From its humble beginnings 11 years ago, DMOZ has grown to be the largest human-edited directory on the Web. Today, on the websites anniversary, we take a look at DMOZ's influence on the web.

Before there were specialized search engines, like job seekers, there was DMOZ. Today, contributors still take the time to sort through web content and organize listings into helpful categories on a wide spectrum of topics. The online community has grown such a large directory of information that thousands of search engines still rely on the focused site listings.

Have a passion about a topic? Join in with the ever-growing population of editors, contributors and web users.

Congrats to all the contributors who have helped make 11 years possible. Happy Birthday DMOZ! Read more about DMOZ on their blog.