How important is DMOZ

Discussion in 'Directories' started by TheLady, Dec 10, 2008.

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    when building and promoting a website?
     
    TheLady, Dec 10, 2008 IP
  2. dcristo

    dcristo Illustrious Member

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    #2
    Submit to DMOZ and forget about it. It's another good link to have.
     
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    swedal Notable Member

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    Control the things you can and don't worry about the things you can't.

    In other words -> follow the submission guidelines - submit and forget.
     
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    alishazshroff Banned

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    #4
    I think submission to the dmoz for every site is a must and it should be submitted without any expectations, if you get approved then cheers and if not then don't worry. The world doesn't ends without dmoz. :)
     
    alishazshroff, Dec 11, 2008 IP
  5. TheLady

    TheLady Peon

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    #5
    thanks! just wanted to check...
     
    TheLady, Dec 11, 2008 IP
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    aspire Well-Known Member

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    A good backlink might be, but it doesn't drive any traffic.
     
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    pipes Prominent Member

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    I never use it, if they want to add my sites thats fine but its not worth bothering i feel as i forever read "how long does it take to get into dmoz" at which point i say to myself il simply submit my site to 1000 directories instead. :)
     
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    Lexiseek Banned

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    #8
    Completely and totally unimportant.
     
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    marki8 Well-Known Member

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    #9
    never think to submit at DMOZ but is the best place for my reference...
     
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  10. web-fanatic

    web-fanatic Banned

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    #10
    It is difficult to getting in
    but after ... you will have a good link love :)
     
    web-fanatic, Dec 11, 2008 IP
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    ahayiroglu Peon

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    it works if you accepted... not only from its quality backlinks... but many new directories are populated their directory from it many times...
     
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    ciplseo Peon

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    #12
    A high-quality back link strength be, other than it doesn't constrain any traffic.
     
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    eposdirect Peon

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    #13
    google use database of dmoz so for google dmoz is the best
     
    eposdirect, Dec 12, 2008 IP
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    DMOZ is largest human edited directory so getting backlink from this site is valuable than other small directory
     
    brandmantra, Dec 12, 2008 IP
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    flatrox Banned

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    dmoz is important bcoz google takes data from dmoz
     
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    #16
    thanks! just wanted to check...
     
    carfinance, Dec 12, 2008 IP
  17. Qryztufre

    Qryztufre Prominent Member

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    #17

    Does any directory?

    Heh... seriously.

    As for submitting to DMOZ, why not? If you are going through the lists of FREE directories, then you'll notice you have an equal chance of getting a listing with DMOZ as you do with many of those. I've submitted my sites to hundreds of free directories and have not been listed in dozens of them. *shrug* I'd blame it on the category, but erm, I submit to pretty much the same ones that have competing sites in them.

    So SUBMIT AND FORGET!

    Then again, many editors on DMOZ do not check the queue, and a few of them even count the queue as a blacklist (because all of us webmasters are teh eval) so maybe FORGET TO SUBMIT.

    Either way though, it's a crapshoot.
     
    Qryztufre, Dec 12, 2008 IP
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    DMOZ is very important and can make a huge difference to SERPS, but the only catch is it can be very difficult to get any new site accepted.

    As others have mentioned, just submit it and hope for the best and move on.
     
    compevo, Dec 12, 2008 IP
  19. Qryztufre

    Qryztufre Prominent Member

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    #19
    There is no real evidence of that. In fact, there is equal evidence against every perk in getting a listing.

    Duplicate content being it's biggest flaw. Yeah, yeah, DMOZ may count as something, but not it's clones... or heh, directory.google may count as something, but not the odp.
     
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    #20
    thanks for all, i will submit my forum at dmoz.
     
    asholar, Dec 13, 2008 IP