Review by Chris Sherman. (First of a three-part series of articles.)

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

Danny Sullivan writes about the launch of the Google Directory, which is using ODP data, and how they incorporate it into their search results.

Danny Sullivan writes about the new Google features and mentions how the Google Directory, powered by ODP, has been moved from their homepage.

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.

Danny Sullivan writes about the launch of Netscape Open Directory and its relationship with the ODP.

Danny Sullivan discusses Netscape’s purchase of NewHoo and provides comparisons to the Yahoo Directory.

Danny Sullivan discusses the launch of NewHoo and explains the volunteer editor basis of the directory.

Chris Sherman writes that the Open Directory Project is testing a new system to allow anyone to report suspected abuse by editors.

Chris Sherman writes about the launch of the ODP editors forum. Describes the significance of the Open Directory in the world of web navigation.