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We had that, it was called dmoz.org, looks dead/squatted now.
Curlie.org as I’ve been informed!
For German-speakers, one such directory is lila.schike.de.
Für Leute, die Deutsch sprechen, gibt es u.a. das Verzeichnis lila.schike.de.
With the decline of search, web banners could come back in style!
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For a while DMOZ was the authoritative source for whether a website was real and relevant for a given subject. It was 100% human-curated (I administered a couple of topics for years) and was so trusted that putting a site into a category could get it to the first page of Google pretty much guaranteed. That power waned over time, but not because Google found something better, but because their motivations changed. Maybe it’s time for a dmoz comeback. Maybe something federated…
this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2025
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