Creating a directory

I need a free database...

[Pikin_It_Up]

I am creating a directory site and was wondering if there are any alternative data sources to the ODP?

The problem with the ODP is that it is just too big. I need something that is a little easier to work with.

I wan't something that can be manipulated using coldfusion.

Any suggestions would be appreciated...

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[Pikin_It_Up]

Does No one have any ideas?

[SlowMove]

I don't know, but I have seen spiders in my logs gathering data to be used in directories. I haven't really looked into the details, but there's a lot of information out there on building your own spiders and page scrapers using Perl. Lynx is also useful.

I tried the ODP data, but Google wouldn't index my pages because of the duplicate content issue.

[Pikin_It_Up]

could you PM any links you have. That would be really handy. I've looked for tutorials on how to design spider but I haven't had any luck.

Cheers

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[SlowMove]

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[Pikin_It_Up]

Cheers Slow