1. Microsoft buys the Open Directory -- or Not - Pandia discusses the Microsoft purchase of the Open Directory. 2. MSN Delivers Another Brick in "the Wall" - MSN acquires the world's largest web directory. 3. Open Directory Project Search Results and ODP Status - Reports on ODP's usage in the search engine world as well as the April 1 prank of apparently being bought by Microsoft and changed to the Microsoft Directory Project aka the Gates Open Directory (GOD). 4. Google, Open Directory Get Foolish - Search Engine watch remarks about Google and the Open Directory's antics on April 1st. 5. Is Yahoo Losing the Plot? - Ben Hammersley's dissection of Yahoo in The Guardian makes favourable mention of the ODP. 6. Pranksters Rig Web for April Fools - CNet covers April Fools Day at the Open Directory. 7. Search Day: Open Directory Project Launches ODP Public Forums - Search Engine Watch comments. 8. Search Day: The Search Engine Spam Police, Part 1 NEW! - Representatives of the ODP and Looksmart spell out what sorts of submissions to these directories are considered spam. 9. ZDNet: Net laughs at itself on April Fool's - Microsoft's MSN has launched the Gates Open Directory, otherwise known as GOD, which seeks to simplify copyright on the Web by purchasing all copyrighted material.

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