DMOZ is WASTE of TIME !

Can somebody on this forum tell me why do you waste your time on DMOZ ? Why do you think is so important ?

I'm waiting for 7 months to approve my site, and seems that it will never be approved ! I think this directory is a big waste of time !

 

How is it a waste of time ? Although I don't think much of Dmoz but I don't see how anyone can waste his time on it ? exactly what were you doing while waiting ?

 

It takes a minute to submit, how is that a waste of time?

Mind you, if you spent the last 7 months worrying about it then yeah, you wasted a bunch of time.

 

No But why are they approving the sites so hard ?

 

They want quality in their directory, not shitty sites...
But I agree.. Getting listed at DMOZ is nice, but it's just 'a directory'
Don't take hours to make sure your site gets listed

Greetz

 

One of my sites got approved fast (I thought they are good guys ) but my second site is not approved even today... after 6-7 months...

 

Is your site better than the sites already listed?

A lot of people submit sites that don't meet the guidelines (like affiliate sites) or submit to the wrong category.

DMOZ editors are volunteer and some category editors are a lot better than others.

Submit and forget. It's not the end of the world if they don't accept your site.

 

I know that, but I see lots of people angry about DMOZ here...

 

DMOZ is a waste of time. Does anyone here even use it for searching? Google is way better

 

Agree ! DMOZ is just a directory ! If you don't get approved is not the end of the world !

 

LOL I can tell you don't use it as a resource... heh. If ya don;'t mind technical categories that have not been updated in years on end, then sure, the best of the best... of 2003

And don't forget all those top notch Geocities pages!

It's worth the three minutes it takes to submit... though you are correct. As a resource it's really lacking in MANY areas. Maybe if they had more then 600 or so active editors? Ever thought applying to be an editor?

 

It all depends on the editor of a certain category. Some are nice, some are not.

 

As MOST categories do not have editors, that is rather moot

Though, as it does apply, it's really no different then any other directory, though replace owner with editor

I've submitted to hundreds of free directories. I get accepted to some, and not to others... it's not worth it to see which directories are worth it or not, as it's simply quicker to run through the list. When I get to DMOZ I submit...the same as the rest of the other free directories.

 

It is worth it to take a few minutes and submit your sites, but don't expect to be listed anytime soon. Just submit and forget about it.

 

But submitting to DMOZ really helps us ? Can they bring so much traffic ?

 

The fact that Google holds Dmoz in quite high regards is a moot point in the fact that you submit a site to the directory and hang on the ball-and-chain checking to see if your site has been indexed.

submit, move on, wait a year, if nothing, submit again.
And during that years waiting, try to do something productive ;P

 

You don't loose anything on something free

 

This is The best And simple Reply i Read here yeah you don't loose Anything to on something Free xpt 3 or 4 minutes And if you got index you Are lucky and if they don't approve your listing So what Try again or leave it And search another Directory
i'm wasting (not in my way other thinks ) lot of time on reading Blogs About Blah Blah stuff So what's wrong if i am wasting 4 or 5 minute's to improve my site ? its just a Hope and thought ...

 

Its no secret that I am no fan of DMOZ but a waste of time submitting? It takes about the same amount of time to submit there as it did to post here. If you simply submit and forget like most people then this post wouldn't even exist...

 

Exactly. If submitting is a waste of time why waste more time complaining about it.