While it may take a few more months and thousands of more hours on the volunteers' part to flesh out its categories, most are becoming well-rounded and full of the kind of useful information people are seeking online. Community Directory Service was founded in 1998 by Rich Skrenta, Bob Truel, Chris Tolles, Jeremy Wenokur and Bryn Dole to provide the largest and most comprehensive directory of the Internet. It currently lists over 105,151 sites in 24,455 categories compiled by a volunteer staff of over 4,740 international editors. That's a lot of people working to try and help categorize and better index the Web. A lot more than any single organization or business could muster to do the same job.
More current information means higher quality Web browsing.
Hopefully keep its hands off of it and allow it go about its business, to see whether it is successful on its own, or dies by lack of interest, editor infighting, or some other unforseen means. Instead, both companies should work to keep the directory free, open, and noncommercial. I think so. Others seem to want to join suite, including search powerhouse Excite. Such empowerment of ordinary folks who have some free time to contribute and collaborate is another step toward the Web fulfilling its human, not technological, potential.