Re: TECH: Google Web Directory

[gprice <gprice@GWU.EDU>]

Yes, it has been available on Google for some time.
It uses data from the Open Directory Project and massages it
in several ways.

Good stuff to mine from but be careful with authority issues as any person can
become an editor of a directory section.

Learn more about the Open Directory at:
http://www.dmoz.org

and this review from search guru Greg Notess.
http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/dir/dmoz/review.html


cheers,
gary




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