Another site listed in DMOZ after 18 month wait

To date I have submitted 5 sites to DMOZ.

Four were listed within a month of submitting them but the 5th didn't seem to get any love from the editors. I re-submitted after a year even though I read not to on here. Now, 6 months later I just saw it is listed I had started to think that if a site doesn't get listed quick it's never going to, but I guess this is not the case.

I know it won't bring any traffic and the lack of a keyword rich domain diminishes the seo value, but for some reason I am still very happy about it.

The only advise I can give to those who can't get sites listed is to make sure your site is up to scratch before submitting it. This means a good layout and lots of unique content, something most sites are lacking in.

 

Congratulations! That's a pretty good success rate for DMOZ.

I agree that quality and originality are the way to go.

 

I agree with Bill about your extremely successful success rate .. (I've had about a 20% rate over the last three years). Ant_C, can you expand on exactly what you mean by "unique content" if say, I'm in the e-commerce business and have similar products as my competitors. Cheers!

 

Congrats Ant C its good for your project to be listed at dmoz

 

One of my old site that has been 3 years old is still not in DMOZ. 18 month wait is nothing...

 

Even though you have similar product with other e-commerce sites, describe the products differently (use different word variations in the product descriptions). That separates the site from a host of others with unique content.

 

Congrats nice...I expect that few of my sites will be submited too

 

who said?

 

Congratulations on your submissions. I haven't been too lucky, though.


Yugo

 

Sites do get listed, sometimes even through public submissions. It's anyone's guess as to when a suggestion will get reviewed, if ever. There are a few things that you can do to increase the chances of getting listed in dmoz.

Basically it comes down to having a site that meets the listings requirements, crafting a decent title and description and submitting to a related category. The more time you take when submitting will make it easier for the editor to add your submission when it gets reviewed.

 

That's true - we are all lazy by nature .

There's another benefit to that too. When on limited time and looking at a pool of websites awaiting evaluation, I tend to cherry pick. I give priority to the ones that have made some attempt at guidelines compliance. In my experience, those with spammy KW stuffed proposed titles and descriptions are the least likely to be useful additions to the directory.

I stress that badly written titles and descriptions don't cause a listing suggestion to be declined (we re-write them). They can delay the evaluation process though.

 

you must be kidding right ? since when dmoz editors care about spammy sites ? the directory it's full with such links lol ....