I wouldn't take that for gospel, if I were you. You would be surprised what tools we have inside DMOZ to look for spammers and affiliates.
LOL LOL, Knowing all the flaws with the dmoz software system I would be surprised too. And much more surprised if they actually work. They probably backfire and mostly end up pointing to editors as spammers. But getting down to technicality, http the internet protocol has it's limitations. There is only limited information which a server is can collect from a client. Somebody that knows what he's doing will probably make u eat those tools and flush them down the toilet can.
Instead of all that stuff they should focus more on improving their review time. This way we don't need tricks and backdoors to get listed!
Interesting how people sooo often want to tell others how to spend their free voluntary time. I think you would do better to make your site acceptable, might get listed then.
Then why did you volunteer in the first place? To play with the "tools to look for spammers and affiliates"? Or just to brag about the fact that you're a dmoz editor?
Actually I pretty much prohibited dmoz to list my sites. I don't want my sites in there. I've done just fine and will continue to do so without them. tried what, well, I submitted a few sites which I don't want listed. I originally did 6 but then moved the number up. There is no way on earth they will know where those submissions came from GUARANTEED. Anybody wanna take a crack delete your browser cookies find a proxy ip, not a proxy site, and set it in your browser. make sure your proxy is anonymous, check it on www.linkspub.com or www.whatismyip.com submit a site, 2 at most. if you want to submit more, your gonna have to start over with 'delete your browser cookes'
I think if you know the "right people" in here you can get listed on dmoz rapid, unfortunately I dont know the "right people", maybe the "right people" know me but could'nt care less whether my sites were added into Dmoz or not, in my mind they are bit like the mafia of the directory world.
Strange, when you have no idea if your sites will be listed or why they have not been listed that the editors must be corrupt. Perhaps your site is not listed because its content is as sneering and smearing as you are about DMOZ editors. Perhaps if you worked harder on it, instead of sneering here, and produced a listable site it might get there.
Wow, this is about bright as your "submit your competitor's site idea". Many sites like Wikipedia ban submissions from open proxies. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:OP. Why do expect that the ODP would be any different? Rather than muck around around with those proxies why don't you just write the URLs on a bit of paper and flush it down the toilet. You will find it just as effective, and much simpler.
Like I said, I have no interest to get my sites listed in dmoz, Actually I'm telling you, DOn't list my sites there. Honest to god we are doing just fine and will continue to do so. Like I have repeated many times, there are sooooooo many more volunteer work that one can do besides edit at dmoz. But if your in for that extra editor income, I guess than that's pretty much justifiable. Actually this is the competitors site idea, you just submit your competitors sites on proxies. And if you know what you are doing, there are hundreds of them which will never be declared as open.
You are not, have not been, and do not want to be an editor. You are not, have not been, and do not want to be listed in DMOZ. You keep posting against the project, it's editors, and those in support (and in many cases are against) DMOZ. To me, this is the definition of TROLL. Why don't you find another forum that you'll actually get involved in...or are you just posting threads & posts in this one in hopes your controversy will up your rev sharing?
Define it as you want. I never started to get personal and made personal attacks on anyone in public. Actually i've never opted in the revenue sharing on this forum, and will continue to be a dp member because I enjoy this community very much. Maybe webmasters can realize that there are much better directories to submit their site to then dmoz. Yahoo by far surpasses dmoz in every aspect and that is where my sites are going to. Maybe potential and existing editors can understand that there are better things to do with their time then to edit for a project which will come to an end abruptly in the near future like its parent organization AOL. Whatever I have posted and will continue to do so is factual and the truth.
Is this a speculation? We write these applications like dmoz ..... which you guys edit remember. When I speak, I know what I'm talking about.
No, you only think you do. You are taking the word of ONE editor over the word of several others. If that is how you base your "facts" then it's no wonder you are so adamant about your stance. If the editor is online the first time you submit it and they like the site, the site will get listed. Most categories also have a small list so it's placement in the review list is rather irrelevant. If there is only 5 sites the second time you submit there will still only be 5 sites. It's not like you are pushing it to page two or three or even ten. If the editor does make it to the bottom of even a long list and likes the site, it'll likely get listed regardless of how many weeks you've resubmitted it. So you can say that everything you do is divine all you want, the only thing you'll find is the creation of more and more atheists.
You can say all you want, and describe to me whatever you want. I stated a fact and it was backed up by your shadow575 on resource zone. I'm going by the backend software. You probably won't understand it. The design patterns used when modeling it and how it is exploited. Trust me, I do know what I'm talking about. People at the resource zone know it too. You might not know it, but your probably just an editor, while I'm a software developer.
Jeez !! thanks for the tip buddy, sure no harm in giving it a try - but I do not know which way dmoz is heading. My 2 sites clickgoa.com and dezine-solutions.com have both been listed in the wrong category. I've tried writing to staff@dmoz but my mail I guess just goes into the 'black hole'.
don't you think it's going to be fishy when they suddenly see 200+ people trying this out, because it was posted on Digital Point