Editing Netscape (section)

==Current services==
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===Netscape Internet Service===
Netscape ISP was a dial-up Internet service once offered at US$9.95 per month.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.getnetscape.com/ | title=GetNetscape Home Page | access-date=March 20, 2008 | archive-date=March 8, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308115849/http://www.getnetscape.com/ | url-status=live }}</ref> The company served web pages in a compressed format to increase effective speeds up to 1300&nbsp;kbit/s (average 500&nbsp;kbit/s). The [[Internet service provider]] was later run by [[Verizon]] under the Netscape brand. The low-cost ISP was officially launched on January 8, 2004.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.timewarner.com/corp/newsroom/pr/0,20812,670188,00.html | title=Netscape Launches Low-Cost Internet Access Service | access-date=June 3, 2007 | archive-date=September 27, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927010910/http://www.timewarner.com/corp/newsroom/pr/0,20812,670188,00.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Netscape.com===
Netscape drove much traffic from various links included in the browser menus to its web properties. Some say it was very late to leverage this traffic<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/Netscape-late-to-leverage-traffic/2100-1023_3-206685.html Netscape late to leverage traffic - CNET News] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018113349/http://news.cnet.com/Netscape-late-to-leverage-traffic/2100-1023_3-206685.html |date=October 18, 2011 }}. News.cnet.com. Retrieved on 2013-09-08.</ref> for what would become the start of the major online portal wars.<ref>{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Tony |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/1998/12/17/netscape_unveils_30m_netcenter_ad |title=theregister.co.uk |publisher=theregister.co.uk |date=1998-12-17 |access-date=2019-06-13 |archive-date=August 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810092646/https://www.theregister.co.uk/1998/12/17/netscape_unveils_30m_netcenter_ad |url-status=live }}</ref> 

Netscape's exclusive features, such as the Netscape Blog, Netscape NewsQuake, Netscape Navigator, My Netscape and Netscape Community pages, are less accessible from the AOL Netscape designed portal and in some countries not accessible at all without providing a full URL or completing an [[Internet search]].<ref>[http://community.netscape.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?webtag=ws-nscpbrowser&nav=messages&tid=9781&tsn= Netscape Community responses] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015195056/http://community.netscape.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?webtag=ws-nscpbrowser&nav=messages&tid=9781&tsn= |date=October 15, 2007 }}. Retrieved on September 20, 2007</ref> The new AOL Netscape site was originally previewed in August 2007 before moving the existing site in September 2007.<ref>[http://community.netscape.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=messages&webtag=ws-nscpbrowser&tid=9382 New Netscape Portal – Netscape Community] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015195033/http://community.netscape.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=messages&webtag=ws-nscpbrowser&tid=9382 |date=October 15, 2007 }} Retrieved on August 14, 2007</ref>

Netscape.com now redirects to AOL's website, with no Netscape branding at all.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.netscape.com/|title=Netscape.com|access-date=April 21, 2021|archive-date=January 9, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040109161944/http://ftp9.netscape.com/pub/|url-status=live}}</ref> Meanwhile, Netscape.co.uk now redirects to AOL Search, also with no Netscape branding at all.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.netscape.co.uk/|title=Netscape.co.uk|access-date=March 19, 2021|archive-date=September 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930041505/http://www.netscape.co.uk/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===DMOZ===
{{Main|DMOZ}}
DMOZ (from '''d'''irectory.'''moz'''illa.org, its original [[domain name]], also known as the '''Open Directory Project''' or '''ODP'''), was a multilingual [[open content]] [[Web directory|directory]] of [[World Wide Web]] links owned<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sullivan |first=Danny |date=2017-02-28 |title=RIP DMOZ: The Open Directory Project is closing |url=https://searchengineland.com/rip-dmoz-open-directory-project-closing-270291 |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Search Engine Land |language=en}}</ref> by Netscape that was constructed and maintained by a [[virtual community|community]] of volunteer editors. It closed in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://searchengineland.com/dmoz-has-officially-closed-271530|title = DMOZ has officially closed after nearly 19 years of humans trying to organize the web|date = March 17, 2017|access-date = August 22, 2019|archive-date = February 25, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210225221536/https://searchengineland.com/dmoz-has-officially-closed-271530|url-status = live}}</ref>