Sorry WW I've just no read your/their Dmoz thread posts.
Nice thread though...I bet that pissed a few editors...
lol@hutcheson...same clown just older...
When Dmoz was started it was a human edited Directory (not a
reference site as the clowns would suggest).
dmoz.org states "help build the largest human-edited directory of the web".
Code:
<title>ODP - Open Directory Project</title>
<meta name="description" content="Help build the most comprehensive human-reviewed directory of the web">
<meta name="keywords" content="search, directory, community, web directory, web search, search engine">
Unfortunately the editors got too much power and it went to their heads. EG - hutcheson (he thinks he owns Dmoz) is a good example of this.
In so far as affiliate links and advertising...
I'm sure I read somewhere on Dmoz that no greater the 50% of any submitted site could contain advertising - aff or otherwise.
The problem with these power trippers they started to make up their own rules.
Rumours began that the editors where bias about adding site and some where busted taking bribes...Again they were rumours.
Anyway...The fact is that Dmoz is not a reference site, it's a Directory (human edited)...
But thanks to people like hutcheson they've all but stuffed it! Instead of actually editing anything...(doing their job)...he and his band of losers sit on the ODP forum and take cheap shots at people asking about their submissions.
Edit: As far as I'm aware Google did use Dmoz for its secondary listings. But I think they've since dropped them (2006?).
Other SE still use Dmoz for secondary links but it's fast dwindling list.
Cheers
T