Can we liken DMOZ editors to DMV employees?

[mysticlighthouse]

Thanks sonnie...

kc, Maybe at the time you did it the net was congested? Not sure.

I think it is silly because you did not get the answer you wanted from a group of people in one forum - now you have come to another forum (WPW) to bag them - this looks like sour grapes to me.

It is not sour grapes, basically it was exposing a recurrent theme about exceedingly rude editors and (dare I say it?) prejudice against flash sites.

[sonnie]

Almost forgot what topic you were addressing, sorry. I thought Dmoz forgot completely about a site I submitted, never heard a word from them. Suddenly the site I had submitted started appearing in their listings. I had heard that the "volunteers" might have a "bad hair day" and just not decide to include your site. I cannot say that is true, but apparently whoever reviewed the site I submitted was having a good day. I'm sorry, but I have no recommendations to give you. The ODP is a unique concept, with tens of thousands of reviewers. I'm not sure how important it is to be listed, but I would recommend you keep trying.

Thanks
sonnie

[janeth]

Hi everyone a couple things here I have seen mysticlighthouse web site a couple times it has always loaded good for me but I'm on a 56k modem maybe it is better then broadband. lol

I think that Google does put more weight on directories then they do just regular links.

Google is not stupid they know that directories are not just a matter of exchanging links but your site has to be approved by a group of your peers I would think and hope that it would hold more weight.

I would also hope that DMOZ would not keep a site out just because it is a flash site.

The internet is about change if all the people are coming to the internet then your already changing the way they do things and I think things should continue to change.

We should all work hard to stay on the cutting edge of what's new.

Lets not let the internet become a comfort zone and start fighting change. We should look at what's new what works and should work together.

I hope you the best of luck mysticlighthouse but I would not worry to much with Google as we are going to start seeing some changes this year and Google will be in for a fight to stay #1.

One other thing it might not be much but I get about 5 visitors a day from DMOZ not bad

[mysticlighthouse]

kctipton,

I invite everyone from DMOZ to come and peruse the forum to see what others have to say. Might I remind you that there were 3 very helpful editors (knovinc, xixtas and thehelper), although there were others that seemed a little over-the-top.

[Steven Glover]

cbp just curious but would you say that Google places a higher weight on links coming from a site with a page rank of 9 or a page rank of 3?

I am not sure how you can think that being in DMOZ doe not give your site a boost? DMOZ has an open DB that is used as a starting point on many major and minor search engines.

Although I personally can't stand flash (because I RARELY see it done correctly). I mean it I can't stand flash sites. I don't believe that a site should be excluded from any listing because of the medium it's designer has chosen.

[mysticlighthouse]

The answer to my original question to the DMOZ editors... No

But at least it was in a nice way from xixtas.