What does DMOZ stand for?

Hey Solid good to see you again

Strictly speaking as an average user of computers (I was forced to eventually!), I always thought dmoz was really unuser friendly from the start. Too many categories, too many crap websites and not enough decent descriptions about the website they had listed.

I can't understand and never will - what it really offers the average surfer.

 

And it's easy to see that they haven't updated their version of the directory since around Feb 2006.

 

That's not entirely true. I would agree that some sections have not been updated - but I have had accepted sites show up in G directory since then.

 

And you as well.

Well, it's not a search engine, to be sure. So, no, it's not the most user friendly. But I'm not exactly sure that this was ever the intent. The ODP, if I'm not mistaken, was meant to be used more like Google Directory uses it - that is, under license, other developers can use the directory as a database of "quality" sites, and populate their own directories/search engines. There has been substantial controversy with this, as SEO providers got savvy to the G Directory being the gateway to quick G listings. And, being that the ODP uses unpaid volunteers to populate the directory, the result was inevitable...

It's not what I'd call a "quality" directory anymore, but it still has some merit, despite what you might read on DP. You just can't assume that merit to be directly related to using DMOZ as a directly searchable tool.

Rather than shouting "DMOZ is dead" from the rooftops, (the mantra of those with no/no good DMOZ links) perhaps more webmasters should (quietly) be researching and studying the "secret" benefits of the ODP. Although I suspect that anyone who is really knowledgeable about ODP is/does...

 

don't stop there!!!

 

Hay who can kill dmoz

 

You can - in the little room in your head! (what kind of question is that, anyway?)

 

LOL, well I guess somebody had to ask it.

 

Well, its owners (Netscape, AOL) could if they wanted to but that would be a silly thing to do. If they don't want it they could always sell it.

 

I want to kill DMOZ with my directory, but currently i am only getting 80submissions a day on average.

www.nodp.info is the site.

ROb

 

Hey you have grey PR bar for your inner pages.
http://www.nodp.info/Internet_and_Web_Services/
What will you say now buddy... The DMoz killer.... lol
Just kidding you need to work hard... and you will sure get it there some day!

 

Patients is a virtue.

 

So how do you intend to conduct your directory, once it gets bloated like the ODP? What advantages will you offer?

Do you plan on having Google index their directory with yours?

Just curious, DMOZ killer...

 

Well, i have many advantages, the first main one i can think of, is that it will be compatable with all phpLD directorys, which means that porting it will be a lot easier. Once i feel i have enough links, i will create a script to make a database dump every week and will auto-update itself. I will have to use rapidshare or something to host it, due to the bandwidth issues which i will potentually face.

To be honest, i am not going to over-promote at the moment, and i want to keep it low profile until i know have the correct resources to promote more growth.

I have had 120 links in the last 24hrs, which is high enough at the moment.

Resources = Time, Money and Better bandwidth limit.

Rob

 

Build it up by free submissions and sell it off to fund the 'real projects', interesting way of killing DMOZ I suppose. Build something to compete with something else that is not trying to compete with anything in the first place, then sell your creation away as soon as it becomes a financial value.

 

So, in other words, it's only a matter of time before people are calling for the death of your directory, also?

 

Not nessessery, i am a dedicated owner, and i have never left any pending submissions pending since December. (They have either been deleted (around 5) or accepted (12000+).)

 

100 people working full time for a year would not be able to build a human edited directory the size and scope of DMOZ, so not sure how you plan on killing DMOZ with your directory.

 

Yes, that's exactly what I was trying to say to our would-be DMOZ slayer....

 

You do have a good point, but since NODP isn't big yet, i can make changes without users or people who use my directory to complain about.

To be honest, i don't currently want a massive increase in traffic, the current growth is exactly what i expected for this month.

My target is to get 200links/day by the end of the year. I believe that is a fair and easy target to acheive.

ROb