Comments on: Searching for Blogs and Blogging Resources on DMOZ-Google Open Directory http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/10/31/searching-for-blogs-and-blogging-resources-on-dmoz-google-open-directory/ Helping you learn more and do more with WordPress Sat, 18 May 2013 17:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Wrathchild http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/10/31/searching-for-blogs-and-blogging-resources-on-dmoz-google-open-directory/#comment-81596 Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:38:27 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/10/31/searching-for-blogs-and-blogging-resources-on-dmoz-google-open-directory/#comment-81596 Google is indeed just a downstream “user” of the RDF data dump. Anyone is welcome to do the same on their own site, using the entire directory or just a part, as long as they use proper attribution.

]]> By: knight17 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/10/31/searching-for-blogs-and-blogging-resources-on-dmoz-google-open-directory/#comment-78686 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:08:37 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/10/31/searching-for-blogs-and-blogging-resources-on-dmoz-google-open-directory/#comment-78686 I agree to pip.
@Robert
http://directory.google.com/
This is using the exact copy of data from DMOZ.But listed using different algorithms.

]]> By: Robert http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/10/31/searching-for-blogs-and-blogging-resources-on-dmoz-google-open-directory/#comment-62110 Fri, 03 Nov 2006 12:22:16 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/10/31/searching-for-blogs-and-blogging-resources-on-dmoz-google-open-directory/#comment-62110 I wish it were true that Google had taken over/bought DMOZ. That’s just the shot in the arm that it needs.

]]> By: pip http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/10/31/searching-for-blogs-and-blogging-resources-on-dmoz-google-open-directory/#comment-61192 Thu, 02 Nov 2006 01:31:51 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/10/31/searching-for-blogs-and-blogging-resources-on-dmoz-google-open-directory/#comment-61192 Visit DMOZ at http://dmoz.org and read the documentation. Google is just a downstream user of the data, one of many listed in http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Searching/Directories/Open_Directory_Project/Sites_Using_ODP_Data/

You should also read the Wikipedia article which gives more information http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMOZ along with http://dmoz.org/help/geninfo.html

Google has certainly not “taken over” DMOZ. They have just taken a copy of the directory RDF (which anyone can do, see http://rdf.dmoz.org/) and give it their own twist (for example, including the PR data).

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/10/31/searching-for-blogs-and-blogging-resources-on-dmoz-google-open-directory/#comment-60836 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:03:02 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/10/31/searching-for-blogs-and-blogging-resources-on-dmoz-google-open-directory/#comment-60836 Do you have a link to an article or two validating that? My research shows that Google has “taken over” DMOZ, and I haven’t found anything to dispute that yet. The links I showcase in the article are all from the Google version of DMOZ, though I do include the “root” DMOZ address.

]]> By: pip http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/10/31/searching-for-blogs-and-blogging-resources-on-dmoz-google-open-directory/#comment-60717 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 10:01:03 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/10/31/searching-for-blogs-and-blogging-resources-on-dmoz-google-open-directory/#comment-60717 Hi,

Your article is factually incorrect. You write that “While I wasn’t looking, it appears DMOZ, the “largest human-edited directory on the web” is now in the hands of Google.” but this is wrong. DMOZ is owned by Netscape, which is owned by AOL which is owned by Time Warner. Google owns a 5% market share in AOL. Also, Google uses DMOZ data to populate it’s directory and has done so for many years.

I would advise correcting your first paragraph, since the rest of it is good.

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