How to Link to the Open Directory
The Open Directory welcomes links from other websites. Show your
support for the Open Directory and get the word out
with one of the helpful links below.
1.
Put a Open Directory metasearch box on your web page
with the following HTML:
<center><small><form method=get action=
"http://search.dmoz.org/cgi-bin/search"><input size=20
name=search><input type=submit value="Search Open Directory"><br>
<a href="../../cgi-bin/pod.cgi/dir-.html"><b>
dmoz.org</b></a>
</form></small></center>
Open Directory is a good place to start searches, since you can continue
the search on many different search engines without having to retype
anything.
If you are using the Open Directory Search as part of a meta-search
or aggregate search you may wish to disable some of the Open Directory's
fall back search features. These features are:
- By default the Open Directory's first search
attempt is always an "AND" search, by inserting
an implicit "AND" operator between all
search terms. This can be over ridden by inserting
a different boolean operator either "OR" or "ANDNOT".
Logical operators inside a quoted search term are
ignored. Quoted strings are treated as a single
search term.
- If there are no matches for the first "AND" search,
the Open Directory search attempts the search again,
but with "OR" as the default search term. This
is noted on the search results page. To turn off
the fall back search option pass the search CGI
the added GET argument "&fb;=0"
- If both the "AND" and "OR" search fail, then
the the search will attempt the query on
the Netscape Search (powered by Excite).
To disable this fail over search, pass the search CGI
the added GET argument "&fo;=0"
Note: there are no "&fb;=1" or "&fo;=1" flags, they are simply set by default.
2.
Add a Open Directory category search box to your website with the following HTML:
<center>
<table bgcolor="#000000" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=1 border=0><tr><td>
<table bgcolor="#CCCCFF" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=6 border=0>
<tr><td align=center><small>
<b><a href="../../cgi-bin/pod.cgi/dir-.html">Search Open Directory</a></b>
</small></td></tr><tr><td><small><b>
<a href="../../cgi-bin/pod.cgi/dir-_Arts.html">Arts</a><br>
<a href="../../cgi-bin/pod.cgi/dir-_Business.html">Business</a><br>
<a href="../../cgi-bin/pod.cgi/dir-_Computers.html">Computers</a><br>
<a href="../../cgi-bin/pod.cgi/dir-_Games.html">Games</a><br>
<a href="../../cgi-bin/pod.cgi/dir-_Health.html">Health</a><br>
<a href="../../cgi-bin/pod.cgi/dir-_Home.html">Home</a><br>
<a href="../../cgi-bin/pod.cgi/dir-_News.html">News</a><br>
</b></small></td><td><small><b>
<a href="../../cgi-bin/pod.cgi/dir-_Recreation.html">Recreation</a><br>
<a href="../../cgi-bin/pod.cgi/dir-_Reference.html">Reference</a><br>
<a href="../../cgi-bin/pod.cgi/dir-_Regional.html">Regional</a><br>
<a href="../../cgi-bin/pod.cgi/dir-_Science.html">Science</a> <br>
<a href="../../cgi-bin/pod.cgi/dir-_Shopping.html">Shopping</a><br>
<a href="../../cgi-bin/pod.cgi/dir-_Society.html">Society</a><br>
<a href="../../cgi-bin/pod.cgi/dir-_Sports.html">Sports</a><br>
</b></small></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
</center>
3.
Use one of the
User-Contributed Banners & Buttons
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