How do you get in DMOZ?

Well, I've not seen any proof... and according to most of the booted editors I've talked too, they have yet to see any proof either. So, erm, yeah... if the innocent shoe fits, why not wear it?

Its odd that SOOOOO many ex-editors claim to be innocent isn't it? It's also strange the the ODP has no desire to show any proof of such claims. According to the guidelines, it only takes a handfull of Metas to not like an editor, and the ONLY proof needed is their vote on the matter.

While I was an editor, I got the chance to review the history of a few editors, and nothing certainly seemed wrong. All the sites I checked certainly fit within the guidelines.... so if doing their job is somehow 'wrong' then I guess it was only a matter of time before I got booted as well... Imean, look at all the times you've pointed out that I did something wrong. *boggle*

Which reminds me again, why and how is it OK that editors can talk about MY edit history, when I quit in good standing, yet no one can talk about the edits of editors that supposedly broke the guidelines? Certainly seems like a double standard used to hide what's really going on...

 

I was booted for working as a slave. LOL

Guilty as charged without a day in court for threatening Motsa's cat.
Joining the rebellion against porn and corruption.
and they don't like the gangsta island boy.

LOL

 

It's an established fact that I did nothing wrong, I learned that a while back from sympathetic sources within the ODP itself (metas do talk), concerning a single listing that I didn't even care about placed in an incorrect category, out of, if I recall correctly, 13,000 correct listings that I made. However, for some reason, that particular category tended to be spammed, and had some peculiar rules that I hadn't read, because we were doing a blitzkrieg of site reviews, and this single error was interpreted as something sinister. I didn't take the time to familiarize myself with that category, assuming it was like all the others.

In absolute terms, though, it was for my own good - I wish they would have done it earlier, like, after 3 listings. At the time I believed that I was doing something useful. I might have continued for many more months in an OCD-like fashion if they hadn't stopped me. That would have been time of my life that I could never get back.

What a waste of time that was.

 

Like I said, everyone in jail is not guilty.

 

Yeah, that's certainly what ya said!

 

Dmoz editor are very slow its take long time to get in

 

We are all volunteers working in our spare time. If you think that you can pass the entrance exam to join us, there is a button on almost every page. Then you too can be called slow at doing your hobby, infact being slow is quite a polite title to what some folk call us.

 

And to top it off DMOZ lists more new sites in a few hours than are listed in total in the directory that they are promoting! Who does that make slow?

 

Its quality not quantity... and if the ODP wants people to believe that they are for quality and not quantity, then they would NIX all those Topix listings that break more rules then ANY site should.

 

You have to laugh at the futility of all those TOPIX deeplinks, it's not like it's helping TOPIX float in the SERPs... at all... quite the contrary.

They could list TOPIX seventeen layers deep, and TOPIX would still sink in the SERPs like a rock as it does now.

 

Just follow there rules and patience ..

 

Well, I don't think Adsense would keep a site from getting listed, but I'm sure they don't favor Adsense "whore" sites.... those sites slathered with so much advertising that it makes finding any useful content hard to find even if it does exist.

 

I submitted our business's website to DMOZ over 12 months ago and got nothing whatsoever. I recently tried adding it again about a month ago in case I did something wrong, but still no joy...

 

then you have done all you can do. Move on to better and more effective means of promotion now, and you'll find yourself at the top of the SERP in no time!

 

It can take from a few days to a few years to get a review for a possible listing. Re-submitting has no benefits and can be a disadvantage.

 

wastage of time on dmoz

 

You don't. Directories are dead.

 

If they are dead, how come so many sites keep getting added to DMOZ and almost all the other directories?

 

It's not that many sites being added to directories, it's an infinitesimal drop in the sea of new sites being CREATED every day.

And yes, directories are dead, they result in scant traffic and most are deep in the bowels of the SERPs, never to be seen by anyone but "editors."

Compare to Google news, sortable by "freshness," Google books, Google maps & directions, Google image search (that can now search by size, format, color, and what not)... directories are dusty remnants of the internet's Stone Age.