Dec 19th 2008 4:53PM
DMOZ Year In Review
This has been a year of rebuilding and change for DMOZ. In the wake of the 2006 outage, a new team was assembled at AOL to ensure that the directory received the attention and support that it deserved. In 2008, this team continued the process of rebuilding both the technical infrastructure and the trust of the editor community, as well as taking a fresh new look at how DMOZ could gain additional exposure for the project by partnering with our other corporate properties.
We began to see these efforts pay off in 2008. Engineers from AOL's Beijing office have been working tirelessly to rebuild and modernize the DMOZ infrastructure to support greater flexibility and growth of the next phase of the ODP. The staff team has worked hard to create a more open line of communication with the editors as well as to improve transparency between the DMOZ community and the public via this blog. While it will take time to overcome the understandable mistrust of the past, this first step has been very positive. And finally, we've worked to raise awareness of the directory within AOL and we've got several exciting new projects underway that will help improve the user experience for our very diverse group of users. We look forward to sharing more information about these as they get closer to launch.
So, at the end of a year that had a decidedly rocky start, we're happy to say that DMOZ is very much alive and well. It's been a very busy year with a lot of positive momentum, and I think I can speak for all of us when I say that we're very grateful to our editors for their continued hard work. We're looking forward to a very productive and exciting 2009.
We began to see these efforts pay off in 2008. Engineers from AOL's Beijing office have been working tirelessly to rebuild and modernize the DMOZ infrastructure to support greater flexibility and growth of the next phase of the ODP. The staff team has worked hard to create a more open line of communication with the editors as well as to improve transparency between the DMOZ community and the public via this blog. While it will take time to overcome the understandable mistrust of the past, this first step has been very positive. And finally, we've worked to raise awareness of the directory within AOL and we've got several exciting new projects underway that will help improve the user experience for our very diverse group of users. We look forward to sharing more information about these as they get closer to launch.
So, at the end of a year that had a decidedly rocky start, we're happy to say that DMOZ is very much alive and well. It's been a very busy year with a lot of positive momentum, and I think I can speak for all of us when I say that we're very grateful to our editors for their continued hard work. We're looking forward to a very productive and exciting 2009.
1. I've been trying to get my site listed in the Real Estate - Camden County - section for a while. There are over 20 cities in Camden County and yet only 5 appear in the directory. I'm guessing I'm not getting listed since my company is based in Haddon Heights NJ in Camden County and a catagory does not exist for this town. I hope in 2009, they smooth out some of the issues I've mentioned above and finally get my site listed.
Posted at 8:39PM on Dec 21st 2008 by Ed Barski
2. DMOZ is very good , i like it
Posted at 4:11AM on Dec 24th 2008 by deli
3. Thanks for the update!
Posted at 7:39PM on Dec 24th 2008 by Reverse Phone Lookup
4. Good to hear the project has renewed energy and committment to the public. To be honest I have been trying to submit a site to a Los Angeles Real Estate category without any success over the last two years. This is a legitimate site that I just don't understand how the submission has been overlooked for so long. I hope this renewed energy and new outlook help make this site what it has the promise to become. Best of luck.
Posted at 10:12AM on Dec 31st 2008 by zmitchell78
5. Happy New year to the the project
Posted at 11:07AM on Jan 1st 2009 by Ishi
6. Thanks for all & happy new year to Dmoz
Posted at 4:59AM on Jan 5th 2009 by dachun
7. We submitted our website in dmoz several times but never get listed. I have heard that listing is totally depends upon the choice of editor not the quality of a website ...I will expect that dmoz will be better in 2009.
Posted at 3:43PM on Jan 21st 2009 by Sumanta Mandal
8. I hope in this new year more people can start finding good online resources to build a decent website.
Dan
Posted at 10:13AM on May 19th 2009 by The Best Blog Site
9. dmoz is ver good
Posted at 10:05PM on Jan 31st 2009 by seampaul
10. I have been trying to get my site on DMOZ in this catagory for over a year.
http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/California/Localities/S/San_Francisco/Health/Dentistry/
Is there an editor for this catagory?
Posted at 3:50PM on Mar 11th 2009 by Nancy