[ALUG] Re: Re: Gnome/GTK file open dialog hangs

On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 12:54:22PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote:

2. to help rebuild the directory services like vlib and dmoz -

these sites are compiled by reviewers and sometimes give better results, but they always seem to need more help to keep up with the huge search index robots; and

The dmoz directory is still alive and (fairly) well, it seems to be redistributed by a number of other search engines etc. In particular it is what Google uses as its 'Google Directory'.

I find that Dmoz/Google Directory is often the best way to go when looking for stuff like regional information when going on holiday etc. It's *much* better when looking for hotels for example, searching for 'hotel venice' on Google is completely pointless but drilling down Google Directory to Venice often comes up with some useful information.