DMOZ
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DMOZ (stylized dmoz in its logo; from directory.mozilla.org, an earlier domain name) was a multilingual open-content directory of World Wide Web links. The site and community who maintained it were also known as the Open Directory Project (ODP). It was owned by AOL (now a part of Verizon Media) but constructed and maintained by a community of volunteer editors.
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Type of site | Web directory |
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Available in | 90 languages, including English |
Dissolved | March 17, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-03-17) |
Parent | AOL |
URL | www.dmoz.org (Archived 2018-01-19 at the Wayback Machine) |
Commercial | No |
Registration | Optional |
Users | 90,000 |
Launched | June 5, 1998; 25 years ago (1998-06-05) |
Current status | Closed |
Content license | Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported, Open Directory License |
DMOZ used a hierarchical ontology scheme for organizing site listings. Listings on a similar topic were grouped into categories which then included smaller categories.
DMOZ closed on March 17, 2017, because AOL no longer wished to support the project.[1][2] The website became a single landing page on that day, with links to a static archive of DMOZ, and to the DMOZ discussion forum, where plans to rebrand and relaunch the directory were being discussed.[2]
As of September 2017[update], a non-editable mirror remained available at dmoztools.net,[3] and it was announced that while the DMOZ URL would not return, a successor version of the directory named Curlie would be provided.[4][5]