Comments on: Dmoz Abuse Report Form up again – While the Rest of the System is still trashed http://www.searchenginejournal.com/dmoz-abuse-report-form-up-again-while-the-rest-of-the-system-is-still-trashed/4417/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:21:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Mendy Ouzillou http://www.searchenginejournal.com/dmoz-abuse-report-form-up-again-while-the-rest-of-the-system-is-still-trashed/4417/comment-page-1/#comment-397265 Mendy Ouzillou Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:29:57 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=4417#comment-397265 DMOZ does do great things for a website and I consider a listing in DMOZ one of the earliest steps in a site's SEO strategy. I was not aware of the internal turmoil described above, but I hope that things will resolve themselves and not let a few bad apples ... well you know. The editor process seems a bit mysterious to me. I have submitted changes in the past and had them "edited" in a way that I did not like but did not know of any recourse. I know that that information is used in Google natural searches but I have not been able to figure out when they use the info and when they don't. Sometimes a natural search listing uses the DMOZ data in the description and othertimes no. DMOZ does do great things for a website and I consider a listing in DMOZ one of the earliest steps in a site’s SEO strategy. I was not aware of the internal turmoil described above, but I hope that things will resolve themselves and not let a few bad apples … well you know. The editor process seems a bit mysterious to me. I have submitted changes in the past and had them “edited” in a way that I did not like but did not know of any recourse. I know that that information is used in Google natural searches but I have not been able to figure out when they use the info and when they don’t. Sometimes a natural search listing uses the DMOZ data in the description and othertimes no.

]]> By: Texxs http://www.searchenginejournal.com/dmoz-abuse-report-form-up-again-while-the-rest-of-the-system-is-still-trashed/4417/comment-page-1/#comment-397163 Texxs Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:50:07 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=4417#comment-397163 " . . .The abuse form is used to report unethical editors, e.g. editors that can be bribed for listing approvals at the directory. . . " Isn't it also unethical to not list good sites in a category because the editor has a site in the category and doesn't want the competition? That's a huge hole in thier system. ” . . .The abuse form is used to report unethical editors, e.g. editors that can be bribed for listing approvals at the directory. . . ”

Isn’t it also unethical to not list good sites in a category because the editor has a site in the category and doesn’t want the competition?
That’s a huge hole in thier system.

]]> By: Michael Temple http://www.searchenginejournal.com/dmoz-abuse-report-form-up-again-while-the-rest-of-the-system-is-still-trashed/4417/comment-page-1/#comment-397082 Michael Temple Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:58:54 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=4417#comment-397082 I have read in a few different places that having a listing in the DMOZ directory does amazing things for your listings at both Yahoo and Google and thereby other Search Engines as well. With all the chaos going on over at DMOZ I wonder if Google and Yahoo will change their ranking features to down play the importance of a listing at DMOZ since it appears it may be a while or possibly never that getting a listing will be availalble again. I have read in a few different places that having a listing in the DMOZ directory does amazing things for your listings at both Yahoo and Google and thereby other Search Engines as well.

With all the chaos going on over at DMOZ I wonder if Google and Yahoo will change their ranking features to down play the importance of a listing at DMOZ since it appears it may be a while or possibly never that getting a listing will be availalble again.

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