Just made a post about the apparent, current state of corrupt DMOZ editors. Made a nice little pic to Link to post: here
how is yahoo going to continue to exist with the cracking down on paid links by google for PR purposes? If Yahoo can't give out PR, who will want to be in the directory?
I don't the threat you referenced was much of a threat. Shoemoney could easily publicize the removal if it happened and I think something that high profile would get corrected. An army of people could hit the DMOZ public forum and ask for the injustice to be righted. I think there are some corrupt editors, there are some arrogant critic bashers that spend more time in forums than they do editing, and then there are people who do edit but they might stick around that long because of the other two groups. I also don't think there is a lot of money that people would throw at a DMOZ listing when you can get plenty of other links from authority sites pretty easily.
I think Google will crack down on paid unrelated links. Paid directory sites have some trust since they are paid to edit, not to list. It will be the paid unrelated links that lose. A lingerie link on a technology blog probably will be discounted while a link about technology A to a technology A support site would be OK.
DMOZ have been corrupt for years, but there is always some stupid editor that will post here and tell us that DMOZ is not corrupt at all. I would like to see the editor that defends the removal of Shoemoney. Now is your time to speak up and tell us again that DMOZ is not corrupt.
Was shoemoney.com actually listed in DMOZ? If so, what category? I looked a while back and he wasn't there. Then again, technically shoemoney.com is listed in DMOZ.
I dont know about you guys but have never given DMOZ any credit.. Ive never gotten a site in there over the years and have never met anyone that has... Best of luck to those that have! Oh Well!
it will...keep in mind that paid links on Yahoo only get you an immediate listing if approved. dir.Yahoo lists sites for free, although it's rare.
Such a true article. Having volunteers with such jurisdiction is wide open to corruption. It's human nature to attempt to corrupt a service, which is there for the good of the people, when it can be exploited for something as cheap as money.