i registered our site to DMOZ months ago. we still don't appear.
i was just doing some research and found a number of posts referring to the relevance of DMOZ today (its 10 years old now apparently). some posts were pretty scathing, saying DMOZ is out of date, and nepotism rules (by way of sleeping with an editor or some such ).
then someone suggested directory.google.com. so i headed on over there, only yo find the "list a URL" was still DMOZ! am i missing something, cos we dont seem to be on the google directory either!
I think it was Nikki Pilkington who mentioned a while back that it's a good idea to submit to a relatively obscure category (if it fits) - so that your submission gets seen quicker...
Not bothered with DMOZ myself in years though to be honest.
The writing was on the wall for DMOZ when it became apparent editors where blackmailing people by saying, give me $5,000 or your subscription will be removed.
You can actually have 2 subscriptions one related to the business and one for the location. I have both but it took a little time.
Submitting link to Dmoz will really take time to be approved because the links are reviewed manually and that what makes it really useful. Google value directory links that are only from directories that have manual editing and don't give value to those directories that automatically approved links submitted to them.
DMOZ is still widely considered to be a high quality link. Google often pulls website descriptions directly from the directory and puts them in its search results. You can actually include a tag to prevent it from doing so if you feel the description is not optimised enough.
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I think it was Nikki Pilkington who mentioned a while back that it's a good idea to submit to a relatively obscure category (if it fits) - so that your submission gets seen quicker...
Not bothered with DMOZ myself in years though to be honest.
It's worth submitting to (especially if you consider how long it takes to submit, e.g a couple of minutes at most) - and I always do this for sites - but I approach it as a 'fire and forget'.
I've got several sites into DMOZ, and all of them have taken between 1 - 2 years to get in, with submitting them every 6 months until inclusion.
You need to make sure you have the most appropriate category that's not too high-level and that you're description is spot on. If any of it is unsatisfactory, then they'll ignore your submission without saying anything.
Submitting link to Dmoz will really take time to be approved because the links are reviewed manually and that what makes it really useful. Google value directory links that are only from directories that have manual editing and don't give value to those directories that automatically approved links submitted to them.
Time?! I have submitted mine once every 6 months for the past 3 years and it's still not there. I have in the meantime seen sites with virtually no content of any value been approved. Starting to winder if you have to bribe someone to get in! grrrrr
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