Has DMOZ just deleted 1 million sites and 10 000 editors?

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  1. #1
    On 6 Dec on the DMOZ home page it said:
    Today (1 Feb), it says:

     
    Agent000, Jan 31, 2014 IP
  2. photofox

    photofox Active Member

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    No.
     
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  3. wisdomtool

    wisdomtool Moderator Staff

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    Who knows, that may occur over an extended period and they just updated their site statistics. Anyway, really do not find much usage in DMOZ now.
     
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  4. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #4
    DMOZ is still around? Who even pays for the hosting?

    Has anyone in the last 5 years used it to find a website rather than use Google?
     
    digitalpoint, Jan 31, 2014 IP
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  5. photofox

    photofox Active Member

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    Yes, see http://www.dmoz.org/. AOL. Yes.
     
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    xXxpert Well-Known Member

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    #6
    LOL, i never visited any directory to find any site :p
     
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    whitetrader Greenhorn

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    #7
    Google is still favorite site/search engine to finding information then use directory LOL
     
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    averyz Well-Known Member

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    Maybe they got around to cleaning out those geocities links ?

    Kind of funny just the other week someone was trying to tell me "is still easily the fastest growing directory on the web"
     
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  9. Agent000

    Agent000 Prominent Member

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    Based on the same source I quoted above re the loss of a million, they were added >20 000 sites a month previously.
     
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    asghar.paracha Well-Known Member

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    I think no body cares anymore about DMOZ, a sister site of Google, which wont be penalized by any algo :p
     
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    kozyavka Active Member

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    well, nobody really cares, though both of my sites (not the current one) were listed there..
     
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    sundaybrew Numerati

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    #12

    its owned by AOL now no?
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #13
    AOL is still around?
     
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    seofriend Well-Known Member

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    yes ,feeling jealous ?
     
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    averyz Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, I saw a AOL cd-rom installation disk at the thrift store just the other day.
     
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    Paw Pet Directory Greenhorn

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    They wouldn't happen to have 1.0 would they? :p LOL
     
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    dscurlock Prominent Member

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    #17
    and that is what happens when you fail to keep up with technology....
    The moment DSL hit the market way back then, I dumped AOL on
    the spot, as I was not going to continue to pay $24.95/mo for pretty graphics.

     
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    Lex350 Notable Member

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    #18
    Seriously what a joke. They should just delete the whole thing.
     
    Lex350, Feb 8, 2014 IP
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    I agree. I have done a lot of research and only come across a listing in Google with DMOZ in it ONCE. I am online almost all day doing work and never had to use them for anything. There is nothing useful that I would need, and they have a TON of sites on there.
     
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    If you want to show up in AOL search results, DMOZ is the only way to go. That's only about 3 million subscribers. Main purpose is doesn't DMOZ still boost your page rank?
     
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