[FOT] a website / search engine we tend to forget about but better than google?

[*ProteanThread*]

easier to search for freeware:

http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Freeware/

main page:

http://www.dmoz.org

also of interest:

http://www.kidsclick.org/ (only 3 freeware sites listed though, would
like to see more kids related websites)

IMHO a search engine (like dmoz) that is maintained by humans rather
than bots (like google) is much better at producing real results.

 

[Mel]

easier to search for freeware:

http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Freeware/

main page:

http://www.dmoz.org

also of interest:

http://www.kidsclick.org/ (only 3 freeware sites listed though, would
like to see more kids related websites)

IMHO a search engine (like dmoz) that is maintained by humans rather
than bots (like google) is much better at producing real results.

DMOZ is laid out kind of strange: For example I looked in Computers /
Software / Freeware / Data Compression for 7-zip, but did not find it.
Then I looked in Computers / Software / Open Source, but their was no
entry for Data Compression.

Did a search of Computers / Software and found 7-Zip in:
- Computers: Software: Backup
- Computers: Software: Data Compression

In both categories 7-Zip was not in Alphabetized order.

I'm not so sure you could reliably find freeware or open source programs
on DMOZ.

 

[*ProteanThread*]

they are kinda picky about who they admit in their clique (the 7-Zip
authors may have submitted their site in both Back up and Data
Compression) but its the human quality that makes it interesting.

 

[Mel]

they are kinda picky about who they admit in their clique (the 7-Zip
authors may have submitted their site in both Back up and Data
Compression) but its the human quality that makes it interesting.

With that in mind I would think that the folks at http://dmoz.org/ would
organize their site in such a manner that other humans could easily
navigate their website in order to locate the information they are
seeking.