[WEB4LIB] Second web directory?

[Nancy Sosna Bohm]

This sounds reminiscent of the term "Third World," so I'm guessing that
Google is the "First Web Directory," Open is the Third, and there is no
Second.
j/k
-Nancy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Even Flood" <even.flood at ub.ntnu.no>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 7:06 AM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Second web directory?


> Folks,
>
> I have sometimes seen Open Directory Project referred to
> as "the Third web directory". So a silly question: I assume
> Yahoo! is regarded as the first. But which is the second?
> About? Looksmart? WWW Virtual Library? Or is there
> som other beast out there I do not know about?
> Inquiring mind want to know.
>
> Even
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