My site just got listed in DMOZ directory

I know... there is no way we can win. I've seen similar replies in dmoz forums by more cocky editors : If bla bla bla , that doesn' t mean that your web site is not bla bla bla bla . If anybody wants to have an early stroke in his life , he has to submit is web site to domz and wait ... for Godot

I don't know why I am here since I don't give a damn about dmoz and all the rest of directories

Cheers

 

Yet, if your particular site got listed, instead of the possible 40,000+ other sites, you would probably think editors are all fine fellows indeed, .

I guess it's a matter of perspective, a submitters only concern, usually, is one site, an editors concern might be where among the 40,000 site suggestions scattered over wide areas he needs to work on in that editing session.

Those who get their sites listed do the Snoopy dance (as robjones said), and those who don't hate all editors and find them lazy, corrupt, and just plain no good.

I'm not sure that inspires editors to spend more of their free time in editing or not. lol

 

I would definitely agree with you - submitting to DMOZ and then waiting for a result is a recipe for losing hair (or getting grey ones), and general frustration.

While the ODP rules are there for everyone to see, the individual editors decide when they review sites, and whether they get in or not.

If you want to debate how bad a job the editors do, or vent about what you find wrong with the system, then you have come to the right place. For those who just want to concern themselves with site promotion I would just say that if you can spare the time to find the best category for your site, fill out the submission form (with the clunky CAPTCHA thing) and hit submit, then it's worth doing. Apart from the time you spend to do the above it has cost you nothing. If you get a listing, then it's a bonus, if you don't then you have wasted a few minutes of your time, nothing more.

Once you have submitted, trying to "follow-up" or "make things happen" just plain doesn't work, and as you can see looking back in this forum and also the Resource Zone, a forum run by a small group of ODP editors. Often you will get curt, or sarcastic answers, people bringing their own axes to grind, and general frustration. To me, it's just not worth it.

If you don't submit, then still have no listing, because then it will be up to an editor to come across your site in their web travels. if you submit, you have increased the chance of the site being noticed (but not guaranteed it). So apart from those few minutes of your time, what have you got to lose?

Suggest it for inclusion, then move on to other site promotion activities, don't "wait" for it to be listed, would be my advice.

 

Gosh and I thawt it was manadatory to devinately not be sowber now weres that damned hediting hashboard.

 

And what kind of satisfaction you get from editing web sites, dmoz ediotors?It's just another web site after another web site!

I would like to know what makes a webmaster into a dmoz editor? Listing for a bribe or few eggs? The feeling of being in control? The feeling of being a part of the biggest link farm or it is the feeling of being useful in case you are pensioner ?

 

LOL. Naah... you're overthinking it Skillipedia. Here's the real answer:


http://www.texasbesthomes.com/pix/daily/dmoztivators/volunteerTALL2.jpg

 

Some people collect stamps, some coins, some cricket memorabilia, I collect URLs and web sites. Fascinating to get the set, well I feel like that in topical. Fascinating to get the set of one country or state and I feel like that in regional. But with stamp collections they aint no good to anyone else, but my collecting hobby can be useful to others, another plus.

 

I'll treat that like a serious question.

My small city had 4 sites on the Internet map and now it has 130. Small towns need to compete with large cities, but small towns aren't very sophisticated and don't have the means to compete. So, for me, I like to champion the little guy and even up the odds a little. Plus, small towns get a real kick out of having an Internet presence, it makes them feel like they matter and have a voice.

Anyone who likes to build, would really enjoy building up a communities web presence on the Internet and it's a great way to do a community service for your city.

From there, you sort of expand that idea to surrounding cities, and then to your whole county, and then to your state, it kind of snowballs.

The same is true for a hobby you might have, gathering up sites about your hobby. You build categories and sub categories. It gets very interesting.

I'm not a webmaster, I have no sites. You don't need to know anything about website building to be an editor, just have an interest in something, and a willingness to gather up sites about it.

I can afford to buy my own eggs, and the 3 persons who tried to bribe me are now banned from the Directory.

I own my own business, so I have all the power I need, , and the headaches that go with it. Being an editor is a lot like building your own business from scratch, with nothing but your own two hands, and a willingness to work honestly.

Yes, it's a great hobby for retired people, and I'm sure they'd get a lot of satisfaction from it, and a feeling of self worth from building something.

We're all just ordinary people, skillipedia.