hutcheson - 1:37 pm on Oct 4, 2007 (gmt 0)

>1) Does resubmitting a site to DMOZ send it to the end of the queue? (regardless of how that queue is accessed internally)

There's no queue. There's a pool, which may be ordered in several different ways by the editors. But the most effective editing technique is to use the queue like an intelligent person would use search results -- don't take them in any particular order, but pick out the items that are most likely to be especially valuable, or quick to process.

>2) Is there anything a competitor could do adversely affect the reputation of the owner of another site within the DMOZ system?

Oh, yes, absolutely. Information is what reputation is based on. And every feedback loop we have, is meant for extracting information. The better we know what a site owner is doing, the more accurate his reputation will become -- whether that reputation is good or bad.

>3) Is there anything a competitor could do adversely affect the likelyhood of another person's site being accepted in DMOZ?

Everything you do affects probabilities in some ways. But I don't believe any of the results are really computable ... except that in the long run, I'm persuaded that following the ODP submittal policies works out best for everyone, and not following them works out not-well for the non-follower.

>IE., we hear the mantra quite often from other sources that there is nothing, or at least very little, a competitor could do to harm a site's listing in any particular search engine. Does this also hold true for DMOZ?

The difference between this and Google is that you're dealing with people. You're not giving commands, you're not buying services, you're giving information. You can't predict what they'll do with it, except you can assume they WON'T use it without verifying it from other sources. From that point of view, giving accurate information on a competitor may well help--or hurt--his site's chances for a listing. And that's all good.