Re: DMOZ Isn’t Open After All
"... human prejudices can factor into the approval process, something that is hard to overcome if you are considering submitting to a competitive category."
No kidding about the human prejudices! I have tried to get some of my websites into this absurd directory, and have come to the conclusion that the entire directory is being used to champion the casues of, and the pocketbooks of the higher editors in the clan. It's become a private directory for the sole benefit of a few select editors. They promote their own affiliate sites there, and their personal businesses as well. It's a joke at best.
Many good internet marketers with high integrity have tried to be editors, but every category is dominated by hierarchical editors that disagree with every submission and site approval of the new editors. Until the system changes, it is a useless and laughable activity to be listed there. If I have any listings left there it is a miracle. I never see it on my logs, so I assume they have knocked me out long ago.
Once a higher editor disagrees with a new editor's submissions, the new editor is deleted with no recourse. It is a sham and this type of activity goes on with impunity.
I implore the big search engines that use DMOZ to put pressure on the editorial staff to fix the problems, or threaten to drop the index altogether. That is the only way this dishonest mess will ever get fixed. They need to get some good editors to work on the index, category by category. There is money being made here somewhere, so that money needs to be withheld until they fix it for the better.
DMOZ is a disgrace at the current time.
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