ShoeMoney is a veritable SEO guru. He is, in my point of view, *the* expert on all things search engine related.
Of all the Search Engine Systems, DMOZ has classically been the one with the least bias, the most creditability, the toughest one to get into.
Apparently, they are corrupt and have extorted ShoeMoney.
This really is too bad.
And it is things like this that make me doubt a Collaborative Web.
- Josh
The post was link bait and you fell for it.
How could an editor extort anyone about removing a listing that didn’t exist?
The site was banned from ever being listed way back on 2005 after editors were offered a bribe to list it.
There was no attempt of extortion for a site that wasn’t listed. You’ve been conned.
Check the wayback machine archives…
http://web.archive.org/web/20070306115617/http:/www.dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Web_Design_and_Development/Authoring/Webmaster_Resources/Affiliate_Programs/Weblogs/
Also, the “bribe” was a payment, as many other have reported doing with DMOZ. Shoe never denied paying for listings. It happens with DMOZ often, and the word on the street is DMOZ sucks
A feed URL was listed for a couple of weeks more than six months ago, despite the “do not list” status of the site, and very rapidly removed once the listing error was noticed. The site has been banned from being listed for more than two years. There was no extortion.
It would be great if this was just a publicity stunt. I really hope so.
Still, it shows how easily one person with bad intentions can sway things online. I cant help but think of the connotations for Ontological purposing.
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