RE: UKNM: A Bunch of Yahoos

[Bunder, Leslie]

yep, a great idea is Open Directory and last year was bought out by Netscape

which in turn means it is owned by AOL!


A very good content set for AOL.


Leslie

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From: Tim Ireland[SMTP:timdesignercity [dot] com]

> Sent: 	20 September 1999 11:05

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To: uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com

> Subject: 	UKNM: A Bunch of Yahoos

> 

> Some serious 'viral' activity here to overcome the very real problems

> Yahoo

> has editing the sheer volume of URL submissions they receive.

> 

> The Open Directory Project

> http://dmoz.org/

> 

> Category pages for this project are turning up more and more in search

> results ahead of the usual Yahoo link and they already have over 15,000

> edited categories - this is going to be big.

> 

> Damn, I wish I'd thought of it.

> 

> Tim Ireland

> Senior Copywriter

> DESIGNERCITY LIMITED

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