Opting Out of Open Directory Listings for Webmasters
- A new tag introduced by MSN Search allows website authors to declare that ODP descriptions should not be used for the search result display of their sites.
- http://blogs.msdn.com/livesearch/archive/2006/05/22/603917.aspx

WebProNews : 10 Ideas to Save DMOZ
- Aurora Brown's 10 proposals for the Future of the Open Directory Project.
- http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/2006/12/11/ideas-to-save-dmoz

Website of the Week: Open Directory
- An interview with Bob Keating, ODP´s editor in chief, by Art Chimes, Voice of America.
- http://voanews.com/english/archive/2006-10/2006-10-20-voa5.cfm?renderforprint=1&textonly=1&&TEXTMODE=1&CFID=46130969&CFTOKEN=52215863

DMOZ Had 9 Lives. Used Up Yet?
- Rich Skrenta discusses options for the future development of the project.
- http://www.skrenta.com/2006/12/dmoz_had_9_lives_used_up_yet.html

CNET News: Internet Search Gets Web 2.0 Style
- Elinor Mills offers an overview on social search projects, including comments from industry experts on the likely impact on search. ODP and Yahoo are named as projects which are at the roots of the development.
- http://news.com.com/Internet+search+gets+Web+2.0+style/2100-1038_3-6108962.html

Who's Who in Social Search
- Chris Sherman presents the various approaches to social search and some of the key players in each area. ODP is mentioned as the original collaborative directory.
- http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3623173

What's the Big Deal With Social Search?
- An overview on the history of human mediated search efforts, the current situation, its problems and chances for the future, by Chris Sherman. ODP is named among the examples for social search projects that have been around since the early days of the web
- http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3623153

Search Engine Censoring of Open Directory Data
- A random sample of 35 sites that use ODP data are found to be heavily censored.
- http://www.searchenginehonesty.com/searchvsodp.pdf

Yochai Benkler's The Wealth of Networks
- A report on the book launch by Trebor Scholz. In his talk, Benkler used ODP as an example for the power of commons-based peer production.
- http://www.collectivate.net/journalisms/2006/4/14/yochai-benklers-the-wealth-of-networks.html

More Control Over Page Snippets
- Google announces that they´ve added support for the NOODP tag, which allows site owners to request that ODP is not used for generating snippets.
- http://sitemaps.blogspot.com/2006/07/more-control-over-page-snippets.html

Interview with Greg Hartnett
- Shimon Sandler interviews the founder of Best of the Web, the oldest directory of the web. Hartnett names both Yahoo and DMOZ as "inarguably the top directories": "Their comprehension, user base, commitment to quality, and age help to set t
- http://www.shimonsandler.com/?p=125