Is DMOZ really THAT great?

Discussion in 'ODP / DMOZ' started by Arcos, Oct 13, 2006.

  1. helleborine

    helleborine Well-Known Member

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    #21
    Ivan. Pets have fragile necks. Don't squeeze them so hard, you maniac.

    The pet site doesn't work for me either, but it's because I don't surf and Flash. Must be a Flash site. I have no patience for Flash sites.
     
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    popotalk Notable Member

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    #22
    SEO "Senior Editors" can do it for an amount. Simple. Just like that....
     
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  3. Roman

    Roman Buffalo Tamerâ„¢

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    #23
    IMHO opinion this is the best answer, I was going to post it but was beat to it.
     
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  4. Ivan Bajlo

    Ivan Bajlo Peon

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    #24
    But he kept biting me trying to chase me out of my apartment! It took several fights to get that parrot to sign truce and accept that he has to share the place with me. :D
     
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  5. Angeleyes

    Angeleyes Peon

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    #25
    my site? It's not a flash site... there is one flash banner on the whole site... thats all. I didn't see anyone say it doesn't work for them either :confused:
     
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    #26
    I don't understand why anyone considers DMOZ relevant at all anymore. It's a joke, really.
     
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    popotalk Notable Member

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    #27
    She's confused at the moment and needs a walk in her garden. :D
     
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    helleborine Well-Known Member

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    #28
    My Canadian garden is getting to be on the cold side... Still worth a walk in the autumn leaves.

    The biggest factor that renders DMOZ irrelevent is its inability to keep up with the growth of the web, and with all the tricks webmasters are using to stuff the internet with copied or "un-original" content.
     
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  9. brizzie

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    #29
    The it needs to focus itself on productive areas of high quality sites and dump the dross that entwines editors and stops them working effectively. Smart submission would do that, dumping whole categories of spam magnets would do that. It has been said that if there are editors willing to list sites in spam magnet cats then let them. Fine at that time, but someone else has to pick up and maintain it later. Someone else has to keep an eagle eye on those editors who are too keen to jump in there. Seriously, with editor numbers set to fall beneath 7000 by the end of the year, something has to be done that a lot of people including editors will not like. But I am not entirely convinced that the current inaction is not by design on the part of the owners - let it slowly die.
     
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  10. helleborine

    helleborine Well-Known Member

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    #30
    You do get that feeling.
     
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  11. Ivan Bajlo

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    #31
    After death of Zeal, such action wouldn't come as much of a surprise.
     
    Ivan Bajlo, Oct 17, 2006 IP
  12. helleborine

    helleborine Well-Known Member

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    #32
    Betting time!

    Demise projected for the first week of July 2009. I am an incorrigible optimist.

    You have to be in my line of work, HAHAHA.:rolleyes:
     
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  13. Angeleyes

    Angeleyes Peon

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    #33
    I am confused... lol... and I'm even more confused by the walk in the garden comment.
     
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    stock_post Prominent Member

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    #34
    How grate could it be, if they don't approve the link in years.

    I am very unhappy with them and stopped submitting to them long back.

    Thanks
     
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    Derekk88 Active Member

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    #35
    Been submitting to DMOZ for years... never got one in. Don't know if it helps, but it hasn't really hurt anything either.... my 2 cents.
     
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    darkangel Banned

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    #36
    Anyone willing to wait for a lifetime, just to be listed?
     
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  17. Ivan Bajlo

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    #37
    Get listed at DMOZ and die. :D
     
    Ivan Bajlo, Oct 18, 2006 IP
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    minstrel Illustrious Member

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    #38
    Not necessarily in that order, of course...
     
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    #39
    back in the days when i didnt know anything about seo or link exhchanges etc, i submitted a site to dmoz on advice from a friend. That was the only effort i put in on actually marketing that site.

    About one and half years later, after learning about PR and importance of backlinks etc, i checked the site and found that it was sitting pretty with about 3,000+ backlinks and PR6 on its homepage! I am quite sure that out of those 3,000 atleast two-thirds must have been from directories using dmoz's content. :)
     
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  20. minstrel

    minstrel Illustrious Member

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    #40
    That was then. This is now.

    There's no doubt that at one time a huge part of the attraction to DMOZ listings was the links from the hundreds of DMOZ clones out there. Google has come a long way in discounting duplicate content since then. Don't delude yourself into thinking you'd get that kind of value from a DMOZ listing today.
     
    minstrel, Oct 18, 2006 IP