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Google Enterprise Blog Google Enterprise Blog- Official Weblog about Google's enterprise search appliances and other tools for business users. Entrepreneur Blog Entrepreneur Blog- By veteran journalist Richard Brandt. Primarily about Google, although the focus is expanding as of 2007. Google Mac Blog Google Mac Blog- The official weblog about Google in the Apple Macintosh world. Google Video Blog Google Video Blog- Official Google blog highlighting a selection of the videos contributed to Google's searchable video marketplace. Google AnalyticsBlog Google AnalyticsBlog- Official weblog offering news, tips and resources related to Google's web traffic analytics service. Google Webmaster Central Blog Google Webmaster Central Blog- The official weblog on Google crawling and indexing, and on webmaster tools, including the Sitemaps facility. Inside AdSense Inside AdSense- The official weblog of Google's AdSense advertising service. Inside Google Book Search Inside Google Book Search- The official weblog on Google's Book Search. AdWords API Blog AdWords API Blog- The official blog from Google on the AdWords application program interface. On Google Scholar On Google Scholar- Weblog by librarian T.J. Sondermann on Google's search tools and how they affect academia. DWdirectory DWdirectory- Commercial PHP script to use ODP content on a website from Dominion Web. Dmoz2db Dmoz2db- A tool to parse the dmoz/ODP RDF dump and put the contents into a database, written in Python. phpOpen phpOpen- Free PHP script to customise the ODP content for a website. Works with the Netscape live site. DMOZ Data Importer DMOZ Data Importer- Program to import RDF data into a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database. Release information, issue tracking, download, and source code. LGPL license; runtime req… phpODP phpODP- Free template-based, dynamic PHP script to add Open Directory content to a web site. Displays targeted Amazon.com links. Josser Josser- Open Source Java library which allows to parse RDF files of the Open Directory Project and inserts them into any JDBC compliant relational database like MySQL and PostgreS… phpODPWorld phpODPWorld- An open source (GPL) program package that parses and inserts the RDF into a database and displays the ODP data from the database using PHP. The PHP script supports ca… Xhoo Xhoo- A collaborative project whose goal is to create Open Source Web Catalog software for various platforms and languages that can selectively import data from the Open Directory… Topical TrustRank: Using Topicality to Combat Web Spam Topical TrustRank: Using Topicality to Combat Web Spam- Baoning Wu, Vinay Goel and Brian D. Davison propose to partition the seed set used in TrustRank by topic and calculate trus… Combating Web Spam with TrustRank Combating Web Spam with TrustRank- Zoltan Gyongyi, Hector Garcia-Molina, Stanford University, and Jan Pedersen, Yahoo. Proceedings of the 30th VLDB Conference, 2004. The authors p… Web Spam Taxonomy Web Spam Taxonomy- By Zoltán Gyöngyi and Hector Garcia-Molina, Stanford University. First International Workshop on Adversarial Information Retrieval on the Web, May 2005. Offers … Semantic Information Portals Semantic Information Portals- Dave Reynolds, Paul Shabajee, Steve Cayzer. Hewlett-Packard Laboratories and University of Bristol, UK. Proceedings of the 13th international World W… On Labeling Schemes for the Semantic Web On Labeling Schemes for the Semantic Web- By Vassilis Christophides, Dimitris Plexousakis, Michel Scholl and Sotirios Tourtounis. In: Proceedings of the 12th international confere… W3C Semantic Web Activity W3C Semantic Web Activity- By Marja-Riitta Koivunen and Eric Miller. In: Proceedings of the Semantic Web Kick-off Seminar in Finland, November 2001. The authors explain the main S… Using Titles and Category Names from Editor-driven Taxonomies for Automatic Evaluation Using Titles and Category Names from Editor-driven Taxonomies for Automatic Evaluation- By Steven M. Beitzel, Eric C. Jensen, Abdur Chowdhury and David Grossman. Illinois Institut… Automatic Evaluation of World Wide Web Search Services Automatic Evaluation of World Wide Web Search Services- By Abdur Chowdhury, America Online Inc., and Ian Soboroff, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA. 2002. The a… Can Social Bookmarking Improve Web Search? Can Social Bookmarking Improve Web Search?- By Paul Heymann, Georgia Koutrika, and Hector Garcia-Molina Dept. of Computer Science, Stanford University Stanford, CA, USA. The paper… Random Sampling from a Search Engine´s Corpus Random Sampling from a Search Engine´s Corpus- By Ziv Bar-Yossef and Maxim Gurevich. Technical report, August 2006. Two novel algorithms for random sampling are used to collect co… Preferred Terms Preferred Terms- List of suggested standardized names for common types of subcategories. World Introduction World Introduction- General introduction to the World (Non-English language) hierarchy of the directory. Category Checking Guide Category Checking Guide- Official advice on how to critique the work of other editors. What Should I Do About Not Found Errors? What Should I Do About Not Found Errors?- Official guidelines for dealing with Robozilla error messages. Administrator Guidelines Administrator Guidelines- Official guidelines for Administrator editors. Gambling Guidelines Gambling Guidelines- Official guidelines for editing gambling categories. Meta Guidelines Meta Guidelines- Official guidelines for Meta editors. Category Moderator Guidelines Category Moderator Guidelines- Official guidelines for CatMods. Editall Guidelines Editall Guidelines- Official instructions for Editall and CatMv editors. Travel Guidelines Travel Guidelines- Specifies how to organize and where to place travel sites. This includes lodging, travel agents, tour operators, travel guides, transportation, and travelogues. Real Estate Guidelines Real Estate Guidelines- These official guidelines address the placement of real estate agent and agency sites in the ODP Regional category. Kids and Teens Guidelines Kids and Teens Guidelines- Official guidelines for Kids and Teens editors. Adult Guidelines Adult Guidelines- Official guidelines specifying adult web sites and their appropriate placement in the directory. DMOZ Guidelines DMOZ Guidelines- Official general editing guidelines for editors in all branches of the directory. Creating and Maintaining Regional Subcategories Under Topical Categories Creating and Maintaining Regional Subcategories Under Topical Categories- Official information on subcategories divided by geographical area outside the Regional category tree. Regional Guidelines Regional Guidelines- Official guidelines for editors in the Regional branch. Editors should use these guidelines during the Regional reorganization and for ongoing maintenance. Applying for New Categories: Advice and Guidance Applying for New Categories: Advice and Guidance- It is suggested that you read this document before applying to any new category. WebProNews: The Google Directory is No More WebProNews: The Google Directory is No More- Article discusses Google closing its directory and mentions Open Directory Project and Best of the Web as remaining alternatives. Does user-generated content have a future? Does user-generated content have a future?- Thoughts on this topic in the Guardian - ODP is mentioned as an example. Has an audio interview with Chris Tolles. DMOZ: A Solid Directory Or The Great Pumpkin Of Search? DMOZ: A Solid Directory Or The Great Pumpkin Of Search?- Transcript of an interview of Bob Keating (ODP Editor in Chief) by Debra Mastaler of SearchEngineLand, with some additiona… Telegraph.co.uk: In Search of the New Google Telegraph.co.uk: In Search of the New Google- Article on Rich Skrenta's plans to develop Blekko, a new competitor to Google in the online Search market. Skrenta's success with New… Search Engine Journal: Best of the Web Adds DMOZ Editors to Directory Team Search Engine Journal: Best of the Web Adds DMOZ Editors to Directory Team- Loren Baker writes that Best of the Web (BOTW.org) has hired over 30 of the top DMOZ editors in an effo…