lgn1 - 3:46 pm on Jun 28, 2007 (gmt 0)

Im not sure if this applies to DMOZ overall, however it
does apply to the Shopping Main Group.

Shopping appears be be shrinking at 1 to 2% per year.

In my little neck of the woods (Dmoz subcategory), I used to have 76 competitors a few years ago. It has now been reduced to 46.

Everywhere I look, most shopping categories are looking for volunteers.

I know that bigger is not better, and etailing is a lot more difficult now, than it was in 1999, but is this an indication that etailing is being consolidated amonst fewer players.

Or this just an indication that DMOZ has a lack of editors and they are unable to find quality sites faster, than sites are going out of business or being bought out.