Andrew good to see a post from you, hope all is going well :) I would love to see you write an update to some of the early articles as it has been awhile....
Hey you have the same info I have :) "same as it ever was, and the days go by" well almost, the tools went double pass protection after the last unreviewed...
Ha ha ha the "status unreviewed". That would be a joke and the numbers might break the system. Maybe they should get rid of a few more editors to have an even...
[Nick Sahadi:] ... Like the principals of all failed revolutions, the powers that be at ODP work nonstop on making sure that their lofty ideals are nice and...
[David Prenatt:] ... [sabre23t:] ... You're probably thinking of Open Site (< http://open-site.org >), the Wikipedia wannabe. (< http://www.wikipedia.org >.)...
Many editors may want yet another Internet directory. The sense of community and caring is what they all seem to be missing. It is there at first, but then...
[joslynnn:] ... These dynamics are not unique to online communities. In fact, this is the story of most human relationships. A very cynical divorce attorney I...
I agree, David, although I could not have put it so well or as fluently. However, I believe that editors, or anyone for that matter, should expect to receive...
[joslynnn:] ... I wholheartedly agree. Moreover, there is no excuse whatsoever for exploiting volunteer labor and casually disposing of the volunteers once...
Well, David, our infamy is some small recompense after all. ... Jos ... From: David F. Prenatt, Jr. To: xodp@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003...
Hi, ... [David Prenatt:] ... the Wikipedia wannabe. (< http://www.wikipedia.org >.) At first blush, the software seems to be very similar, but it's hardly an...
[Ciaran Hamilton:] ... Needless to say, there would be quite a few people who would be quite eager to work as editors at an open source clone of ODP, including...
MIT's Government Information Awareness Web site (< http://opengov.media.mit.edu/ > was scheduled to be unveiled on Friday July 4, 2003. For more information,...
I stumbled across an interesting Web page that features an essay about ODP at < http://www.shaneycrawford.com/writing/odp/ >. Overall, the essay is very...
Hi David, Thank you for taking the time to read my article on the ODP. I am flattered that you thought it worth your time to comment on it. I have changed the...
Shaney Crawford
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Jul 7, 2003 1:19 pm
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[Shaney Crawford:] ... As I'm sure you know, the underlying principle of game theory is that cooperation is the most successful adaptive strategy for a ...
... has made the concept of a large scale Yahoo-style Web directory somewhat obsolete. Beyond a critical mass of about 300 editors and/or 2 million URLs,...
janeellen_carr
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Jul 17, 2003 5:04 am
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Jane, good to here from you :) I have not been by search king in eons. I remember when Bob Massa first started comming to SEF to get the thing off the ground, ...
Great to hear from you too Nick! Drop by the SearchKing forums (http://www.searchking.com/skboards/ikonboard.cgi) and visit us any time - you might enjoy them...
janeellen_carr
janeellen@...
Jul 19, 2003 12:00 am
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I will drop by ;) For what it's worth I have been hearing more about SearchKing the last couple of months than any time in the past. Not sure if I was just at...
The Mozilla Foundation has been incorporated as a California public benefit corporation and is seeking to obtain 501(c)(3) status as a non-profit organization....
As soon as the Republicans complete their Gubernatorial Coup D'etat in California we will go to work revoking their status and asking All Them Moe Zillah...
[MP Doyle:] ... In all seriousness, California's Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante, a Democrat, may thwart Republican hopes of taking over the governership...
"Personally, I don't worry about DMOZ too much any more. I believe they are on their way out. The site is down most of the time when I try to visit it, and it...
There is certainly life after the ODP. I tried JoeAnt for a bit but didn't feel quite comfortable there. I may go back however. Their editing rules just...
[MP Doyle:] ... Yours is not an unusual story. Zeal has been a class act since the proverbial Day One, and I know of no one who has failed to obtain redress...
... longer the valuable commodity that it once was. Rather, the search engine industry is now driven by people who are seeking greater exposure for their Web...
... contains about 50% dead links.<< Currently the category has 64 sites, out of which the only 4 links that were dead that I could find were : No Name...