Sorry for the double post, I posted this under a Google support forum,
but I think this is a better place to get some answers.
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I'm not sure if this topic has been beaten to death yet, but I need to
ask the question to someone from Google...
Why does Google give so much credit and relevance to DMOZ. Everyone
knows that the only reason DMOZ is even in existence is because Google
places so much of it's ranking algorithm on what sites are in the DMOZ
directory. Nobody uses it to search for sites and the partnerships with
Netscape and AOL are incidental compared to the only search engine that
counts for anything... Google.
Bottom line is that most sites on DMOZ, are out of date, have bad
descriptions, bad names and even wrong domains. It takes so long to get
listed that by the time they are up, the web-site's modes operandi
could have changed several times. Plenty people actually register or
buy dead DMOZ listed domains (and there are plenty of them), just to
list their own completely unrelated site under. It's and easy way to
get in the DMOZ back door.
This is not a gripe from someone who has been trying to get listed on
DMOZ, I'm already there AND thanks to that, I now have a GREAT Google
ranking now. I just really need to know what Google sees in DMOZ at
all. It is an outdated, archaic, dinosaur of the internet. DMOZ is the
FEMA of the internet. It serves no purpose what-so-ever, except to
inflate the egos of it's editors, who get to wield their digital horse
whips and have web-masters licking their shoes clean just to be
noticed.
I am not bitter and don't have anything against the idea of DMOZ, I
just think it's time has come and gone and it no longer works. Google
doesn't need DMOZ, DMOZ needs Google.
