All the guys who were complaining that "i haz 4 stars on other DDLs, why cant i 4 star here to"......Learn fucking English and grow the fuck up.
Each DDL is run by someone different, hence they WILL have different opinions about your site. And Why do people automatically think that getting a certain number of submissions warrants a high rating. There are many other factors that determine whether or not a site gets a high rating.
Since you want to compare all DDLs equally.
So Katz list every single rule imaginable? Do they tell you everything you need to get 5 stars? NO they don't.
As a webmaster you have to have common sense and atleast use your brain (which obviously some of you do not seem to have) to realize that hey, maybe if I look at the 5 star sites and see what they offer their users, maybe I can also add something unique for my users as well. Submitting for a certain period or getting a certain number of submissions does NOT warrant an increase in rank.
These are what warrant an increase in rank:
1. Uniqueness - including theme and content
2. First Impressions - including amt of ads the site has/colours used/layout etc
3. Forum activity - how active is your forum, and not how many bot posters you have. How many active users contribute to threads in the community sections and help new users find what they are looking for.
4. Site reputation - does your site have a bad name, have you ever had fake downloads, malware on your site etc.
--Those are just some to name a few.
And obviously as you can see, these cannot be put into any list as there's no standard way of measure. Each person has a different view on what a good site is with regards to the above.
And finally, those of you who act as if DDL owners have no life, GTFO.
Everybody here is a human and has a real life (except Cameron and a few other internet fags).
So forgive us if we can't respond to your email the next second/minute or hour. Unfortunately your email isn't the only email we have to deal with. Some of use are in University, some have jobs, and some even have families, so excuse us if we aren't like you who have your parents paying for everything and you don;t have a care in the world.
/End Rant