Hi. I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to members of this group to visit SiteLibrary Link Collectors Community and Bookmarks Directory. It's a new site...
I took a peek today, and it seems and Xoron and Wherewithal are only shadows of their former selves. When I logged in, all the categories to edit have ...
[George Miziuk:] ... Wherewithal has been more or less comatose and on life support for years, but I think that a funeral is a little bit premature. Occasional...
... diligence, then resigns after a few months once it becomes apparent that they've been sold a bill of goods. ... Bill of goods indeed lol. Similarly from: ...
Rumor has it that XODP has no relevance to the Wikipedia article on XODP. I disagree. But your comments and contributions are welcome on this here public...
I like the Wikipedia article, or set of articles if it's the same one I was thinking of. I read one set a long time ago. Part of the reason that drew me here...
[Jos:] ... The article to which I am referring can be found at < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Directory_Project >. It has been an on-again/off-again...
When I was unceremoniously cashiered from Netscape's Open Directory Project < http://dmoz.org/ > just over four years ago, I founded the XODP Yahoo! eGroup and...
I'm not the one who removed the link. Someone else did. Take a hard look at the logs. "...have been totally ineffective in their attempts to remove ...
[Kctipton:] ... _Mea culpa_. You didn't remove the link. An anonymous Wikipedian removed the link, then "Angela," who also happens to be a current ODP...
Hahahahaha. I noticed a few months ago that the ODP article at Wikipedia was listed as "disputed". Other disputed articles included ones on Scientology and...
[Polyppa:] ... The dispute notice was inserted by XODP Editor liftarn, who remains an ODP cheerleader notwithstanding the unceremonious removal of his editing...
After reading through the last 5 or so posts I must say that I am impressed with the quality of this recent discussion, both here and the two threads at...
An interesting development in re the Wikipedia article on ODP: Another Wikipedian created a link from the Wikipedia article on the Open Directory Project <...
[njsahadi:] ... [avrad:] ... The thread seems to be gone. You might post a query at WebMasterWorld, . . . and be sure to tell 'em that XODP sent ya! Humbly...
It would seem that Mr Tabke had got his facts wrong and that he wanted to save himself from further embarrassment by pulling the thread. ...
john boy
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[john boy:] ... Well, having read through the thread before it was pulled, there was nothing there that would be particularly "embarrassing" to Mr. Tabke....
A while back, my attention was drawn to the Google Watch Web site (< http://www.google-watch.org/ >) by postings on various online discussion forums. As the...
I understand Dan Rather << http://www.rathergate.com/ >> may be in danger of losing his job at See B.S. News over this story. LOL ... From: "David F. Prenatt,...
Rob O. Zilla
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Sep 28, 2004 4:08 pm
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Until earlier this year, Google (< http://www.google.com/ >) had almost total market dominance of the "organic" search engine space. (The term "organic" has...
Well our old friend Steve Thomas posted this message in the WWA Forums (dated September 18, 2004) ... steve Head Honcho Registered: Apr 2000 Location: San...
Rob O. Zilla
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Oct 6, 2004 5:38 am
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[Rob O. Zilla:] ... [steve:] ... The decision to shut down Xoron (rhymes with "moron") is long overdue, but I find it hard to believe that a "new site based on...
When Netscape Communicator was first deployed on the World Wide Web, the general consensus was that banner advertisements were the best way to draw traffic to...
Hi Dave, can't say I have missed you specifically... but I do miss the "old days" when you could have a discussion about "Internet search" that wasn't just...
arttworks
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[arttworks the unrecommended:] ... Personally, I don't think that Internet search is just about marketing, but I do think that a great deal of content on the...
Re: "needs to accept the fact that they are going to be competing with commercial content, some of which is exceptionally high quality." One only needs to...
arttworks
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According to google your article on the future of search, doesn't exist....letalone have any PR. ...