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Danny Sullivan discusses the various trends among search engines. Open Directory is referenced as the provider of the main search results for Lycos and Netscape Search.

Article discusses Netscape’s unconventional move of licensing its Open Directory data to Lycos for free.

Article discusses Yahoo’s move to charge a fee for an express review service and the industry debate on the issue.

Paul Festa writes about the success Mozilla achieved in its first year and the impact it made on the industry. Article mentions Netscape’s acquisition of NewHoo.

Jim Hu writes about the pending launch of the Netscape Open Directory and its hope in the volunteer editors’ ability to expand the content.

Jim Hu writes about the growing trend of companies using volunteer editors to build their directories. Netscape’s purchase of NewHoo, which was then renamed the Open Directory Project, is mentioned.

Chris Oakes writes about Lycos adopting the Open Directory Project into its search results and notes a similar move recently made by Bomis.