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21. Google Web Directory http://directory.google.com/ In a rather brilliant move, Google has licensed the data compiled by the Open Directory Project (ODP) reviewed in the November 20, 1998 Scout Report at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/1998/scout-981120.html#20 used by a number of major search sites, and applied its own powerful searching technology, adding further value to what many believe are the Web's top search site and directory. As with Yahoo and the original ODP, users can browse for sites by picking a major category (there are more than 230,000 hierarchical categories in total) and drilling down. However, unlike other users of ODP data, the Google Directory employs its PageRank technology so that sites are listed from most to least relevant or important, rather than alphabetically, helping users find the best sites quickly and easily. This new feature is also integrated with all of the Google search interfaces, allowing single-click access to the relevant directory categories from all search returns. Already widely recognized for its speed, accuracy, and uncluttered design, with the addition of the ODP's data, Google may very well supplant the other major players and become the most popular Internet search site. [MD] From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2000. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ janet paterson 53 now / 41 dx / 37 onset a new voice: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ 613 256 8340 PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario Canada K0A 1A0