Comments on: Google Should Come Out & Publicly Dump DMOZ http://www.jimkukral.com/google-should-come-out-publicly-dump-dmoz/ Small Business Consultant Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:45:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jim Kukral http://www.jimkukral.com/google-should-come-out-publicly-dump-dmoz/comment-page-1/#comment-5200 Jim Kukral Fri, 31 Aug 2007 04:24:39 +0000 http://www.jimkukral.com/google-should-come-out-publicly-dump-dmoz/#comment-5200 I think my point remains that Google doesn't need the dmoz at all any longer, right? Do they? So they should just dump it in public and the whole thing will become irrelevant. I think my point remains that Google doesn’t need the dmoz at all any longer, right? Do they? So they should just dump it in public and the whole thing will become irrelevant.

]]> By: Gecko http://www.jimkukral.com/google-should-come-out-publicly-dump-dmoz/comment-page-1/#comment-5195 Gecko Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:48:36 +0000 http://www.jimkukral.com/google-should-come-out-publicly-dump-dmoz/#comment-5195 DMOZ was one of the first sites online that made me believe the Internet was a really good thing. Over time it just sorta died out. I don't know if Jeremy 'Shoemoney' is playing around or not, but DMOZ is sadly dead and needs to be revamped or dumped. DMOZ was one of the first sites online that made me believe the Internet was a really good thing. Over time it just sorta died out. I don’t know if Jeremy ‘Shoemoney’ is playing around or not, but DMOZ is sadly dead and needs to be revamped or dumped.

]]> By: Jack Yan http://www.jimkukral.com/google-should-come-out-publicly-dump-dmoz/comment-page-1/#comment-5192 Jack Yan Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:54:07 +0000 http://www.jimkukral.com/google-should-come-out-publicly-dump-dmoz/#comment-5192 Jim, I’m not sure about the veracity of the original story. There’s no evidence of this supposed extortion email although Mr Schoemaker has been quite open at sharing other things. (His disclaimer even states, in a tongue-in-cheek way, that we should expect that everything on his site is a lie.) I just had someone check his site’s DMOZ record for me and apparently a bribe was offered <i>by</i> him to editors in 2005, though how that came about is unclear. My guess is Mr Schoemaker is hiding something, or this was a blog entry designed to bait others in the blogosphere. Even regular Joes like me will share dodgy email, headers intact, when I get mad at something. Sometimes I’ll omit the name of the sender but I will still paste the actual wording from the message. My own experience with DMOZ is that the editors are pretty good, though that was a few years ago, and a revamped version where everyday people can vote on sites might be an idea. Jim, I’m not sure about the veracity of the original story. There’s no evidence of this supposed extortion email although Mr Schoemaker has been quite open at sharing other things. (His disclaimer even states, in a tongue-in-cheek way, that we should expect that everything on his site is a lie.) I just had someone check his site’s DMOZ record for me and apparently a bribe was offered by him to editors in 2005, though how that came about is unclear. My guess is Mr Schoemaker is hiding something, or this was a blog entry designed to bait others in the blogosphere.

Even regular Joes like me will share dodgy email, headers intact, when I get mad at something. Sometimes I’ll omit the name of the sender but I will still paste the actual wording from the message.

My own experience with DMOZ is that the editors are pretty good, though that was a few years ago, and a revamped version where everyday people can vote on sites might be an idea.

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