from industry experts on the likely impact on search. ODP and Yahoo are named as projects which are at the roots of the development.

A report on the book launch by Trebor Scholz. In his talk, Benkler used ODP as an example for the power of commons-based peer production.

A random sample of 35 sites that use ODP data are found to be heavily censored.