<body><script type="text/javascript"> function setAttributeOnload(object, attribute, val) { if(window.addEventListener) { window.addEventListener('load', function(){ object[attribute] = val; }, false); } else { window.attachEvent('onload', function(){ object[attribute] = val; }); } } </script> <div id="navbar-iframe-container"></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> gapi.load("gapi.iframes:gapi.iframes.style.bubble", function() { if (gapi.iframes && gapi.iframes.getContext) { gapi.iframes.getContext().openChild({ url: 'https://www.blogger.com/navbar/12774203?origin\x3dhttp://directoryeditor.blogspot.com', where: document.getElementById("navbar-iframe-container"), id: "navbar-iframe" }); } }); </script>

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

ODP Report for 2005

Thanks to Threadwatch.org for tipping me off on the annual report released by the ODP's volunteer administration.

The report was compiled to inform the editor community and public about the development of the ODP project in 2005. It seems that the web's most comprehensive human-edited directory grew almost 5% in the year 2005 - adding 221,552 new listings.

The report also discloses the amount of volunteer editors currently involved with the project. Interesting to see that DMOZ accepted 4,776 new editors in 2005 but they finished the year with less editors then when they started! SeoBook from ThreadWatch said it best:
"That is some SERIOUS editor churn..."
What's interesting to me is that the report documents 7,744 "active" editor accounts on December 31, 2005 and about 221,552 new listings added for the year. That averages out to about 28 new listings per active editor! 28 new listings seems awfully low to me. I know it's mostly about quality and not quantity with DMOZ and editor responsibilities certainly consist of more than just adding sites - but 28?! Most editors I know can add 28 quality sites in under an hour. How dedicated are these 7,744 DMOZ editors?

posted by boywundah at 8:34 AM   2 comments

2 Comments:

At January 25, 2006 6:06 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

>>How dedicated are these 7,744 DMOZ editors?

that has always been the greatest flaw of their model. the benevolence of the masses only goes so far.

>>That averages out to about 28 new listings per active editor! 28 new listings seems awfully low to me.

the majority of their time is spent rejecting spam. while everybody cries about the length of time it takes for a review, they fail to realize that the queue is packed with spam. the editors are not lazy. they have to spend 80% of their time deleting either spam or craptastic sites.

 
At January 26, 2006 8:44 AM, Blogger boywundah said...

>>the editors are not lazy. they have to spend 80% of their time deleting either spam or craptastic sites.

You make a good point and you are probably right. It just seems so counter productive for editors to spend most of their time deleting spam.

Here's a not-so unique thought... why not charge for an expedited review? The market is certainly there and I have to imagine it will cut down on the amount of spam submitted. The editors should then be able to focus more on adding quality resources and tweaking the taxonomy of the directory...

 

Post a Comment

<< Home