I think DMOZ does not have time for you or for many of the other millions of sites waiting. It is sad, but likely true based on the info we have available.
based on my experience...even if you hire someone there's no guarantee...you wait for months even years to know you are listed or not.. unless you pay the editor...
You as many seem to forget there are other search engines out there, and though the human traffic is usually not big in directories depending on the niche it can be important. Also as far as pagerank ( if that's something the site needs ie; directory ) it can really help, again if it's niche. Personally I hate DMOZ but it's value is still there. 2 and a half years and counting...
If you say so... I don't see any special value of a DMOZ listing for any search engine and absolutely not for traffic. It's just another link. YMMV, as always.
The key here is there was millions of sites waiting for review. After everything getting wiped the queues were empty and since it opened back up for submissions, there has never been a better time to submit.
Did that with few sites as favor for a friend and I'm not seeing any change - they are again stuck in unreviewed – problem of active editors might become drastic in the following months. In the end if DMOZ doesn't get connected to Wikipedia or some other project from which it could draw manpower (and femalepower to be politically correct ), it will be impossible to do anything.
You are sadly mistaken. Unless you personally visit the houses and check the computers of the users, you have no way of knowing that it is anything near that. Alexa is not a relevant sample, IMO. The only time it matters is in the top 100, as that can show good traffic. But If you can leave your computer on for 48 hours straight, you can get a top 1000 listing with ease.
Since I got PC working 24/7 anyway I'm going to test this theory by installing Alexa and leaving IE opened on my websites if my Alexa rank skyrockets beer is on me!
I don't see how that could work unless you have your browser set to autorefresh or are running a script.
Well if my websites become No. 1 to No. 5 on Alexa it will hopefully be enough proof that Alexa is busted, either that or I'll get $500,000 a month job offer.
Still wouldn't work, multiple requests for the same URL on the same day by the same user are counted as a single pageview.
Yea, I actually have a sale going on right now for inclusion. save 20% now only $8,000 marked down from $10,000
If that's true, it's a change from 2005. I was part of an experiment early that year where we manipulated Alexa rankings significantly with three or four people doing multiple refreshes on the home page of the site.
Cheap is good. My grandpa once told me you can only spend money once, then it's gone and you have to go get more.
Maybe they caught on ?? http://www.alexa.com/site/help/?index=12 A site's ranking is based on a combined measure of reach and pageviews. Reach is determined by the number of unique Alexa users who visit a site on a given day. Pageviews are the total number of Alexa user URL requests for a site. However, multiple requests for the same URL on the same day by the same user are counted as a single pageview. Annie - good to see you're back.