What Should DMOZ Do?

[peter_d]

I'm resisting the urge to say "give up", however Loren offers his ideas in a post entitled: "10 Steps AOL Should Take to Reinvent the Open Directory Project (DMOZ)"

http://www.searchenginejournal.com/a...-project/5726/

The fact of the matter is however, AOL has been ignoring DMOZ for far too long. What was once a powerhouse and respected online resource has now become somewhat of a joke.

The only plausible answer, in my view, is for AOL to monetarize DMOZ. Hire editors, pay them, and supervise them. Charge for listings. Move the model somewhere between Mahalo and Yahoo Directory.

The alternative is to keep running as a volunteer organisation - which has proved to be unresponsive, stale, and left DMOZ with a trashed reputation.

http://www.alexa.com/data/details/tr...s?url=dmoz.org