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:: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 ::

So Totally DMOZ, Baby

Frankly, when I say I'm going to "submit to DMOZ", it sounds naughty.

But, the truth is, it's quite challenging to navigate this famous Directory. Who better to go to than Cre8asiteForums' own Jean Manco who gives members the inside track.

Here are some fantastical places to seek help:

Site Stability
     "A site with frequent server problems could be in trouble from the start."

Tips on getting a Dmoz listing
     "Review times vary dramatically - from a matter of minutes to years. There is no average time that you can count on."

New To DMOZ
     "It's been calculated that the ODP adds 1,000 listings a day. So what kind of sites are editors eager to list? I thought I'd pick out a few as I add them."

When do Google and AllTheWeb update their ODP directories?
     "All I can say is that the old pattern of an update once a month was broken last year. There has been much speculation about the reasons."

Cyberworld Antics:

If you use Hotmail or Yahoo! Email and MSIE - Hotmail, Yahoo Users at Risk of PC Takeover
     "A potentially serious security flaw found in Web-based e-mail services offered by Microsoft and Yahoo could put millions of PCs at risk of takeover, an Internet security research firm warned Tuesday."

How many freaking toolbars can one PC have? Download the HotBot Quick Search Deskbar

This is why we don't allow name calling at Cre8asiteForums. How to Manage Your Corporate Reputation Online
     "Online discussion forums—commonly referred to as consumer generated media (CGM)—are increasingly being used by consumers to ratify or criticize products and brands."

Usability 101. Blaming the User is Rude
     "It's not my browser's fault at all, it's Yahoo's."

Click Fraudsters: Be Very, Very Careful
     "In the past year, I've been asked at seminars and in interviews what can be "done" about the problem of bogus clicks. In those instances where I just came right out and said what needs to happen is that the perpetrators need to be arrested, I've noticed the interviewer would often go very quiet and change the subject."

Earthworld Antics:

Please don't read this if you're "feeling hormonal" or love butterflies. Mass Extinction Not Inevitable
     "By 2050, between 25 percent and 50 percent of all species will have disappeared or be too few in numbers to survive. There'll be a few over-visited parks, the coral reefs will be beaten up, grasslands overgrazed. Vast areas of the tropics that have lost their forests will have the same damn weeds, bushes and scrawny eucalyptus trees so that you don't know if you're in Africa or the Americas. Without its natural diversity the world will be a poorer place. It will be boring."

Yesterday Seems So Far Away...

I posted yesterday's post in the new Cre8asite Blog called Cre8tive Flow, not to annoy everybody with dupes, but to help get that blog going and tested. The bonus is that over there, people can comment on what I write! See Keyword Horse Remarks

:: posted by Kim Krause Berg on 3/23/2004 03:13:59 PM

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