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Old May 28th, 2004, 01:07 PM
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Links with Stars in DMOZ
I am just wondering why some websites that are listed in the DMOZ are listed with a Star? Like this one, Study in the USA, http://dmoz.org/Reference/Education...ional_Students/

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I think those indicate popular or authoritative sites. (a favorite of some sort)
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The *'s mean that it has been "cooled" by the editor - i.e. they consider it something "special" in that category. There can be more than one (although not too common) and more frequently, there are none.

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Cooled sites - http://dmoz.org/guidelines/describing.html#cool

An oft musunderstood feature, that in general should be avoided by new editors. I've done over 10,000 edits, I cooled one site my first week, and then told by a senior editor that I should not have used the feature, and I uncooled it, and never did another.
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yep, most editors I've talked to aren't too big on cooling sites.

is the cool in dmoz somehow related to the cool in yahoo? they seem to coincide quite often
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these sites are reviewed by editors, I believe they can do whatever they can, however since most sites are rejected, the sites listed there should be really good ones
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I thought they showed that they are latest inculsion. as other directories do..
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Why have your own opinion, when the ODP facts tell you what they are?

Once more - > Cooled sites - http://dmoz.org/guidelines/describing.html#cool
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