DMOZ Scavenger Hunt
December 7th, 2005 by Sarah KingThere are plenty who are quick to insult DMOZ and the people who work to make it work. I won’t go into that here, it will acheive nothing.
However, over at DigitalPoint a member (wrmineo) started a DMOZ Scavenger Hunt to find categories that had not been edited in years. Read the rest of this entry »
Skaffe.com melts down?
November 15th, 2005 by Sarah KingSkaffe.com is a big directory with paid and free submissions that has ambitions to topple DMOZ.
They have a way to go to but the directory has lasted a few years and continues to grow.
I just wanted to check something out tonight and found I could get the index page but none of the categories – and the index looked pretty broken too.
Skaffe have an important role to play, lets hope they don’t stay broken for long!
DMOZ is Corrupt? I don’t think so
July 9th, 2005 by Sarah KingThe major forums seem to have nasty little threads popping up left, right and centre about corruption at DMOZ. It’s hard to believe there’s anything other than the occasional individual having a go, but some are claiming orchestrated campaigns. Read the rest of this entry »
New Zealand (NZ) Directory
April 2nd, 2005 by Sarah KingI have created a New Zealand (NZ) Directory over on my Botspotter site (gotta use it for something) and it even has an NBO category to hold all the sites that I found when scanning the NBO site which I suspect of proforma scams (see earlier post on NBO).
I was going to see if I could add them to my Property Investment Directory but decided to keep them quite separate and to use Duncan Carver’s script.
The directory system itself was a breeze to install with the only issue being, perhaps, the naming of the folders. You do need to be on a *nix box with safe mode turned off. It imported with ease and allowed me to get started with a large amount of content from NZ DMOZ. It gives a few key links at the bottom of the page and you’re required to leave them in place – no doubt paying for Duncan’s time 
And I feel the default templates should automatically state that some of the categories will be boosted by DMOZ data.
All in all though, a big thumbs up to Duncan. Thank you!
