I have tried, tried again and tried some more. There are multiple categories I could be in and each year I try a few new selections. I stick to the rules, I call my site My Site and I refrain from anything spammy. For the life of me I cannot get added to dmoz and my site is 6 years old and the leader in its industry with over 2k visitors per day and several million turnover. Is dmoz even worth it anymore?
Yeah right. Had you thought of reading the Suggestion Guidelines which require that a website be suggested just once to the one best category? We treat spammers the same way that you treat spammers so flagrant offenders may well be banned.
Make sure you follow the guidelines when making a submission, it does take some time to get listed on dmoz but as long as you've submitted by following the guidelines you should be listed.
You certainly seem to think so. How many times have you submitted to the other free directories? Treat the ODP the same as any other directory, submit once & forget.
Interesting comments from both sides - I submitted once to DMOZ and forgot about it. How many volunteers does DMOZ REALLY have anyway, because it seems they can't respond to anyone in less than six months - and when they do (if they do), it's with a form letter. I could understand if DMOZ was growing, but looking at Alexa stats, their popularity is declining - and their site is graphically stuck in 1996.
I have submitted to dmoz about 2 years ago and I am still not there. My website was preety god,a nd I have submitted in the right category. Its really hard to get in DMOZ, since they have very few volunteers and and number of submission request is very high.
That makes you a major spammer! How do you treat spammers? Do you think DMOZ should treat you the same?
I wouldn't make more than one submission for a site, I've submitted a few sites to dmoz and they have always been listed, it does take some time and still worth listing on dmoz
Major, lol? Its not major spam, till it's for Nike or Nokia... When it comes to the ODP, it's just a simple mistake. As you can see, this thread has already been explained (and your question already brought up), so why come in simply to troll?
You do realize you would have done much better had you read the guidelines. Then again, just leave well enough alone. Getting banned as a spammer & not getting listed due to the wait time is pretty much the same for most people. The ODP editors will not be telling you one way or the other, so just move on & hope for the best.
Useful post because I have tried too thank you @jimnoble, thought multiple submissions would be good, guess not now
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We had a odd situation. Submitted a site and it showed up for about a week, and now is gone? Anyone seen this before?
Yeah, it's an odd thing called the ODP. There are as many reasons to not list a site as there are to de-list a site. Chances are it was either a mistake in being listed (as they thought it was you that paid them, not the other guy) or your site's server went down for a few minutes so you no longer qualify for a listing... Don't worry about it, it'll either be re-listed or it wont. You are not missing out on much.
Dmoz isn't even important anymore. It is a waste of time, you could be using some other tactic to increase traffic instead. Dmoz won't help you.