DMOZ gave me da boot!!

good to know
this looks like a similar place to where i was in the DMOZ
http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/Issues/Privacy/Spyware_and_Adware/
but no pr and not in the google cache
the cat before it is a PR 8
http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/Issues/Privacy/

wouldnt think this would be that NEW of a catagory

 

It could be new, Yahoo! has started adding a few more lately. I would look at it long term and say it should benefit you. You can always try to submit to a higher category, they may consider your site worthy of being there, never know. Either way, they will email you if not and you can still get into the one you have pointed out regardless. After all, they do care what webmasters think and say, they want our business.

 

It can be that it has got nothing to do with your site and an editor just thinks that your site is a competition for his/her site.

Search for your competition sites in DMOZ editors profiles, if you find an editor that has a competition site in his/her profile, that's most likely the reason.

 

gworld that could be true
now i work in a call center so i know most business have managers, charge hands.

So does the DMOZ have senior editors or manages i can escalate my concerns to about my site and its removal from the DMOZ ?

 

Minstrel,

should we have fun and recommend that he should contact hutcheson?

No, I am not that cruel.

Bloodwrath, the situation with DMOZ is different since most of the editors that have any power, are taking part in the same practices and benefit in one way or another from the situation.

If you check different forums, you will see the same names (editors) that are always defending DMOZ all over the internet and they are not doing it for their health. the "volunteer" work can be very profitable for the editors.

The only way to deal with the situation is to generate enough publicity about DMOZ that makes it uncomfortable for Google to keep it and when Google drops it then the problem will be solved.

 

let me repost my thoughts from the other forum thread (im sorry if i criticized editor JIMNOBLE, its all light hearted boys, dont be upset!):
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haha...some of ya guys need to chillax its ok to laugh sometimes i wasn't being THAT serious. i think minstrel saw the real point: dmoz takes WAY TOO LONG at...rejecting websites that apply. and its all for show. read those damn forums, the webmasters are sitting there with their balls chopped off sucking up to the editors for some sign of life and progress on their site submission, and all the editors just play them on like ugly girls at a high school dance. its the saddest thing ive ever read. and if you happen to get at all critical or ask too many questions, they ban you from the forum, and delete your website, but only after making you wait at least 6 months to hear about it. you call that professional??? YOU GOTTA BE JOKING.

a human edited directory. yes its a wonderful idea. but how can anyone, even nice editors who are in their own bubble of kindness, defend the total BS that dmoz has become? google must have some secret nasty reason for keeping this partnership up, because at least half of the descriptions they write are HORRIBLE and there is no real reason i can see for continuing to use a 3rd party directory after years of google being around except...laziness, and an easy way to say "hey, we aren't biased in our search results, we support the non-profit directory...so BAH"...

i would be fine with dmoz in any case if their work didnt OVERRIDE my own meta tags and website design work!!! understand?? its terribly frustrating. i hope editors can one day understand what some of us here are trying to relay....since they won't read my emails or any of my contact attempts.

 

Did you make that up or did you get it some where?

I want to give proper attribution when I quote you. That is a GREAT line.



Sorry for going off topic but I suspect this thread has run its course anyway.

 

ViciousSummer thanks for the great links
ive allready started add my site to them

 

Sure - you'll get only unique content from me.