Adopting the ‘Wiki’ Technology in the design of Web Directories 2 OF 3
‘Wiki’ is a type of computer software that allows user to easily edit its content. The WikiWikiWeb was the first website to be called ‘wiki’. It was established in 1994 by Ward Cunningham. The term ‘wiki’ denotes fast or quick way of doing something. The word is derived from the Hawaiian term “wiki-wiki”. Over the […]
Adopting the ‘Wiki’ Technology in the design of Web Directories 1 OF 3
With the increase in the number of websites found in the World Wide Web; the need for web directories has also increased with them. Web directories rely on editors to continually update and to continually check the data entered for consistency. Finding volunteer editors is the easy part. It’s assigning them to a certain domain […]
Becoming an Editor for a Human Edited Web Directory 4 OF 4
Human Edited directory has fallen into a bit of criticism when they were accused that their volunteer editors play favorites when it comes to the websites they choose to post and that they sometimes combat the efforts of their competitor editors. These allegations have been answered by the companies that own Human Edited Web Directories […]
Becoming an Editor for a Human Edited Web Directory 3 OF 4
The privileges given by most Web Directories to their editors follow a hierarchal ranking. When an editor is starting out, he is given privileges to edit a certain category in the directory that he has shown proficiency in. Once the editor has showcased that he can meet the editing standards of the Web Directory; he […]
Becoming an Editor for a Human Edited Web Directory 2 OF 4
One of the biggest and most well known Web Directory is the Open Directory Project (ODP) also known as dmoz. Another web directory that rivals the ODP in size and popularity is the Yahoo! Directory.
A certain category must be met when becoming a Web Directory Editor. After initial contact with the web directory provider […]
Becoming an Editor for a Human Edited Web Directory 1 OF 4
Human Edited Web Directories allow the help of volunteer editors to add new links to a domain that they have been given privileges in. These privileges come with rules and policies that must be followed in order to maintain the position as volunteer editors.
Web Directories are sites that provide a user a list of links […]
The Open Directory Project 3 OF 3
The Open Directory Project is worked on by volunteer editors and by the time it was owned by Netscape, the ODP already had 100,000 URLs in its listings. On October 5, 1999, the number of URLs found on the Open Directory Project reached one million.
An unofficial report has been known to claim that the number […]
The Open Directory Project 2 OF 3
The Open Directory Project or ODP wad founded in 1998 by Rich Skrenta and Bob True, both men were working at Sun Microsystems when they founded the OPD. The Open Directory Project has undergone several name changes because of complaints from other companies. It was first named as Gnuhoo, but was replaced because it linked […]
The Open Directory Project 1 OF 3
The Open Directory Project is a human edited Web Directory. It is otherwise known as dmoz which is derived from its original domain name: directory.mozilla.org. The Open Directory Project is a multilingual web directory providing a comprehensive list of World Wide Web links owned by Netscape.
A Web Directory is a service that provides a list […]
