SEO Specialists talk about Dmoz.

I did a once-in-a-blue moon search for "Dmoz" and found this interesting blog post. A few SEO specialists held a conference to discuss the SEO industry. I found the answers...interesting, to say the least.

Q: What do you think about DMOZ?

Debra: I have an interview with DMOZ this week and they seem committed to fixing the directory. [Really? Interesting, I might say. I wonder how it went. BTW, AOL staff are working on releasing Dmoz 2.0 soon, *fingers crossed.*]

Eric: A link from DMOZ is not something you have to have to rank. It'd be nice to see them return to their former glory, though.

Danny: Google recently removed their suggestion that sites should try to get links from directories.

Rae: That doesn't mean that they don't still value links from directories. It's probably meant to help sites from getting scammed by anyone who throws up a site and calls it a directory.

Eric: You can see the last date edited and find out which editor did it. Search for that editor's username and you can find out how to contact them privately. They'll appreciate you took that extra step. [Some interesting remarks. Nearly false, but interesting nonetheless. For starters, no one other than an editor can find out which editor made an edit to a category. The only information available to the public is the date and time stamp at the bottom of the page, not editor name. Secondly, I don't know about the last sentence, but some editors don't appreciate being asked about submitted sites. I usually don't give much thought about a submitter contacting me, so I can't say that I "appreciate" the effort, though I'm not opposed to giving site status checks.]

(source: http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/archives/2009/10/ask_the_linkbui.html)

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