Dmoz inclusion

[nextt]

well am trying other ways also. But i wanted to get listed in dmoz also . thanks anyways

[lloyd.velarde@gmail.]

the main theme of dmoz is submit and forget unlike before, but still you can wait until your site get listed......but i don't know how long it will take!

[brandmantra]

3months is not a long time for DMOZ.

[nextt]

lol yeh i think 3 months is not a long time for Dmoz, because there is so many ppl who are still waiting for inclusion over the months.

[iamyri]

Originally Posted by brandmantra

3months is not a long time for DMOZ.

I think it's very long. In my case it's usualy takes about 1 month

[msright1981]

I would hate to disappoint you, but I had submitted my website to DMOZ more than a year ago and still now luck . Why not just submit to other good directories while waiting for DMOZ. [link removed]

[Birdie]

Originally Posted by msright1981

. Check out my [link removed]

and how will that help my site? The category for my site is not even indexed in Google ... just another one of the zillion useless crap directories

[alter-ego]

I'm no dmoz expert by any means but I've read plenty in regards to how hard it is to get listed in dmoz.

Oddly enough, my main site was listed in dmoz within weeks of submission and to this day I'm not entirely sure why? I think I just got lucky and happened to submit at the exact right time or more likely, hit on a reasonably inactive topic that was easy to get added to.

A few things to check prior to submitting which may help (it seemed to work in my case):

• do not have "Under Construction" pages

• make sure your main page has plenty of informative content

• if possible, make it easy to find your "about us" page or similar content to your purpose online

• purchase a url for more than one year (minimum 2); this clearly shows you intend to be around for a while (Google likes this too apparently)

• if you have a doorway page, get rid of it

• disable any popups or popunders (shame on you if you have them anyway)

• do not cover your pages in ads, while everyone wants to turn a buck some are clearly more obvious about it than others

It may not hurt to put yourself in the shoes of a dmoz editor and try to look at your site as a visitor. If your unable to do so (yes it's possible to be blinded by your own greatness), have others look at it and give you honest reviews. Treat these suggestions as gold as it's your audience that determines your sites worth, not you.

...all vanity, pride, etc., aside, do you see honest value in your site and would you list it if given hundreds of other sites to list in the same category?

Either way, I'm listed but for those that put so much emphasis on getting in let me state clearly, getting into dmoz does NOT translate to tons of targeted traffic. I'm lucky if I see more than 2 or 3 hits weekly directed to my site via dmoz or their "spin offs".

I'd recommend polishing the crap out of your dmoz submission and then leaving it to the powers that be.

Once submitted, take the energy you were going to put into your dmoz resubmissions and focus it on good, helpful, informative and unique content on your main page.

Anyway, this is all IMHO, maybe it helped, maybe it didn't; either way I got in by observing everything above.

Good Luck,

Ken

[iamyri]

Originally Posted by msright1981

I would hate to disappoint you, but I had submitted my website to DMOZ more than a year ago and still now luck . Why not just submit to other good directories while waiting for DMOZ. [link removed]

I'm confident that some Dmoz_editor saw your site about 11 months ago.

[nancy123]

If you have submitted your site in DMOZ correctly with the submission guide line. then you can visit DMOZ forum and ask your question regarding your DMOZ related issue. for more information kindly visit http://www.resource-zone.com/forum

[jim_noble]

then you can visit DMOZ forum and ask your question regarding your DMOZ related issue.

Indeed you can, but questions regarding a particular website's listing suggestion are against it's ToC.

[The Leader]

If you get approval for your site within 2 years then you are lucky.
I would just forget dmoz anyway. There are plenty of other good sites.

[Birdie]

Originally Posted by The Leader

If you get approval for your site within 2 years then you are lucky.

Then there were 2000 lucky webmasters this week!

[antirem]

You just need to sit on your hands and wait.. dont let it keep you up at night

[kenjitoday]

It is not the end of the world if you don't get included into DMOZ. There are many more directories to submit to.

[sinc]

really it's take lot of time to listed on his directory

thx

[blogfluence]

I have been waiting for 4 months now and over 2 months for them to get baqck to me for my editor application

[Birdie]

Originally Posted by blogfluence

I have been waiting for 4 months now and over 2 months for them to get baqck to me for my editor application

Assume its been lost. Did you get the "instant" confirmation mail that you need to reply to? Did you check your junk mail?

[sinc]

it's take lot of time, bcoz over thousands submission in dmoz every day, so thats popularity, it's become a number one.

[minnesnowta]

1. Find the correct category for your site
2. Look at the category you are submitting to..
3. Create a description that is nearly identical to the ones that are already in the section. (Site approval is quick and painless when editors don't have to write descriptions)
4. Send the link to your site, title, and the description you wrote to an editor friend. (IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY EDIT A CATEGORY ON SEWING NEEDLES, IT SHOWS UP THE SAME)Have them add it to their bookmarks category.
5. Have said editor friend send it to the correct category. (Sites submitted by other editors are looked at first 99% of the time... This is because they usually have correct descriptions, titles, and are in the correct category.)

This is the absolute fastest way.

Any other questions, feel free to PM.

EDIT: Also, some categories are seriously neglected. I was just accepted to one that had submissions from 2003. The ODP needs good editors.