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What is DMOZ?

DMOZ (Directory Mozilla), is one of the largest human-edited web directories on the Internet, featuring over 5 million sites that have been carefully classified into categories. DMOZ was created in 1998 as the Open Directory Project (ODP) by Rich Skrenta and Bob Truel with the goal of using volunteer editors to organize the web into a hierarchy of categorized links.

The purpose of DMOZ is to help users discover quality websites across a wide variety of topics and interests. Volunteer editors, known as editors or mozians, manually review, research, and categorize submitted websites based on the DMOZ content guidelines. This human-powered categorization sets DMOZ apart from algorithm-based directories and search engines.

By classifying websites into a hierarchical taxonomy, DMOZ aims to provide a useful navigation structure to browse and explore the ever-expanding world of information on the Internet. Users can browse by topic, region, or search for keywords to find quality, human-reviewed websites. The structured classification also aids website owners to improve visibility and discoverability.

After Netscape went bankrupt, the non-profit organization behind DMOZ was spun off into New Dream Network. Eventually DMOZ was acquired by Tucows in 2017. While DMOZ is no longer actively accepting new editor or website submissions, the directory remains online as an archive of the open web categorization project.

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