waiting for about dmoz and botw news!

I own many domains (about 40), and only one of them is actually listed in DMOZ, and in my opinion the reason why is simple: most of them don’t deserve to be in DMOZ. I may not want to admit it, and it would be easy to point the bony finger and cry corruption, but the truth is that most of my sites don’t belong in the directory and I think many others who are firing off here probably don’t have sites that make the cut either. It is tough to chew on and swallow, but no one said the truth would taste good.

I know it does seem to take a long time to get a client list in DMOZ but do think it’s worth the effort.

Google only punishes smaller competition, They say they dont put up with site’s that sell’s link’s, but they are full of it. BOTW sell’s links for a hefty price and says it’s for a review, nothing more the a disclaimer. Let a smaller directory try that as see how fast they get black listed.

As far as DMOZ it’s hard to believe that most of the editors are not corrupt. Most of the editors there probably couldn’t get any of their site’s listed, and what better way then to become an editor. For the few editor’s that are not corrupt, they act like it’s there duty to turn down site’s, as if being an editor comes with alot of prestige and their poop dont stink.

Maybe they should sell DMOZ to BOTW, that way they can get rid of these so called “editors” and start charging for links as they always have been.

There is some interesting feedback in this thread, although I can’t say I agree with a lot of it. I have never accepted money to list a site, and I am not an SEO guy. I have a day job that is completely unrelated to the internet and the category I edit at DMOZ. I review sites in my category pretty regularly, submit new sites and clean up old ones, and I try to answer all inquiries. Although I can not speak for every last person who volunteers at DMOZ, I find it difficult to believe “they” are all corrupt because I am one of “them” and I consider myself to be a person of strong integrity and I do the best I can in the spare time that I have.

I own many domains (about 40), and only one of them is actually listed in DMOZ, and in my opinion the reason why is simple: most of them don’t deserve to be in DMOZ. I may not want to admit it, and it would be easy to point the bony finger and cry corruption, but the truth is that most of my sites don’t belong in the directory and I think many others who are firing off here probably don’t have sites that make the cut either. It is tough to chew on and swallow, but no one said the truth would taste good.

Is DMOZ perfect? If they were, then they would be the first on the net to be perfect. .. meaning no one is. For those who are genuinely concerned, I would suggest that they apply as an editor, for the right reasons. I did, and I didn’t have any problems getting picked up. BTW: That I know of: I have never met or spoken to another DMOZ editor, in person or on the net. … if there is a secret circle then I must be standing on the outside of it.