February 01, 2004
danesh-shehani

The text I have about this blog is from a ODP submission (but we only accept English language sites in the LIS Weblogs category; however misguided the policy may be, other languages fall under the World blanket).

danesh-shenasi - "about library and information science and librarianship an information retrieval and searching information" (I honestly don't know whether there's a feed, but I couldn't find any)

Speaking of the Open Directory, indications from the ODP Weblog are that Google may be dropping dmoz.org entries as part of its search results. I can see why. Lots of online directories make use of ODP data, which means loads of redundant search results reflecting the same information. Although Google's use of ODP data has been great for the Open Directory, gaining lots of critical exposure and helping to recruit numerous editors to the cause, the time seems right for a change. Here's a screenshot of the directory-less Google (note lack of Directory tab) and an article discussing the relationship.

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