DMOZ ? who is Dmoz ?

Discussion in 'ODP / DMOZ' started by newzone, Nov 13, 2007.

  1. #1
    Dmoz don't list my website because nobody cares ! i write them... soon will be 3 months and 4 submissions but nothing ... just don't want , why because is a belgian domain ? I'm very sad on DMOZ or maybe DMOZ is dead...or is a corupt directory ! what Dmoz want ? money to list a website ? there are so many junk websites but my "junk" website can have a place no ? obviously no...Dmoz is dead for me forever !
     
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  2. Qryztufre

    Qryztufre Prominent Member

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    I'd suggest that you just forget about it now. Submitting once is good enough in most cases, submitting twice is OK to ensure that it went through, submitting more then that is just a waste of time.

    The wait times can be years so just sit back with the satisfaction that you've fulfilled your end of the deal.
    Q
     
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  3. crowbar

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    What you're really doing is submitting a site suggestion, and you are instructed to suggest it only once, not 4 times or more, :). I don't edit in that area, but there may not be a lot of editors over there, or there may be many site suggestions to review.

    If you offer an editor money, you will be banned from the Directory.

    A Belgian site is just as important to the Directory as any other site suggestion, and maybe a little more important (depending on how many site suggestions we get over there), why don't you apply to be an editor there and help us out? :)
     
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  4. newzone

    newzone Well-Known Member

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    I think the same guys that are editors for Wikipedia write for DMOZ, Why ? my website was banned and put my site on black list on Wikipedia , i asked why and this was the answer "people use url redirection websites to spam" ... good news ,I had 3 users when they banned my site on Wikipedia where is the coruption ? CO.NR has a entire page dedicated on Wikipedia and more than 500.000 free domains created with possible spam websites but my website was banned first and CO.NR even today . My website offer the same service like CO.NR but was banned ...what to say more ...no comment
     
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  5. newzone

    newzone Well-Known Member

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    Another problem are the freebies directories , i don't know why this freebies directories don't want list my site or another f2b.be ( i have no relation with this url redirection website ) .
    The only freebies directories who list my website is a french and second an italian one , no U.S. freebies directory but the website is in english , i just don't have luck maybe or is injustice everywhere
     
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  6. crowbar

    crowbar Peon

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    All editors are volunteers using their free time to edit as a hobby, so many editors also edit at Wiki or perhaps in other Directories. What we do with our free time is a decision each individual editor makes on their own. I also edit at ChefMoz, :), because it's interesting.

    Despite that, the ODP has nothing to do with Wiki or ChefMoz, all three are seperate entities, so I couldn't comment on your Wiki situation. I don't edit at Wiki myself, and what gets done there has nothing to do with what gets done in the ODP.

    Here are the type of sites we don't list in the ODP:
    http://www.dmoz.org/guidelines/include.html#notinclude

    We wouldn't list a redirect, either, we might list the site that is redirected to, if it qualifies, but not the redirecting site itself. Nor would we list a site that is mostly a link farm, because there wouldn't be any unique content on it.

    Another more experienced editor will correct me if I say something that is incorrect, or if something needs to be added. I don't know everything.
     
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  7. newzone

    newzone Well-Known Member

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    sweetfunny Banned

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    I got one site waiting 6 years and another that cant even get in to my locality that only has about 6 other sites with broken images on like free Angelfire pages from 2000.

    Just forget about it op you wont get in, keep making your site better, it will be DMOZs loss they are not listing your resource for the users.
     
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  9. newzone

    newzone Well-Known Member

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    There are few URL redirection websites without any ads on users pages or maybe are but i don't know ... but no .be url redirection service is listed ex. iil.be ; f2b.be ; mpo.be this is strange , services without ads that anybody serch are not listed and services with ads or worst with viruses or porn redirected sites are listed
     
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  10. crowbar

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    I'm totally ignorant about vast areas of the Directory, and that's one of them, so a more experienced editor, like meta jimnoble will have to answer your questions about that category. I'm unfamiliar with it.

    The Regional area of the Directory is huge, sweetfunny, it covers the whole world, so editors are stretched pretty thin there, which is why we encourage new editors to apply, we want and need the help, :).
     
