Directory DMOZ

DMOZ (The Open Directory Project, or ODP) was one of the largest web directories in the world, created and maintained by volunteers.

Its purpose was to catalog websites by various categories and topics, helping users find relevant resources more quickly. Unlike automated search engines like Google, DMOZ was based on manual website classification, where human editors reviewed and added links to the appropriate categories.

Features of DMOZ:

• Openness. Anyone could become an editor and help add new links.
• Structure. Websites were organized in a hierarchy of categories, from more general topics to more specific ones.
• Usage. The directory was often used by search engines like Google to improve search results.
• Closure. The project was shut down in 2017, but its archives continue to exist in other forms, such as Curlie, which is the successor to DMOZ.

The main goal of DMOZ was to create a human-verified and organized directory of the internet.