Comments on: GroupThink: Is It Too Late to Save DMOZ? http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/groupthink-is-it-too-late-to-save-dmoz/1313/ Because not everyone can throw thousands of dollars at the 'How do we market ourselves online?' question... Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Robin Dale http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/groupthink-is-it-too-late-to-save-dmoz/1313/#comment-134653 Robin Dale Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:27:55 +0000 http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/?p=1313#comment-134653 I totally agree, that Dmoz is very poor in managing the submissions, but we should not forget that Dmoz is the directory which provides search results to many of the major search engines. And, i don't think that it does not accept the submissions. If you submit your site in the proper category with proper details, no keyword stuffing in the title. It will definitely get approve. You will need to keep patience till it get approve. Also, you can ask them the status of your submission by mailing the editor of that category that you can find at the bottom of that category. You can find more details on my blog about the proper way to submit on Dmoz. I totally agree, that Dmoz is very poor in managing the submissions, but we should not forget that Dmoz is the directory which provides search results to many of the major search engines.

And, i don’t think that it does not accept the submissions. If you submit your site in the proper category with proper details, no keyword stuffing in the title. It will definitely get approve. You will need to keep patience till it get approve. Also, you can ask them the status of your submission by mailing the editor of that category that you can find at the bottom of that category.

You can find more details on my blog about the proper way to submit on Dmoz.

]]> By: Eddie Baki http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/groupthink-is-it-too-late-to-save-dmoz/1313/#comment-83895 Eddie Baki Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:53:16 +0000 http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/?p=1313#comment-83895 Human Efforts trying to encompass the whole Internet such as Mahalo, DMOZ and those countless B2B Directories trying to make a buck etc are bound to fail - alone by failing to get any substantial critical mass of content Add to that the lack of page indexing, the above mentioned fact that no one searches through a directory, and hardly anyone knows dmoz aka open directory or its url; It is quite clear that dmoz is not relevant anymore, regardless of UI and Technical details they're endowing it with. No Relevance = No decent Google rank for sites in dmoz in the long term. That is the marketing angle to dmoz Human Efforts trying to encompass the whole Internet such as Mahalo, DMOZ and those countless B2B Directories trying to make a buck etc are bound to fail – alone by failing to get any substantial critical mass of content

Add to that the lack of page indexing, the above mentioned fact that no one searches through a directory, and hardly anyone knows dmoz aka open directory or its url; It is quite clear that dmoz is not relevant anymore, regardless of UI and Technical details they’re endowing it with.

No Relevance = No decent Google rank for sites in dmoz in the long term.

That is the marketing angle to dmoz

]]> By: Inmuebles http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/groupthink-is-it-too-late-to-save-dmoz/1313/#comment-80499 Inmuebles Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:23:35 +0000 http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/?p=1313#comment-80499 Problem with this kind of directories is, the editors are human beings, and humans tend to be corrupt. I was once offered a link in DMOZ for 200 bucks. What a joke... Problem with this kind of directories is, the editors are human beings, and humans tend to be corrupt. I was once offered a link in DMOZ for 200 bucks. What a joke…

]]> By: Feydakin http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/groupthink-is-it-too-late-to-save-dmoz/1313/#comment-80390 Feydakin Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:57:30 +0000 http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/?p=1313#comment-80390 I'm not sure than any architecture change would be successful without some personnel changes to go with them.. There is a certain amount of politics that simply can't be overcome.. Webmasters being told their sites will never be listed regardless of the value of the site for one.. The cliqueish attitude for another.. For a while you couldn't post any negative thread about DMOZ anywhere without drawing one or more DMOZers out of the woodwork to argue with you about your opinion.. etc etc etc.. I'm sure that the people that have been there for a long time feel that DMOZ is "theirs", but while they use the "open" name, it seems like an awfully closed society.. I’m not sure than any architecture change would be successful without some personnel changes to go with them.. There is a certain amount of politics that simply can’t be overcome.. Webmasters being told their sites will never be listed regardless of the value of the site for one..

The cliqueish attitude for another.. For a while you couldn’t post any negative thread about DMOZ anywhere without drawing one or more DMOZers out of the woodwork to argue with you about your opinion.. etc etc etc..

I’m sure that the people that have been there for a long time feel that DMOZ is “theirs”, but while they use the “open” name, it seems like an awfully closed society..

]]> By: Marcel Feenstra http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/groupthink-is-it-too-late-to-save-dmoz/1313/#comment-79959 Marcel Feenstra Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:21:50 +0000 http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/?p=1313#comment-79959 Miriam: the guidelines used to say, "Submit your site to relevant directories such as the Open Directory Project and Yahoo!" so (as Matt already pointed out) both ODP *and* Yahoo! have been "removed" --do you wonder "if Yahoo! has a future" as well? ;-) Matt: when searching for topics that attract *lots* of spam, using ODP can (still) be very useful IMO! Miriam: the guidelines used to say, “Submit your site to relevant directories such as the Open Directory Project and Yahoo!” so (as Matt already pointed out) both ODP *and* Yahoo! have been “removed” –do you wonder “if Yahoo! has a future” as well? ;-)

Matt: when searching for topics that attract *lots* of spam, using ODP can (still) be very useful IMO!

]]> By: MiriamEllis http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/groupthink-is-it-too-late-to-save-dmoz/1313/#comment-79652 MiriamEllis Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:39:29 +0000 http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/?p=1313#comment-79652 Well, now, this is the day for DMOZ news. What with Google removing them from their webmaster guidelines, I too an left wondering if DMOZ has a future, Matt. Miriam Well, now, this is the day for DMOZ news. What with Google removing them from their webmaster guidelines, I too an left wondering if DMOZ has a future, Matt.
Miriam

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