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  11. newzone

    newzone Well-Known Member

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    Look at this ? how usefull is this service for people ? Dmoz think at people no ? list the best ...
    http://ppcredirect.com/latest.php
    How to call this an URL redirection Service ? look at the redirected domains are all made to get clicks and make money for the owner !
    Dmoz don't think at people !
    This website is parked ... where is the URL redirection Service ? why don't replace this with a service that work
    http://www.bydl.com/

    This one is down http://www.clickcloak.com/
    This don't work http://www.midgeturl.com/
    This Tiny2GO.COM redirect to an affiliate AdultFriendFinder here :http://redir.sx.am/

    Now is enough space for the .be websites writed in english ...We need JUSTICE ! is about DMOZ pride what sites are listed...junk or websites that offer good services for people !
     
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  12. crowbar

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    No, we don't list just the best, that would be subjective thinking which we don't do. We list sites that have unique content for the category it's in. Unique content isn't subjective, it's right there in black and white and easily spotted by editors who are familiar the category, which in this instance, I'm not. :) So, I couldn't make an informed comment about what that category contains.


    Very interesting category that I've never seen before, but the Category Description reads:

    "Web site redirection services offer URLs that forward the user to another address. They allow site owners to publish alternative names for their sites that forward to the URLs where their content is hosted."

    http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Inter...d_Components_and_Services/Redirects/desc.html

    And in a higher category, the description reads:

    "Hosted components for web sites and hosted services for web site owners. These don't require software to be downloaded or installed on a web server. Some of these are intended only for the site owners, though most are intended for visitors to the site. In the case of the latter, the site owner usually just needs to link to the site or copy and paste some script or markup.

    Services listed here can be pay, ad-supported, or free."

    http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Inter...ment/Hosted_Components_and_Services/desc.html

    So, it looks like a specialized category for certain types of sites, and your site (which I haven't looked at), may very well be qualified for a listing, and it may or may not be waiting, for a volunteer editor who is interested in working in that area to review it. All you can do is be patient and wait for that to happen. :)

    No site has a "right" or a "promise" to be listed, the public is given the opportunity to "suggest sites" to the Directory for consideration, and editors can only edit where they have permission to edit, and normally edit in areas they have some knowledge about, so there may only be a few editors who are interested in working there.
     
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  13. Mia

    Mia R.I.P. STEVE JOBS

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    To be honest, I don't think DMOZ is really in operation anymore? I've not seen much of anything updated in years... Many dead links, irrelevant or changed sites, and a complete and utter lack of communication by the few editors that are left.
     
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  14. newzone

    newzone Well-Known Member

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    dead links ... i edited my post look :

    "This website is parked ... where is the URL redirection Service ? why don't replace this with a service that work
    http://www.bydl.com/

    This one is down http://www.clickcloak.com/
    This don't work http://www.midgeturl.com/
    This Tiny2GO.COM redirect to an affiliate AdultFriendFinder here :http://redir.sx.am/

    Now is enough space for the .be websites writed in english ...We need JUSTICE ! is about DMOZ pride what sites are listed...junk or websites that offer good services for people !"
     
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  15. crowbar

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    That depends on where you look. Some areas of the Directory are very busy, and some areas get little attention because no editor has an interest in editing there.

    Why not join us and see for yourself? I gaurantee you that no one will complain if you devote 60 hours a week of your own free time to correcting all the wrong things you complain about, ;).

    Editors are not required to communicate with you at all, just the opposite, we're encouraged not to because of past abuses volunteers have been subjected to. :)
     
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    DMOZ is gone we have google now
     
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  17. newzone

    newzone Well-Known Member

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    I don't have enough time for the moment , i work to my new websites with adsense, must be ready in short time and it's important to release them ...
     
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  18. crowbar

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    So too, do volunteer editors. Most of us have real jobs, and a limited amount of free time, :).

    Ever notice the similarity between the Google Directory and the ODP Directory? Google is a mirror of the ODP, try to submit to the Google Directory, :D.
     
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  19. Mia

    Mia R.I.P. STEVE JOBS

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    I did... I got booted... I was actually doing some work... :eek:

    The lack of communication is the problem...
     
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  20. crowbar

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    Well, I make no judgements about you, or why you were booted, that's a private matter, but, I am here communicating with you, :).
     
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