DMOZ Visitor Data
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What if this data, the most frequented categories and the time spent visiting, was to be made available to editors. Would it help solicit their editorial attention towards more frequented and utilized categories?hutcheson said:
There is some public data available on Alexa . I do not know the mechanism used to gather this information. This information, of course, would have no value to an editor.
Highly doubtful. Most editors don't edit where they think people are surfing, they edit where they are interested in editing (that might be their favourite obscure movie category today, the disease their second cousin has tomorrow, and a little hard slogging through affiliate sites in Shopping the day after).
No, this statistic is far far too easily manipulable by malicious people to be of any practical use whatsoever: if we admitted to using it, every spammer on earth would be off writing 'bots to hit his chosen target category dozens of times a second.
And, in any case, most people who visit dmoz.org itself (rather than one of its much faster licensees) are probably editors are submitters. It's like spending time redecorating the trashcan in the workshop because all the craftsmen visit it so often.
And, in any case, most people who visit dmoz.org itself (rather than one of its much faster licensees) are probably editors are submitters. It's like spending time redecorating the trashcan in the workshop because all the craftsmen visit it so often.
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What most people fail to recognize is that when an editor with broad permissions points their browser in the direction of the ODP, they often do not know where they will be editing until they get there.
DesertJules
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I certainly don't have anything approaching broad permissions, but when I log in to edit, heaven only knows where I'll end up.
That's half the fun.
That's half the fun.