Will DMOZ evolve to be an old and obsolete directory?

Since I got to know about the DMOZ directory; I have long regard it as a directory of worthiness. Simply because of 2 reasons

1) Its free; to ensure “not money can buy” listing status. We already have lots of directory that require payment. What the public need is one that is reliable yet “not money can buy” type of directory.
2) The stringent criteria of sites listing and selection of editors.

But recently I have seen many thread being posted about the time taken for a site to get listed has change from the original 1 to 3 months to the current 6 month.

Is 6 months too long? I don’t think DMOZ cares. But those trying to list will definitely think this is too long to wait.

But what I am actually trying to derive is, Is this the sign that DMOZ is growing to big until there are not enough editors to keep it as a relevant and up-to-date directory?

I think at the rate is going, it is moving towards that direction;
- New sites are not being listed for years till they become old and obsolete (webmaster finally quit and stop updating).
- Old sites are being kept in the directory until 10 or 20 reports to the editors of its dead link. ( DMOZ wants new and unique content yet listing all the old sites?)

Perhaps DMOZ should re-look into how a site can be taken out or added in a quicker way to ensure the freshness of the directory.

Note: New sites are added every day. Old/defunct sites are removed every day. The fact that it doesn't happen every day in every category does not make the entire directory stale.

In any case, this is really not the site to discuss whether or not the directory has a future. Seriously. There are so many webmaster/SEO forums where I'm sure you can get a really animated discussion going on the subject. This really isn't the place. We've let such discussions go on here in the past and it rarely turns out well so we'd rather not entertain them here again. Thanks.

I put this up here because Dmoz has extended its listing waiting period to 6 months.
Does this change signifies anything?

If this trend goes on; the current 6 months it will become 1yr or 2yrs in future.

Isn't anything needed to be changed before this trend continue?

I put this up here because Dmoz has extended its listing waiting period to 6 months.

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No, Dmoz has not extended its waiting period, that is a misunderstanding. What has happened is that Resource-Zone - this site, which is not part of dmoz.org - has extended its period of waiting between status requests. This is completely independent of the time it takes until any particular site is reviewed; that time has always been impossible to estimate.

The change in policies here at Resource-Zone merely signifies the fact that with an increased number of status requests, the editors who come here are finding it incresingly difficult to respond to every request, so we needed to manage the volume of postings in some way.

Long term planning

Motsa, please accept my apology for extending this thread.
My short term business plan extends one year into the future. Trade show exhibits are designed one year in advance. Articles for publication are written six months before the publication date. Dmoz is much larger than my company. I think DMOZ operates quite efficiently. Submit your site today, if you want it to be listed in DMOZ in April of 2005. It's called "Long term planning"

>Submit your site today, if you want it to be listed in DMOZ in April of 2005. It's called "Long term planning"

No, it's called "stupidly futile attempt to manipulate ODP editors." Because it won't work. There's no guarantee whatsoever that a site submitted now will be reviewed in (or by) April.

There's no queue, and no meaningful average time to listing. And submittal dates have no significance whatsoever for surfers or for websites -- we give them all the attention they deserve, which is to remind people on all appropriate occasions that they deserve no attention at all.

If you're doing "business planning" for "website promotion", you need to look for someone that offers those services. The ODP never has.