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Who Runs DMOZ

Discussion in 'ODP / DMOZ' started by Going Green, Nov 28, 2009.

  1. Christian Little

    Christian Little Peon

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    #21
    In other words you are claiming he link baited but don't have any proof of it. Good job.

    Back up your statements when you say crap like that or keep your pie hole shut. It amazes me how many people will just make accusations and generalize about this kind of stuff and claim there is proof, but when somebody calls them on it they don't have any proof at all.

    Nice job. Another moron added to my ignore list.
     
    Christian Little, Nov 29, 2009 IP
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    Agent000 Prominent Member

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    #22
    Thank you for proving me right! Resorting to name calling is all the proof needed to show that you really are blind.

    The proof he made it up is in all the discussion of it on his site. Go and read it. He was asked numerous time to put up evidence that it was even from an editor - he did not. Even those who believe in DMOZ corruption were doubting him!!

    Are you so blind in your belief in DMOZ corruption that you can not see that?

    I guess you are too scared to go and see that now, as you will have to admit to being wrong ... no wonder you stooped so low to start calling me a moron.....that really sums up what sort of person you are.
     
    Agent000, Nov 29, 2009 IP
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    Qryztufre Prominent Member

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    #23
    IF Showmoney gave the ODP proof, such proof would then be under the confidentiality guidelines. IF the ODP asked Shoe to abide by those guidelines and he did, what then?

    What proof is needed? Who are we to believe? The guy without proof or the ODP unwilling to provide any themselves?

    It's been shown time and time again that there are completed transactions with positive feedback on sites like scriptlance for ODP listings, yet that is not considered evidence that links are sold. If the AOL staff desiced to disregard the guidelines on several levels, then that is not considered against those very guidelines according to the editors.... so, erm, who are we to believe? Some guy editors are claiming used link bait, or a group of volunteers completely unwilling to share anything themselves that also have yet to accept any type of proof given, or that even claim syndicated content is useful to its users while touting that unique content is the mainstay of their directory.

    Who are the ones really filled with lies?
     
    Qryztufre, Nov 30, 2009 IP
  4. trustnobodynever

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    #24
    I`m too bored to search thru the posts of yours in case you didn't asked already one of your '' guardian angles '' from here to edit/delete them ... but I`m prety sure you said that when we discussed before the number of the editors from dmoz , and I said about the number made public on footer of the directory , then you said it's not a real number of active editors is just the number of all editors being there since directory born .... who's enough bored can search your posts ...
     
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  5. Christian Little

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    #25
    Showmoney? lol...nice...I'll be sure to call him that when I bump into him next time :D

    Regarding the bold part - I'm fairly active on rentacoder.com and a few other sites and have to strongly agree. I see people offering inclusion for anywhere from $100 to $500 on those sites.
     
    Christian Little, Nov 30, 2009 IP
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    gworld Prominent Member

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    #26
    The price was down to $40-$50 dollars awhile back but thanks to activity of some "hardworking" senior editors in different web masters forums who were not happy about price drop, it is back to $100 but if some one is ready to pay $500, that is just ridiculous. ;)
     
    gworld, Nov 30, 2009 IP
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    #27
    i was rejected from dmoz , i appled several times , they are really beggars
     
    isocial, Dec 1, 2009 IP
  8. Christian Little

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    #28
    Depends on the category. Gambling links go for almost $1000 in some cases.

    In the markets I operate in (Health, Travel, etc), they seem to average about $100-200 per site.

    A few months ago we posted an online pharmacy in rentacoder.com and asked for bids to get a guaranteed listing on dmoz. We have 6 bids for 4 different categories. The lowest offer was $75, the highest was $600 if memory serves correct. We didn't take any up on it, it was an experiment to see what would happen.
     
    Christian Little, Dec 1, 2009 IP
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    #29
    With those prices, it is no wonder some senior editors of DMOZ have the time to be all the time here and in other web masters forum. ;)
     
    gworld, Dec 1, 2009 IP
  10. Christian Little

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    #30
    The sad part is that gaming companies will pay it. I worked for one of the top gambling companies for two years, we paid out something like $1,200 per listing to a few editors to get the site listed in several categories. I had a contact at at competitor's sportsbook that was paying even more than that.
     
    Christian Little, Dec 1, 2009 IP
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    #31
    While DMOZ seems to me to be at least owned by Google, while it may still be operated by the general voluntary public.
     
    dnoah, Dec 7, 2009 IP
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    #32
    That should get the today prize for the dumbest answer to question. Since when did Google own DMOZ?
     
    Agent000, Dec 7, 2009 IP
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    #33
    OK yes retard of the day award goes to me. I seriously had an image in my head of google and dmoz partenered. Where I construed such an ignorant assumption is unknown. I had to go look. Its "powered" by AOL Search. And is Copyright protected by Netscape.

    But wait, there it is. Just found it. You visit the directory.google.com site and it has direct links to DMOZ. Seems at least like a powerful relationship between the two.

    Sorry I assumed it was "owned" by google. But why would they not buy it? It holds great implications

    http://www.searchenginejournal.com/netscape-dmoz-part-of-google-msn-and-aols-future/2532/

    See article for more. Sorry for my ignorant comment previously.
     
    dnoah, Dec 7, 2009 IP
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    #34
    Google has nothing to do with the ownership or running of DMOZ - it never has. The Google Directory is just one of 3000 or so other sites that use the DMOZ rdf dump to populate their own directories. Google has no more ownership or influence over DMOZ than any of those other 3000 sites, which is nothing.
     
    Agent000, Dec 7, 2009 IP
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    #35
    First of all it is not for sale and secondly why would they want to buy it when they can have the whole of its content for free provided they provide the attribution you see at the bottom of each page?

    That is not just because they are Google, the other title for DMOZ is the 'Open Directory Project' and it is called Open because anyone can use our data, provided they give the correct attribution and they can use it for FREE.
     
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    #36
    Is there any other way to submit in domz apart form becoming an editor in Dmoz
     
    isocial, Dec 7, 2009 IP
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    #37
    Most pages in DMOZ have a button to suggest a site. If you are going to suggest a site then study the categories carefully and find the one your site really fits. Read the guidelines for suggesting sites to see what we are looking for and how to fill in the form. Suggestions can take from a few days to a few years to be reviewed for a possible listing. We don't advise the person suggesting a site or the site owner if we have used the suggestion or not when a review does take place.
     
    Anonymously, Dec 8, 2009 IP
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    #38
    The moderators are separate for each category. But it is one part of google.
     
    intellg, Dec 19, 2009 IP
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    #39
    No it isn't. AOL owns it.

    Did you not read the thread before posting?
     
    jimnoble, Dec 19, 2009 IP
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    #40
    That is the best explanation for why DMOZ is such a fu*ked up organization. It is AOL touch, it happens to any company or organization that they ever touch. ;) :D
     
    gworld, Dec 19, 2009 IP