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I was paying $299/year for the dirctory and recieved about 20 hits a month from the service. Obviously, the value would be in getting ranked higher in the search engines as opposed to people actually using the directory. I have since stopped paying for the directory but they still have me paying $9/month for their local listing. Should I cancel that plan as well?

I see that DMOZ is a great resource for the web but at times I have wonder who actually edits the listings as they seem to come and go with no real set pattern....Ive alwasy wondered if people are able to game it for their own benefit somehow.

I sell clothes lines on my website and i am included on dmoz. I dont like googles devaluing of dmoz because i think it serves a great purpose to google in that it humanly reveiws a site. Human reveiwing at dmoz might have its faults but some directories dont even reveiw at all.

Directories have no real use. DMOZ was alright until strange stuff started to surface between webmasters buying listings from editors or the opposite editors charging for listings.

I donot know why google is taking this action, listing of a site in a good directory is an indication of the great value of this site, But I agree that google is not giving value to open directory or yahoo directory

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I dont think google has put any effort into building its own directory and has hence relied on dmoz to biuld a directory for them as google lists dmoz's listings. If google devalues dmoz then its devaluing what it once held to be good. Its obviously a stance against directories as most directories have lost pr. Directories are good because they humanly reveiw a site which google doesnt do, so it does a job for google. Some sites cannot get links without directories because their products are un linkworhty such as lawn mower sales sites. I hope google doesnt devalue directories any more than it has.

I work as a personal assistant for the CEO of an Internet Marketing company and I have to say I'm glad to see them go! I agree that they are pretty out dated now, most people don't even bother with directories anymore. I think its a great move on Google's part and will help make their search results more relevant.

Mayby it's a time clean the garbige.That is good.

Dmoz??? i dont care it, lol i am not listed there.Why should i???
And i think i now have the answer.

Mr  YTT12 has written (I have tried endless times to get listed in dmoz but gave up in the end. even applied to be a editor no luck, what you havent got you don't miss. I have now joined a online community with over 200,000 membersand have seen visitor numbers rise over 40%in 6 months. Also google crawl them like crazy.Any one interested its 100% free and run by ). It is happened to me also

  It is true. Not only that we have to wait for years to include (And you have some luck also) in Dmoz. So how google can rely on it. It runs like directory of one year old. Not only that if you got listed they make your website  and SEO a mess by not updating your URL as the time goes. If you change your URL still you find your link listed there. You sold your domain to a domain parking page, still you find your URL there. Even if you apply to remove or update, they just sleep. I congradulate Google for doing this to Dmoz as it a directory of olden days. DMOZ direcotry is one of the directory which is having most Bad outgoing links

 I do not give value more than a crap to it. Even small directories are better tha DMOZ as it is very relevant.

 I realy wonder How google has given so much value for it until now

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Our website http://www.frontware.com is listed on DMOZ.

I never get any visitors from there. So I understand why Google just don't insist to get listed in a business directory.

Google, like lawyers and Doctors, do not care if you are innocent or guilty, right or wrong, sick or well, healable or terminal, they just want to know if you have enough money to pay their bill.

Google, wants you to PAY for getting top listings. Don’t tell me that Google advertisers get low rankings. Same as when you PAY for an ad in a local newspaper, GEE miraculously they choose YOU to write a feature article about!

It’s all about the money.

Google is dropping directories like DMOZ just to force merchants into PAYING for higher placement, it has nothing to do with content or relevancy.

It’s all about the money.

We started our online business www.T-Zers.Net way (for free) back when most things on the Internet were FREE, (including Netzero, which proclaimed in early ads that the "Internet was meant to be free" - and it was, but now…

It’s all about the money.

Internet companies have to pay their execs big salaries, then justify that to stockholders, and not to mention all the other expenses of doing "business" - but that is where they lost it. It was never meant to "be" for business.

Now it is little more than a candy coated version of your television - which also by the way "used to be free" - for those of you who remember the days of UHF and VHF - which was PAID FOR by Advertisers - now YOU pay to receive PAID advertisements… something wrong with that picture…

We have operated for over ten years without having to PAY for advertising. We started out with Free internet access, a Free website, Free e-mail accounts, Fee listings on search engines and directories, when "content" put you at the top of the list - not your wallet.

But, we, like all the other on-line merchants will eventually succumb to their demands, we have no choice - change or die.