DMOZ BlogDMOZ BlogI ( heart ) DMOZ...Why I Joined And Why I Love It- October 26, 2007 Back in our initial post, we mentioned that this site would serve as a forum for editors to share their stories. Why they joined. What they get out of the experience and why it matters to them.Below is the first of many posts from our editors talking about why they joined the community. Everyone say "hi" to ODP Editor Laigh : ) As a person who has recently been accepted as an editor in the ODP community I would like to share my perspective. The background to me applying was simple. I have..http://blog.dmoz.org/2007/10/26/i-heart-dmoz-why-i-joined-and-why-i-love-it/ What Topic Do You Care About- October 24, 2007 Over the history of the project, DMOZ has had more than 70,000 volunteer editors worldwide. On average, there are approximately 6,000 active editor accounts at any given time. What's impressive (at least to me) is that we do this out of a pure sense of giving back to the Internet Community. Editors take the time to organize and create useful resources in categories and topics that are of interest to us, not for money (side bar: looking forward to typically useless comments on that item) but...http://blog.dmoz.org/2007/10/24/what-topic-do-you-care-about/ Why Hasn't My Site Been Accepted Into DMOZ- October 8, 2007 As the numerous responses to my first post show, this is one of the most common and controversial questions asked about DMOZ. To answer this question, it is important to consider what DMOZ isn't. DMOZ is not set up as a listing service for site owners. Site submissions are only one source for finding quality sites to add to the directory. Some editors choose to review submissions while other editors might prefer to (at first) find sites on their own through search engines, as links from...http://blog.dmoz.org/2007/10/08/why-hasnt-my-site-been-accepted-into-dmoz/ |