In my opinion, I think DMOZ could be a really great place, thousands of people actually already do, but make no mistake, I am not one of them. Granted, I think the whole system that makes up the whole DMOZ picture is great. In fact, I think DMOZ is one of the better known directory systems online.
The problem I have with DMOZ is with the administrators and editors of the system. In my experience — both as a previous editor myself and as an end user — I think the volunteer editors who operate and maintain the system, 1.) suffer very badly from “Big Head” syndrome. They have a huge power trip thing going and, 2.) They really don’t do their job very well.
Now, I know that these folks are volunteers and some people could say, put up or shut up… (don’t complain about something that is provided to you for free) but here is the thing, I would have absolutely NO problem putting in some of my time and helping volunteer. However, guess what? DMOZ doesn’t want me as an editor, nor do they want any of the thousands of other people who apply.
Seriously, I think DMOZ.org should totally be deranked from the Google Index. Think about it, if it is so impossible to get new links added into the DMOZ.org directory, then to me that would seem like their database of links would have hardly any value. I am sure there is a certain value to them; but I wouldn’t think that there would be as much value in them as Google and other search engines place in them.
