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Originally Posted by dogluver
If anyone wants to be in the directory specifically to get traffic to their site, then, as you've already pointed out, they'll be very surprised when the numbers don't add up. For webmasters, there is no incentive because Dmoz isn't designed to meet webmaster needs. It's also not about people choosing to want to be in Dmoz's directory, because editors can add sites with or without anyone's permission. As long as our visitors find what they're looking for, then that's all that matters. And, to be honest, I tell people not to worry about Dmoz and just submit and forget, because Dmoz will not meet their needs as webmasters.
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You can't have one without the other. If visitors are indeed finding what they need, then the directory is generating traffic.
If webmasters are going to be disappointed in the traffic they receive, the visitors aren't finding what they need, or their simply aren't visitors using the directory.
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Originally Posted by dogluver
The fact still remains that editors do not, if they don't want to, have to look at suggested sites. I'm one of those that choose not to, so the "backlog" is of no concern to me.
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I find this most troubling.
If editors are not ever required to even bother to look at the submissions/suggestions to their category the DMOZ should not be taking them.
The "backlog" is arguably one of the largest generators of "ill will" towards the DMOZ. An editor stating that it is of no concern to them because they don't even bother to look is likely not a unique sentiment.
If this is truly the way of the DMOZ, shut down suggestions/submissions. At the very least the DMOZ, by accepting submissions/suggestions, is indicating they will be reviewed.
Dave