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murdok publisher and murdok CEO Rich Ord talked to Dmoz founder Rich Skrenta shortly after its 1998 launch. "Dmoz was originally launched as Gnuhoo which it then quickly changed to
Now many users are taking issue with that "for the people" part, and the numbers reflect it. Looking at
Dmoz isn't about replacing Google or Wikipedia. But this editor claims it has its place alongside them. "There's all sorts of relevant information to be found on the web, and the broader the topic the more useful Dmoz is," says glippitt. "Use it as one of your search vehicles and you may be surprised how much more efficient and productive your searches become. Just don't expect it to be the perfect combination...there's no such thing as a silver bullet in search - not even Google."
But the biggest knock against Dmoz hasn't really been that it's not a potentially great resource. The users who bash it typically claim that Dmoz doesn't give those who submit sites enough respect. "Your site is a black hole. Fix that, and everyone will love Dmoz," says Jim Francis, "I care about the community and the experience we provide because I think that authoritative, subject matter experts CAN provide an experience on par and in certain circumstances far superior to the algorithmic search,"
Google and Dmoz
There have been a lot of questions in the past as to just how Google valued Dmoz links (and for sometime, but staff has not responded to my requests for comments about this.
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