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Originally Posted by sfowler
I still do not quite understand the problem. Why should they list you? Why should I list you in MY directory? If I do not like your site and do not find it useful, then I see no reason to. Start your own directory, and you can list who or what you like.
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Here is an example -
http://www.splatsearch.com . Oh, look whos directory they are using! There are many sites like this. So if you have online bussiness, not getting to DMOZ is missing a lot of people and potential clients.
This kind of thing, in my opinion, is hurting a firm which isnt in DMOZ, and so cannot offer its product, as well as the buyer who bought the product. Possibly he could get better price, better service, better guarantee for product he just bought. But he didnt, because that site where he bought a product was one of the first applyed in DMOZ and so the other sites dealing with same product didnt have a chance because of not being unique. Its a problem, isnt it?
Its not problem in having directory and accepting and rejecting listings, the problem is how big reach to people DMOZ have.
Btw, try
http://www.google.com/search?q=link:www.dmoz.org .
Strange results?