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DMOZ

DMOZ or DMoz (stylized dmoz in its logo; from directory.mozilla.org, an earlier domain name) was a multilingual open-content directory of World Wide Web links. The site and community who maintained it were also known as the Open Directory Project (ODP). It was owned by AOL (now a part of Yahoo! Inc) but constructed and maintained by a community of…

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Available in
90 languages, including English
Commercial
No
Content license
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported, Open Directory License
Current status
Closed
Dissolved
March 17, 2017; 9 years ago (2017-03-17)
Formerly
GnuHoo (1998) · NewHoo (1998) · Open Directory Project (1998–1999)

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ChefMoz

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DMOZ

Nodes75
Edges74
Triples190
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.026667
Components1

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DMOZ

Top relations

related to history · 35
DMOZ → After Richard Stallman, AOL, Bob Truel, Bryn Dole, Chris Tolles, DMOZLogo, Free Software Foundation, Gnu, GnuHoo, Hoo, Jeremy Wenokur, June, March, Netscape, Netscape Communications Corporation, NetscapeLogo, NewHoo, NewHooLogo, October, Open Directory
related to Controversy and criticism · 16
DMOZ → Although, CNN, DMOZ's, Early, In, January, Links, October, ODP's, Public Abuse Report System, Rich Skrenta, Rolling Stone, Such, There, Topix, Uninhibited
related to Content users · 14
DMOZ → Alexa, AOL Search, Directory, For, Gigablast, Google Directory, July, May, Netscape Search, Other, Overture, The, Web's, Yahoo
related to Competing and spinoff projects · 13
DMOZ → As DMOZ, ChefMoz, DMOZ's, Finally, Go, Larry Sanger, MusicMoz, Nupedia, Open Site, The, These, Wikipedia, Zeal
related to System failure and editing outage, October to December 2006 · 12
DMOZ → AOL, December, DMOZ's, During, Intel-based, On January, On October, RDF, Site Suggestion, The, To, Update Listings
related to Interface · 11
DMOZ → As, Creative Commons, GNU, GNU General Public License, June, Richard Skrenta, The, The DMOZ, These, This, Web
related to Editor removal procedures · 8
DMOZ → According, Arlarson, Discussions, DMOZ's, Editor Removal Explained, In, Some, Volunteer
related to Maintenance · 8
DMOZ → Directory, Periodically, Robozilla, Shortly, Still, This, Web, While
related to Policies and procedures · 7
DMOZ → DMOZ's, Editing Guidelines, Mentorship, Once, Restrictions, The, Upon
related to Ownership and management · 6
DMOZ → At DMOZ's, FAQs, GnuHoo, Some, To, Underlying

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directory editors editing editor site open categories listings web license category sites dmoz's staff content rdf forums aol community privileges

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
DMOZAvailable in90 languages, including English1.00infobox
DMOZCommercialNo1.00infobox
DMOZContent licenseCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported, Open Directory License1.00infobox
DMOZCurrent statusClosed1.00infobox
DMOZDissolvedMarch 17, 2017; 9 years ago (2017-03-17)1.00infobox
DMOZFormerlyGnuHoo (1998)1.00infobox
DMOZFormerlyNewHoo (1998)1.00infobox
DMOZFormerlyOpen Directory Project (1998–1999)1.00infobox
DMOZLaunchedJune 5, 1998; 28 years ago (1998-06-05)1.00infobox
DMOZParentAOL1.00infobox
DMOZRegistrationOptional1.00infobox
DMOZSuccessorCurlie.org1.00infobox
DMOZType of siteWeb directory1.00infobox
DMOZURLwww.dmoz.org (Archived 2018-01-19 at the Wayback Machine)1.00infobox
DMOZUsers90,0001.00infobox

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