Summer's Shenanigans

So, DMOZ has the name of my lingerie store listed incorrectly:

http://dmoz.com/Shopping/Clothing/Undergarments/Lingerie/

They have it listed as "Vicious Enterprises" when it is (obviously?) Hustler Panties. I've known this for a while but didn't really care until I noticed that DMOZ's incorrect information is being plastered all over the internet (Google, Alexa, copy-cat directories, etc). So, I mustered up all of my fake-nice power and posted over at the Resource Zone (DMOZ's forum, for those you that don't know). Here is how "well" it went:

ViciousSummer:

"Hello there,
One of my sites is listed in the following category:

http://dmoz.com/Shopping/Clothing/Un...ents/Lingerie/

The name of the site is listed as "Vicious Enterprises", which is not the name of the store (it should be "Hustler Panties"). I noticed this quite a while ago and didn't care until the incorrect DMOZ data started showing up everywhere (Alexa, other directories, Google, etc). Is there any way that this can be fixed before any more damage is done?"

jimnoble:

"It's quite normal to use the business name as a listing's title. In this case, both the page footer and whois confirm that the business name is indeed Vicious Enterprises."

ViciousSummer:

"Well, that's unfortunately that it's "normal" because in this case it's wrong. This is a completly inaccurate company description for Vicious Enterprises:

"Offering lingerie, pasties, costumes, stockings and rhinestone jewelry. Brands include Hustler and Leg Avenue."

That would be a somewhat accurate description of *one* of our stores (HustlerPanties.com). Vicious Enterprises is a conglomeration of retail stores as well as a clothing line that is completely unrelated to lingerie.

I can easily change the copyright to "HustlerPanties.com" if that will help. If you're going off of "whois" info, do you think "Evolution Marketing and Development" would be better then "Angel Bodywear"? I suppose "Belabumbum" should be changed to "Heidi Rauch" and "Club Lace" should be "CSP Media"?"

Eric-the-Bun:

"I am afraid we normally don't go into the ins-and-outs of a particular site on this forum. Because the content of the site can change, descriptions may be out of date and thus the 'update option' is provided.

The best advice would be for you to review your site and its listing according to the guidelines and make that update request if there are any factual errors in the listing.

It will then be up to the editor reviewing the request to agree or disagree (which is unlikely to be anyone on this forum)..."

ViciousSummer:

"I appreciate your help, Eric. I did fill out the request as you mentioned before.

The real problem is that this is actually *hurting* my company so it is an urgent matter for me. It's not a matter that the website or company has changed, it's just that an editor made a mistake AND which ever random editor that stumbles upon my update request (months or years down the road?) will probably deny it because they don't have the information that I have provided here."

bobrat:

"It appears to be listed correctly (and the editor did not make a mistake)

The mailing address/contact info on that site is:

Vicious Enterprises

While in fact there are several related sites under that name, only one will be listed so there is no conflict."

ViciousSummer:

"The reason the mailing address on HustlerPanties.com says "Vicious Enterprises" is for privacy reasons, most customers do not want mail delivered to them with the name of the company "Hustler Panties", for obvious reasons.

Yes, the editor did make a mistake, and you telling me that some random editor knows the name of my company better then I do is inane. What exactly do you think I'm doing here? Do you think I am lyeing to you about the name of my company, because that seems to be what is being implied.

You're also saying that the (incorrect) listing for Vicious Enterprises is the best description of the company, even though Vicious Enterprises has been around long before HustlerPanties.com, and none of our other, competely different websites will be listed in DMOZ. Not exactly the smartest thing I've heard today, but you seem to know best.

Other websites that are listed in the same catagory:

CrazyLaces.com is listed as Inetmedia on their contact page, whois and footer, but somehow they are listed as "Crazy Laces" in DMOZ? EssentialLingerie.com is listed as "Essential Lingerie", yet that domain is just a portal to woods-online.co.uk? I could go on, if you'd like...

Can someone please just erase the listing completely? DMOZ is such a joke."

It only gets worse...

Seriously, DMOZ is such a joke. I tried to go about doing this the right way by posting in the public forum (when I easily could have emailed an editor internally, since I'm a FUCKING EDITOR), but instead a bunch of morons try to pretend they know more about MY company then I do. I own the company, I edit the fine lingerie catagory in DMOZ and you're going to tell ME that I don't know the name of my very own LINGERIE WEBSITE. I have no patience for stupidity, sorry.