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Originally Posted by SPC2
Again, not in my opinion. Google is the main user of DMOZ data, and they pushed it off the front page a long time ago. Their directory is just an also-ran now.
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Because it's off the Google front page means absolutely nothing. I don't think anyone would expect Google to keep their front page the same for eternity. Plus, Google doesn't feature a lot of things on their front page, does that mean Google's downplayed them? How about G-mail? Has it been downplayed since it's not on their front page? I remember when Froogle used to be on their frontpage, but it's not anymore. Does it mean Froogle has any less relevance to Google now? I think some people look a little too much into that (non)issue.
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Originally Posted by SPC2
This is just my guess, but I'd say that the only reason they still use the data is for the Descriptions, which they use as snippets when they best suit the searchterm. The same applies to Yahoo!.
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I'm sure you've heard the news by now that Google now supports the noodp tag? But, they still use Dmoz data. I think they do so because they recognize the quality of human-edited work versus something a website owner can easily manipulate. I've rarely heard of Yahoo using Dmoz snippets.