Lisaweb - 2:42 am on Jul 23, 2007 (gmt 0)

I'm more than ready to give up on DMOZ. I've submitted each of my clients sites, dutifully following all the rules, being extremely careful in my wordings. My client's sites are diverse, and run the gamut of the directory, yet in the past 5 years NONE, yes NOT ONE of my client's sites has ever been listed.

The fact that DMOZ submit was down for months last year due to a simple coding error is telling indeed. When one of my sites go down like that, I can get it fixed in one day, no matter how problematic it is. But DMOZ is down for months? How sad is that?

They have become soo elite, that they are closing themselves off from present society. IMO, Google will stop using them, the same way youthful college students stop taking advice from the old crotchety professor who claims to know all the wisdom of the world, but never leaves his classroom.

P.S. I've been stalking this site for months, finally decided to join after wanting to express my frustration on this subject. Hope I don't step on anyones toes....guess I better go post a few positives in some other threads, to make up. :-)