DMOZ is NOt Open, it is BIASED

Perhaps not. There are suggestions currently on several forums that Google has taken steps to devalue the clones and other "link farm type" directories...

If true, DMOZ is just one backlink again, as it always should have been.

 

I didn't have time to read the 100 threads on this topic, but I agree wholeheartedly with the OP. I think DMOZ was a noble idea when it started, but has tainted the spirit of the movement with neglect and myopia.

 

Wuss!

It's only 103 posts and 11 pages... some of the threads here go to like 30+ pages...

 

Its just never going to be possible to get a balanced directory when so many ' subjective opinions' are involved.

 

I'm about historically, though. That used to be why everyone wanted in DMOZ. If it gets back down to 1 link again (which it should, I agree), then the furor of getting into DMOZ will be lessened significantly.

 

Yes. And then virtually all interest in DMOZ will vanish.

 

DMOZ is like a big turtle

 

ROFL -- More bad rep for this thread -- No signature, but this sweet note:

Some people have NO life. Get over yourselves.


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I agree with both of them. In a chaos situation like that where everyone argues and blames this and that with no end result, i think its upto Dmoz administration now to set things straight. Nothing "open to public" can be controlled without proper check by a proper commanding authority, which in this case is the Administration at Dmoz.

 

Interesting that people feel there is neglect at the ODP. What I see on the inside is a large community of editors who are still reviewing several thousand sites a day, working at improving the tools available, trying to find those corrupt editors that everyone is talking about on the forums. (It's amazing how everyone forgets about those when they suddenly stop posting, isn't it?)

The spirit of the movement was to provide a human-edited directory whose contents were free to use. I feel that thet ODP lives up to that spirit very, very well in spite of the fact that most of the original founders have moved on to other things (and made some cash out of it) and the growth of the internet.

Posts leaked from internal fora show that there is a large group of editors who are very much trying to keep their fingers on the pulse of what needs to be done to keep the ODP "on track" with the initial vision. If the ODP has changed over the years, it is for this reason, not because it is neglected.

The fact that SEOs and webmasters like to quote "time-to-review" as a signal that the ODP is in decline is, in my opinion, misguided. Instead, look at how the ODP grows in terms of number of sites listed.

 

You should know DP better than that by now. It's not a matter of whether there is anything else to say but whether there is a member who hasn't yet said, "I agree", "I disagree", or "You're a jerk"...

 

Sarah,

No clue where that icon came from (or its name). The way I got my nickname actually has nothing to do with the video game (which most assume) but a lot to do with Billy Idol

 

The video game is an old one - Castlevania - was released in the late 80s for Commodores, NES and Amiga computers. I doubt very much that you are too old to remember that!

Castlevania Series on the ODP

 

I agree.

 

You're a jerk

 

If you want to go where everybody is an ODP supporter, then look here:
http://www.ihelpyouservices.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19792
They pretty well gave me a good roll in the mud.

 

I disagree