2002

CommunityResources.net Honors the Open Directory Project with the Award of Excellence for Good Internet Citizenship :

- Press release on the excellence award given to the Open Directory Project for its success and contributions from volunteer editors. (November 16, 2002)
Search Day: The Search Engine Spam Police, Part 1 :

- Representatives of the ODP and Looksmart spell out what sorts of submissions to these directories are considered spam. (May 29, 2002)
Guardian.co.uk: Is Yahoo Losing the Plot? :

- Ben Hammersley's dissection of Yahoo in The Guardian makes favourable mention of the ODP. (May 2, 2002)
SearchEngineWatch.com: Open Directory Project Launches ODP Public Forums :

- Chris Sherman writes about the launch of the ODP editors forum. Describes the significance of the Open Directory in the world of web navigation. (April 8, 2002)
Open Directory Project Search Results and ODP Status :

- Reports on ODP's usage in the search engine world as well as the April 1 prank of apparently being bought by Microsoft and changed to the Microsoft Directory Project aka the Gates Open Directory (GOD). (April 5, 2002)
Google, Open Directory Get Foolish :

- Search Engine watch remarks about Google and the Open Directory's antics on April 1st. (April 2, 2002)
Microsoft Buys the Open Directory - or Not :

- Pandia discusses Microsoft’s purchase of the Open Directory. The article covering the April Fools Day prank mentions ODP will be renamed the Gates Open Directory (GOD). (April 2, 2002)
ZDNet: Net laughs at itself on April Fool's :

- Microsoft's MSN has launched the Gates Open Directory, otherwise known as GOD, which seeks to simplify copyright on the Web by purchasing all copyrighted material. (April 2, 2002)
CNET News.com: Pranksters Rig Web for April Fools :

- CNET covers April Fools Day pranks including the Open Directory along with Napster and others. (April 1, 2002)
MSN Delivers Another Brick in "the Wall" :

- MSN acquires the world's largest web directory. An April 1st prank in which the ODP becomes GOD (Gates Open Directory). (April 1, 2002)