I have to say editors have definitley been getting on my bad side lately and i am sure many people have had similar unpleasent experiances. I was recently submitting some sites to JoeAnt, a couple of local community websites and a hotel site. The process of getting them approved really was shocking, the amount of time making the most minimal change was ridiculous. I actually got a listing denied because i had a capital C instead of a small c. I mean what the hell? is it not the editors jobs to edit the bloody lisitings instead of typinga long message to tell me to edit it! It would have been easier for them to just change the thing or to “edit” it.
Then there is everyones favourite directory the DMOZ, i have to say it is little wonder that people get frustrated as the legthof time and near impossibility of getting a listing is a real problem. I have been unable to get my site listed and i have been trying for 3 years, every single one of my compeitorsare there and some even have multiple listings. Its not so much the not getting listed the annoys me its the lack of communication, if an editor decides that you should be listed then the must be a reason for that and would it really be such as problem for them to share those reasons with the rest of the world?
Well i have to say editors will not be on my christmas card list, just to finish off my problems my site is apparently blacklisted from wikipedia now. I have information on castles and walks in Scotland and so added some of those pages to wikipedia throughout the last year. No with no warning or reasons they are all removed and appartenly my site is a SPAM website. Well im sorry but business.com, the yahoo directory and Google dont see Rooms in Scotland as spam. I am pretty sure of the hundreds of people who visit each day and those who book accommodation would disagree.
So as for the DMOZ, Wikipedia and Joe ANt well i could care less about them now, they preach to being free and trying to keep the spirt of the Internet alive but while there are volunteer editors, who are unpaid they will inevitably abuse there power and generally piss people off.
