Search Engines: Open Directory Project

Google officially stops using DMOZ for source of search results snippets

With that, you no longer need to worry about using the NOODP directive to prevent Google from using your DMOZ description....

Barry Schwartz | Jun 2, 2017 at 10:15 am ET

The closure marks the final end of a chapter of humans trying to organize the...

Danny Sullivan | Mar 17, 2017 at 5:05 pm ET

As of March 14, DMOZ will no longer be...

Danny Sullivan | Feb 28, 2017 at 5:48 pm ET

At the beginning of Google’s “Searchology” event in early 2007 original Google employee Craig Silverstein opined, “If...

Greg Sterling | Jul 26, 2010 at 10:16 am ET

The DMOZ Blog informed us that the largest human volunteer edited web directory has turned 11 years old today. The Open Directory Project, aka...

Barry Schwartz | Jun 5, 2009 at 9:02 am ET

Last night a post from the DMOZ blog titled R-E-S-P-E-C-T for DMOZ caught my eye. As I read through it, I felt for the old Open Directory...

Barry Schwartz | May 5, 2009 at 8:33 am ET

The Open Directory just launched the official DMOZ blog. The first blog post explains that DMOZ wants to use this blog to: Provide authentic...

Barry Schwartz | Sep 25, 2007 at 1:28 pm ET

DMOZ had 9 lives. Used up yet? from one of the Open Directory’s founders Rich Skrenta covers how some of the ODP’s data has...

Danny Sullivan | Dec 17, 2006 at 5:10 am ET