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Free Thumbshots for Open Source Directory
December 8, 2003
Open Thumbshots Project, OTP (www.thumbshots.org), is an open initiative offering free Thumbshots to all users of the Open Directory Project, DMOZ (www.dmoz.org).
DMOZ is the most widely used Web directory employed by large portal and search engines such as Altavista and Netscape. OTP is created with the intention to contribute back to the Web community. By combining previews with directory listing, users are able to preview the site before visiting the link automatically improving user satisfaction and reducing the frustration associated with broken links, inappropriate contents and pop-up ads. The free OTP data contains over 3 Million preview images (over 10GB of data).
Users are encouraged to download or obtain the CDs of the free images from www.thumbshots.org.
About Smartdevil.
Smartdevil Inc. is the leading provider of thumbshots™ for Internet search and directories. We provide and manage some of the world's largest document and imaging repositories. Our primary focus is on e-commerce opportunities where an increasing number of people embrace this viable new method of communication for doing business.
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