Open Search Directory--Bigger Case for Dmoz
Dmoz.org is the open directory search project. The directory is one of the most celebrated "open source" internet indexes whose work of reviewing, editing and indexing websites is completely done by HUMANS, what Dmoz calls volunteer editors. So as opposed to LookSmart's very commercially driven search directory-- that I commented on a few posts ago-- that thrives on paid-inclusion and paid-placement sites, Dmoz is hard-line free-world page ranking by editors who seek websites with valued content, service and/or products.Their search site is handsome, too, uncluttered with a nice choice of color palette, white space, clear links-- for me, anyway. But as my "Yogi Tea" teabag tag said the other day, "You are the other person." But, their site gives me a sense of professionalism with just the right amount of tech-savviness, much the way Technorati's website works for me.
Dmoz, www.dmoz.org
Alternative Open-Source Directories
A couple of other open-source search directory projects that I can put my hands on immediately are Nutch and Lucene, both sort of interwoven, built on a Java platform, and appealing to a copyright-free type of search capability. If this is a vague description see Apache Lucene, http://lucene.apache.org/java/docs/index.html and Nutch, http://incubator.apache.org/nutch/index.html-- both of these are Apache Jakarta projects.
posted by jrotman @ 6:46 AM
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