Application for DMOZ editor

[Keral_Patel]

The application process for DMOZ editors has now started.

It was not available after recent problems in DMOZ.

But it is available now. I have already applied for my favorite category.

If you are wiling to do some work then you can surely apply for the positions.

Thanks.

 

[seojig]

i want to apply for one of my favorite category. but i m afraid bcoz i had already rejected once.
can u suggest me which care should be taken to listed there.i know that it is not easy to listed but we have to maintain some criteria also.

 

[Keral_Patel]

This is nice informational reading on DMOZ itself: http://www.dmoz.com/help/become.html

 

[gotlinks]

Sent mine in!

 

[stscac]

I was formerly an editor of a small category.

Purely a waste of time, at least for now, for me.

-Steve

 

[gotlinks]

As a editor though, dont you get to have your sites in?

Last time I checked I thought that was the case unless its missleading somehow?

 

[stscac]

As a editor though, dont you get to have your sites in?

Last time I checked I thought that was the case unless its missleading somehow?

If you pull some strings. Just because you're an editor, you still have to follow the rules (although many don't).

To become an editor of a category, you have to know a lot about the category you are applying for, but don't have conflicting interest by owning a site that could be placed in the category you are applying for.

-Steve

 

[gotlinks]

I applied for a small cat, so we will see what happens, I have good refs so.

 

[seojig]

humm all the best shandaman, it is very difficult to become editor in DMOZ

 

[Keral_Patel]

I have good refs so.

Me too

Lets see what the pulling strings can do

 

[codemerc]

To become an editor of a category, you have to know a lot about the category you are applying for, but don't have conflicting interest by owning a site that could be placed in the category you are applying for.

I don't know if it's true now, but it wasn't true in the past.

They (used to) recognise that if you have an interest in a particular catagory and know enough about it, you probably are involved in some site related to that category. I think you needed to declare your interest but weren't of course supposed to favor your own sites and/or peanalize the competition...

 

[whitebark]

DMOZ has always been an 'old boys club'. For instance you get a conservative in charge of the political section and they will turf or disallow any liberal websites - or vice versa. That's the main problem with DMOZ - personal politics and opinion play a huge part if your site is listed or not.

I once worked on a political website that was getting 300,000 visitors a month but the editors at dmoz refused to list it until someone we knew was accepted as a an editor. Never once were we told why the site was always refused, but it is not hard to figure out.

Of course, you can try to apply to become said decider and then rig it for your own means...