You must admit the timing is nice though...as all the other directories drop in SERP the google.dir get an update. There goes the competition!
I am talking about Google Directory http://directory.google.com/ which uses DMOZ database. There will be a PR update in the near future.
I have notices some changes in some categories but i don't think it's final yet while some categories is not yet updated.
I am in the search results but not listed on the category page, so there hasn't been a recent google dir update.
It's about time. I think it took longer for Google to update the directory than it did to get in DMOZ
I think DMOZ should now be dropped. it is old, out-dated, very very large and in desperate need of some major updating in my opinion,. i think people shoud forget about DMOZ, i dont think it makes much of a difference if your in dmoz or not. im on page 2 of google for a competitive keyword, and im not in the DMOZ directory
Firstly, congratulations on 400 posts. Secondly, as a counter to your example, I have a 3 page (excluding guestbook) website which has been number 1 in Google,MSN and Yahoo for the last 7 years for a few keywords. The website that is number 2 is an active website with a few thousand pages. Only difference besides that, is that my website is in DMOZ and he's is not. Based on the above, one can make a conclusion that it does help in SERPs. That is probably the reason why so many webmasters gripe about the delays in their website submission into DMOZ/ODP as they know getting their website in will help them in SERPs.