DMOZ Planned System Outage Notification, Round 3

Aug 16th 2010 6:00AM

Over the next three days, we will be making additional upgrades to DMOZ. As with the previous planned outage, we will be taking some parts of the directory offline so that we can complete the work. While the directory content will stay on view throughout the process, all directory submissions will be disabled from Monday, August 16 - Wednesday, August 18, 2010. The following functionality will be unavailable throughout this planned outage:

Site suggestions,
Site update requests,
New editor applications,
Editor & staff feedback, and
Public abuse reports.

Neither the Resource Zone public forums nor the DMOZ editor forums will be impacted by this outage. We will provide any additional updates about this outage to the public via this blog.

Thank you again for your patience as we work to upgrade the DMOZ directory!
Emily

Posted by Emily Kayser | Comments (55)

Reader Comments

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41. I appreciate what DMOZ is doing, and I wish more organizations would follow in DMOZ footsteps. However, DMOZ is also making it difficult for new, legitimate and honest individuals survive on the internet.

I have been running a legitimate online store for the last 4 years and I have to work twice has much (in terms of SEO) then the competition to get traffic because we are not listed on DMOZ. Does DMOZ realize that when you are listed with them, search engine give those sites more importance than others that are not? Even if a site is inactive, (I know - checked other sites often) if it's on DMOZ - those sites get special treatment. In addition, all other directories use DMOZ as their source of information. Where as someone who is working hard, doing a honest job of providing quality content gets the short end of the stick because they can't get accepted into the directory.

That's my two cents, but if someone has something else to share. I am always open to discuss further.

I have been trying to get our site on DMOZ for 4 years.

Posted at 10:44PM on Oct 14th 2010 by Dino Karatzios

42. This article really helped me at all. thank you very much. I became more understanding now about what I should do.I will to optimize my website now.

Posted at 3:22PM on Oct 17th 2010 by el cajon condo

43. thanks

Posted at 9:19PM on Oct 18th 2010 by ahba2b

44. why i can't login my site in?

Posted at 1:01AM on Oct 20th 2010 by idcps

45. I like this blog

Posted at 1:06AM on Oct 20th 2010 by xiaojunseo

46. Rather than see a new blog site, I am sure many of your readers / clients / customers would like to see an improvement to the present system, particularly the speed of listing of new applications.

I have been waiting a long time to see my site listed. On the whole its a great site and this is not a criticism.

Posted at 8:33PM on Oct 23rd 2010 by Steve Shout

47. I have tried to get listed on your directory several time. I even applied for an editor position, But i didn't even received a rejection email. I hope things will change in due time.

Posted at 9:51AM on Oct 24th 2010 by lpn programs

48. Hope we will be next to DMOZ one day soon

Posted at 4:03PM on Oct 24th 2010 by qwinki

49. I want to add my website to DMOZ, it's difficult, please see http://www.wholesalereview.net

Posted at 4:00AM on Oct 27th 2010 by Jack

50. I hope the existence of this blog will be at least some sort of outlet for suggestion and improvements for how dmoz is handling listing requests. I have submitted a number of high authority local website and haven't get listed till now.

Laura

Posted at 3:15PM on Oct 27th 2010 by Laura

51. A sugest this site many time on dmoz, first time before one year, i not get any explenation why my site is not listed. Is it any new site get listed?

Posted at 11:27AM on Oct 30th 2010 by milan

52. I have already more than 4 time to submit our site listing

Please any sugestion to get listed on dmoz

Posted at 11:00PM on Nov 1st 2010 by wie yoga

53. I'm wondering if there is any criteria in submitting a website for dmoz directory and what is the editor is looking for a website which will qualify for posting?

Here are my websites: I own a carpet cleaning business based in Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC

Posted at 1:00AM on Nov 2nd 2010 by Kelvin

54. I had submitted my site been over 1 month. Is there any way to find what happen to my site submission? has it been rejected or not yet reviewed?

Posted at 5:15PM on Nov 4th 2010 by ssalinks

55. I've had a website now for 7 years. I server a very useful service in the real estate community. My areas are Manhattan and Queens and I have had hundreds of thousands of visitors since I started and have gotten hundreds of people apartments to rent and to buy.I have not ever had my company on the dmoz index. Please put my company on it. It should be about time. Thank you.

Posted at 2:07PM on Nov 6th 2010 by Steve Hirsch

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