Comments on: Best of the Web Aims to be the Next DMOZ http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/04/best-of-the-web-aims-to-be-the-next-dmoz.html Internet Marketing News Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:35:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Brent http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/04/best-of-the-web-aims-to-be-the-next-dmoz.html/comment-page-1#comment-45223 Brent Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:01:34 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/04/best-of-the-web-aims-to-be-the-next-dmoz.html#comment-45223 BOTW is only good for byuying a backlink. When is the last time you went on BOTW to find a site? Come on. BOTW is only good for byuying a backlink. When is the last time you went on BOTW to find a site? Come on.

]]> By: Janet Meiners http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/04/best-of-the-web-aims-to-be-the-next-dmoz.html/comment-page-1#comment-45131 Janet Meiners Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:57:10 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/04/best-of-the-web-aims-to-be-the-next-dmoz.html#comment-45131 @spectregunner - thank you for the clarifications, I updated the post to reflect your comments. -Janet @spectregunner – thank you for the clarifications, I updated the post to reflect your comments.

-Janet

]]> By: Seomotion http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/04/best-of-the-web-aims-to-be-the-next-dmoz.html/comment-page-1#comment-45129 Seomotion Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:40:35 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/04/best-of-the-web-aims-to-be-the-next-dmoz.html#comment-45129 I like BOTW. I think that submission fees are low for really quality strong link. I like BOTW. I think that submission fees are low for really quality strong link.

]]> By: greg http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/04/best-of-the-web-aims-to-be-the-next-dmoz.html/comment-page-1#comment-45092 greg Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:01:29 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/04/best-of-the-web-aims-to-be-the-next-dmoz.html#comment-45092 >BOTW would sell their only newborn for $295 a year. Correction. Yahoo sells newborns for $295 a year. Ours are only $79.95 a year. >BOTW would sell their only newborn for $295 a year.

Correction. Yahoo sells newborns for $295 a year. Ours are only $79.95 a year.

]]> By: spectregunner http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/04/best-of-the-web-aims-to-be-the-next-dmoz.html/comment-page-1#comment-45089 spectregunner Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:03:05 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/04/best-of-the-web-aims-to-be-the-next-dmoz.html#comment-45089 >DMOZ boasts over 79,476 editors but the ones recruited for BOTW were part of the original team that started in the late 90s. Respectfully, you have a couple of factual errors in this sentence. The 79,476 number is not the number of current editors, it is the number of editors who have contributed to the directory since it began. Currently there are about 7,000 active editors, myself included. Second, not all of the editors recruited by BOTW were part of the original cadre. Looking through the editor names they release, most are very experienced, highly competent editors, but not all have been with DMOZ since the beginning, and a good number of them are not currently affiliated with DMOZ. Respectfully, ODP Editor spectregunner >DMOZ boasts over 79,476 editors but the ones recruited for BOTW were part of the original team that started in the late 90s.

Respectfully, you have a couple of factual errors in this sentence. The 79,476 number is not the number of current editors, it is the number of editors who have contributed to the directory since it began. Currently there are about 7,000 active editors, myself included.

Second, not all of the editors recruited by BOTW were part of the original cadre. Looking through the editor names they release, most are very experienced, highly competent editors, but not all have been with DMOZ since the beginning, and a good number of them are not currently affiliated with DMOZ.

Respectfully,
ODP Editor spectregunner

]]> By: Paul Baranda http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/04/best-of-the-web-aims-to-be-the-next-dmoz.html/comment-page-1#comment-45063 Paul Baranda Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:08:06 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/04/best-of-the-web-aims-to-be-the-next-dmoz.html#comment-45063 Directories are full of annoying site owners that just want a quick $5 bucks for them to "review" your site within a few days. BOTW is making some good moves but I am 50/50 about their efforts. It seems that DMOZ is a respectable free directory that strives to keep their database free of ... well crap. BOTW would sell their only newborn for $295 a year. Directories are full of annoying site owners that just want a quick $5 bucks for them to “review” your site within a few days. BOTW is making some good moves but I am 50/50 about their efforts. It seems that DMOZ is a respectable free directory that strives to keep their database free of … well crap. BOTW would sell their only newborn for $295 a year.

]]> By: Sally http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/04/best-of-the-web-aims-to-be-the-next-dmoz.html/comment-page-1#comment-45037 Sally Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:40:07 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/04/best-of-the-web-aims-to-be-the-next-dmoz.html#comment-45037 Becoming the next DMOZ is like, well, becoming the next pets.com. DMOZ is supposedly reinventing itself, at least according to its blog... for whatever that's worth. The problem I see for BOTW is that, as others have pointed out, directories are lousy destinations. DMOZ only survives because of its RDF dump. No data sharing, no DMOZ. Looking at the list of people BOTW is bragging about hiring? I almost have to laugh. Ask a long-term DMOZ editor "off the record" about some of those names. Becoming the next DMOZ is like, well, becoming the next pets.com. DMOZ is supposedly reinventing itself, at least according to its blog… for whatever that’s worth. The problem I see for BOTW is that, as others have pointed out, directories are lousy destinations. DMOZ only survives because of its RDF dump. No data sharing, no DMOZ.

Looking at the list of people BOTW is bragging about hiring? I almost have to laugh. Ask a long-term DMOZ editor “off the record” about some of those names.

]]> By: SEO Lincolnshire http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/04/best-of-the-web-aims-to-be-the-next-dmoz.html/comment-page-1#comment-45028 SEO Lincolnshire Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:45:43 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/04/best-of-the-web-aims-to-be-the-next-dmoz.html#comment-45028 I find directories to be very slow ways of gaining backlinks. The only websites that wish to link to me are those that want to swap links and they are worthless. One of the best ways I find of getting links is to comment on blogs. I find directories to be very slow ways of gaining backlinks. The only websites that wish to link to me are those that want to swap links and they are worthless.

One of the best ways I find of getting links is to comment on blogs.

]]> By: Jaan Kanellis http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/04/best-of-the-web-aims-to-be-the-next-dmoz.html/comment-page-1#comment-45013 Jaan Kanellis Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:00:33 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/04/best-of-the-web-aims-to-be-the-next-dmoz.html#comment-45013 Exactly Jeremy. Dont remember the last time I was at one. Exactly Jeremy. Dont remember the last time I was at one.

]]> By: Jeremy Luebke http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/04/best-of-the-web-aims-to-be-the-next-dmoz.html/comment-page-1#comment-45008 Jeremy Luebke Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:32:49 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/04/best-of-the-web-aims-to-be-the-next-dmoz.html#comment-45008 Directories are dead, they just won't admit it yet. They need to do something that will actually propel them into the present instead of hanging out in the past. Directories are dead, they just won’t admit it yet. They need to do something that will actually propel them into the present instead of hanging out in the past.

]]> By: Joel Cheesman http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/04/best-of-the-web-aims-to-be-the-next-dmoz.html/comment-page-1#comment-45007 Joel Cheesman Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:22:51 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/04/best-of-the-web-aims-to-be-the-next-dmoz.html#comment-45007 I'm a big fan of BOTW. And not so much of a fan of DMOZ. Good luck to them. I’m a big fan of BOTW. And not so much of a fan of DMOZ. Good luck to them.

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