Deletion from DMOZ - enemies in action?

Bill · 2005-11-28, 04:31 PM

It's the old AOL trick - repeat the keywords multiple times in the domain name, and it used to push you right to the top of the old AOL listings (based on dmoz at the time but with a really simple minded keyword algo).

There was a time when that trick could make you a bunch of bucks off of that creamy AOL traffic.

And you used to see it used all the time by crafty dmoz editors, who figured out that hack on AOL early on.

Pretty much useless now, in fact, there's a bunch of speculation that google penalizes for too many repititions and hyphens in domain names.

Linkster · 2005-11-28, 10:46 PM

Kit - I think youll find that there is no category editor for that cat. - and it doesnt seem to have anyone in the category above it - so I would guess this was an auto removal not a manual removal. Im not familiar with all of the reasons for the auto-removals, but I also know that google will keep the sites in there for a while. Keep in mind that Google recently changed their "Directory" listings so that they no longer carry a bunch of categories that DMOZ has so you may have just gotten lucky with the google dir.

Bill · 2005-11-28, 11:04 PM

What reasons for auto-removals do you know about Linkster?

Do you get the impression they are doing more of that kind of thing lately?

kenny · 2005-11-29, 02:16 AM

Auto removal?

I thought their entire deal was to have humans do everything by hand.

2005-11-28, 10:46 PM	#2
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2005-11-29, 02:16 AM	#4
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2005-11-28, 04:31 PM	#1
Bill Selling porn allows me to stay in a constant state of Bliss - ain't that a trip! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,914	It's the old AOL trick - repeat the keywords multiple times in the domain name, and it used to push you right to the top of the old AOL listings (based on dmoz at the time but with a really simple minded keyword algo). There was a time when that trick could make you a bunch of bucks off of that creamy AOL traffic. And you used to see it used all the time by crafty dmoz editors, who figured out that hack on AOL early on. Pretty much useless now, in fact, there's a bunch of speculation that google penalizes for too many repititions and hyphens in domain names.

2005-11-28, 11:04 PM	#3
Bill Selling porn allows me to stay in a constant state of Bliss - ain't that a trip! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,914	What reasons for auto-removals do you know about Linkster? Do you get the impression they are doing more of that kind of thing lately?