akernek
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How many of you are as frustrated as I am with attempting to get a listed in the Open Project Directory (OPD), aka "DMOZ?" You submit and wait…and wait. But nothing happens.
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I am for one of my websites! I was told in the forum - when asking what I could do and when I might expect to see it listed, some jerky editor wrote "NEVER!!!" in some giant font size and color. I was floored at the childishness to a simple inquiry.
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You've done your part in suggesting the site, at some point an editor will either: discover the site on his/her own, or come across it in the pool of unreviewed sites. When either of those two conditions occurs, it will either be added to the directory or declined
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This and other info you've supplied makes the case for why a listing in DMOZ has the allure and weight that it does. No one controls them - Google certainly isn't going to police them - nor should they IMO.
I disagree that they hate webmasters. I do concede that anything can be quicker and more automated but that's not what the Project is about and that has been why scoring a listing there gets us all worked up. They only put what they care to put up based on their criteria. They seem to have a high editor turnover or "quit" rate due to all of the sections that are hiring. That has always been their way.
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