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Story: Best of the Web Adds 30+ DMOZ Editors to Directory Team

from mistercharlie 185 days ago #

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"I guess it is fair to say that "paying for placement" is the BOTW business model. Pay us...and we'll place your site in the directory."

Evidently, you don't know much about BOTW. The only thing that paying guarantees is a review of your site within three business days. We reject paid reviews frequently. We MOST definitely are not a "pay for placement" service. Do your homework.

"make BOTW fairly attribute all of the ODP listings currently in their directory ( and in breach of the social contract )."

By policy we don't have "ODP listings" in the BOTW directory. There are definitely instances when an over zealous editor has copied descriptions from DMOZ, and any editor doing such is quickly terminated. We respect the intellectual property rights of other organizations, and any editor working with BOTW knows there is a zero tolerance policy for "copy+paste" editing.

We have a category feedback link at the bottom of every category in thh directory. Should you ever see something that you feel is in violation of any social contract, please notify us immediately.

Story: 3 Letters That Can Improve Your Social Media Success

from mistercharlie 185 days ago #

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FTW ?

Story: TechWeb Media | Paid directories are going out of business.

from mistercharlie 303 days ago #

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An uneducated and factually incorrect article. Just because GOOG whacked some "directories" doesn't mean the model is dead if you are doing it properly.

Story: Google Drops PageRank For Many Sites: Paid Links or New Algorithm?

from mistercharlie 352 days ago #

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At the risk of repeating myself...

Isn't it a bit early to proclaim that the sky is falling? I'm not saying that there isn't a concerted effort by Google to combat the selling of links, but as SEM professionals, haven't we learned that you can't look at TBPR during an update? What shows PR5 today may very well bump back up to PR8 tomorrow.

Let's have this discussion next week...

Story: Google Drops PageRank For Many Sites: Paid Links or New Algorithm?

from mistercharlie 352 days ago #

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Testing changes during an update? Based on what? Seems a bit counterproductive to be making changes before the dust settles.

Story: Google's PageRank Update Goes After Paid Links?

from mistercharlie 352 days ago #

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Isn't it a bit early to proclaim that the sky is falling? I'm not saying that there isn't a concerted effort by Google to combat the selling of links, but as SEM professionals, haven't we learned that you can't look at TBPR during an update? What shows PR5 today may very well bump back up to PR8 tomorrow.

Let's have this discussion next week...