Popularity certainly plays a large role in the success or failure of a directory. Branding a website and achieving any degree of popularity is what separates the professionals from the amateurs. DMOZ has by far achieved more than any other website in popularity and of course the quality and size of their database but my personal opinion of them has lessened somewhat over the past few years.
I wouldn’t want to get into the corruption debates; I have no evidence that would confirm any actions of that nature. I guess what I mean is when I go into the directory I feel like I’m going through an old house that badly needs a fresh coat of paint.
I also have no evidences for this, but my friends dealt with this. You mean that DMOZ content looses its urgency with time? I think DMOZ admins periodically review their submissions.
Nothing like that, it’s a bit difficult to explain. I was one of the very early editors developing and building the topic structure with great expectations for the directory that never saw the light of day. It was and still is a great disappointment to me.
Of course - it should be! But what do I mean by popularity? I don't want to wait years & years to get my site reviewed. What I want is - a popular directory with sizeable traffic/serps/contents & trust from SEs. Not the one where I don't even know if my site would be reviewed.
I think You should take it easier. DMOZ isn't the only great directory - there are many other useful directories with interesting links, especially among niche directories, for example scirus.com
Web World Directory (webworldindex.com) is a free great directory that springs from 2001. There are 2 types of listings here - Free and Premium (premium listing fee is $25). Web World Directory contains a vast base of articles, blogs and allows submitting articles dedicated to webmasters.
Web World Index is a fine site. Whether it is top ten or not would depend on who your asking just like any other directory. Personally I would not currently rank DMOZ in the top ten, but it sounds like most here would.
www.vadlo.com, my favorite. Directory or search engine, whatever you call it! Great cartoons too as a bonus.
The best web directories for me in the month of July and so far in August have been as follows: 1. Yell.com (a fully fledged paid listing, £2000+) 2. CantUFind.com (Paid, regular listing) 3. Freeindex.co.uk (Free, as the name suggests) 4. A local business directory listing. 5. SheriffRatings.com (Free listing) So, for me - those are the best directories in terms of what they give you - traffic! Now you just need to weigh in the extra factors - like the cost (£2k+ on Yell has given mid XXX of traffic in an entire month).
Google and DMOZ directories are the same thing. In fact it is one directory, because they use the same base of sites.
It's not like this. Google and DMOZ are two different directories. Despite of they have the same base of sites, they use different selections of links and improvement methods. And of course, domains are also different.
Hi 1. Yahoo 2. 3. 4. 5. Dmoz 6. elib.org it's hard to say, because i take for all themes other directories Chrigu
1. Ezilon.com 2. v7n 3. JoeAnt 4. elib.org 5. Skaffe 6. Splut.com (The above are not my personal recommendations) The directories I listed are what seem to be regularly chosen by webmasters, and from that it could be concluded that they are popular only, and any traffic they provide is certainly webmaster based. The purpose behind each directory is not necessarily for the good of the web, and should be taken as such until tested by buying paid advertising, as that's the only way to confirm results. What is clear, is that dir selection is based on 'talk about directory quality' eg: aesthetics (web design), and the quality of something should not be judged by aesthetics alone, which I believe is happening in the directory industry these days. Web design can cloud judgement, and encourage impulse buying, which isn't a good thing, when you should be buying for results/traffic.