Forum: Inside the ODP

There is a search plugin for DMOZ available from the Add-ons repository for Firefox. With this search plugin installed you can search the ODP directory directly from your browser. It works on Firefox and Internet Explorer. https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/15005

The ODP has one of the most complete listings for Presidential Candidates on the web! An amazing effort! :) http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Society_and_Culture/Politics/Candidates_and_Campaigns/Presidential/2008/Candidates/

Have you taken a look at the World area in the ODP? This is the part of the directory where sites with content not in the English language are organized. Have you noticed that there are quite a few languages which are not represented in there? Ever wondered why? Well, we need an editor...

In a neighborhood garage, getting the state vehicle inspection...manager's business card has URL across the bottom... Reading mail while waiting for the mechanic...bank has new name and website...a couple of bank fliers with URLs... Passing a construction site...parked landscaping van, with...

ODP´s editor community has decided to publish regular reports in future, to inform the public about the development of the project. To get started, we have compiled a report for the last year: ODP Report January - December 2005 From end of January on, monthly reports will follow: they...

The Spring 2006 Newsletter has just been published: http://www.dmoz.org/newsletter/2006Spring/ Previous editions are available in the Newsletter Archive. Enjoy! :)

It has been estimated that the Open Directory Project increases in size by 1000 listings per day. So what kind of sites are editors eager to list? This thread is the place for editors to share some of their additions. :)

Anyone reading these forums knows we constantly hear from webmasters and site owners who are distressed that we do not review their sites in what they perceive to be a timely manner. Heck, you may even be one of these webmasters who found this thread hoping to find a clue to getting listed. We...

The following article contains general advice that is intended to cover the majority of situations. All editing decisions and policies are governed by the editing guidelines, and take precedent over any conflicts with advice given here. In other words: this is intended only to be helpful, and is...

(No, not this site or the ODP, as far as I know.) Every once in a while, a site we consider a good resource decides to move all their pages around. Then we have to scramble to find new locations for all the pages of interest. Some examples include: -http://www.rollingstone.com (over 1300...

Sometimes an editor or a group of editors will start an initiative to improve a specific area of the directory (cleaning up, increasing the number of listings, improving category structure, etc.). This thread is for editors to describe some of those initiatives.

The Regional section of the ODP, and their equivalents in different languages in the World section, are amazing places, where major businesses and international attractions can sit right next to the local school district and hair salon. This is especially true for the smaller localities that...

Last fall, I kept some detailed statistics on my editing efforts in Regional/North_America/United_States/Arizona and its subcats. I thought I would share some of those statistics: I processed 69 unreviewed sites. These sites had been swimming in the unreviewed pool for a total of 2,517 days,...