Pandia discusses Microsoft’s purchase of the Open Directory. The article covering the April Fools Day prank mentions ODP will be renamed the Gates Open Directory (GOD).

MSN acquires the world's largest web directory. An April 1st prank in which the ODP becomes GOD (Gates Open Directory).

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).

Search Engine watch remarks about Google and the Open Directory's antics on April 1st.

Chris Sherman writes about the launch of the ODP editors forum. Describes the significance of the Open Directory in the world of web navigation.

Press release on the excellence award given to the Open Directory Project for its success and contributions from volunteer editors.

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.

Ben Hammersley's dissection of Yahoo in The Guardian makes favourable mention of the ODP.

CNET covers April Fools Day pranks including the Open Directory along with Napster and others.

Representatives of the ODP and Looksmart spell out what sorts of submissions to these directories are considered spam.