well, good site structure and quality content will get u in, but i don't know how to speed up the process.
There is. Jimnoble kindly posted a reminded of this thread some time ago http://www.resource-zone.com/forum/showthread.php?t=41558, he commented that it was a few years old but it is still just as relevant.
There is NO way to speed up the process. Though the post does contain the only piece of advice needed - follow the submission guidelines Submission Guidelines - this increases the likelihood you will get listed. Not the amount of time it takes.
Sounds like you are an editor, tell me have you ever glanced down the greens and seen one that has tried to do things right and then listed it. I have. That speeded them up.
Yes - I am an editor. I guess I have the luxury of my category not being a busy one. I take your point when it comes to categories that are busier than mine...
Dmoz is a waste of time if your trying to rank for low search terms. They never accept any websites of mine that are targeted down to the lowest sub category out there.
I had tried to list one of my site, to choose category seems a bit hard to me, as it can be categorized in more than once categories. finally submitted
Maybe if some of you guys gave some time as Editors you'd find the quality of the directory increases. As the queue shortens there is a greater and greater chance your site will be reviewed and accepted. Until then you have no idea if your site remains in the queue or has been rejected. So, roll up your sleeves and get into it.
It does carry a lot of weight to have a DMOZ listing though. The problem is you have to get accepted. Maybe there are some tricks to the trade I don't know .
No tricks just read here how to get your site listed FOUR times faster! http://www.resource-zone.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=39760
How does suggesting the site to the correct category make it FOUR times faster? Where did that number come from? Did the guy that wrote the thread just pull it outta his backside or is there some algorithm that actually calculated the number? Would it being listed FOUR times faster imply that if you submit it to the wrong category the editor will move it to another wrong category where an editor will move it to yet another wrong category, then finally getting to it's proper place it finally gets listed? (cuz as we all know, even though the guidelines say it, submitting to the wrong category wont get your site removed *rolls eyes*. Like how does he know that Only 31% of the submissions that get listed are suggested to the "right category".? Someone actually took the time to calculate that when there are more important issues to resolve... like moving sites to the correct categories
My website www.FarmVille.PK recently got approved by DMOZ Editors. Things that you need to know before submitting your website are as follows: 1. Don't submit more than once, if they don't approve, let it go but DO NOT ATTEMPT TO RE-SUBMIT THE APPLICATION! 2. Choose the best category for your site, according to you niche. 3. Make sure the site you are submitting has the biggest count of traffic in that specific region (for example, if you live in india and you are running a website about Facebook's game Cafe World, and you don't have that much competition and your site is the big daddy of all the sites running from India {based on Cafe World} then you have more chances of getting your site approved on DMOZ. 4. Keep your website regularly updated, running wordpress is an easy way out. And don't forget to write your own articles, no duplicate content allowed. Note:- The important thing here is the Regional Leadership of a website. If your website is on the top at its niche in your Region, your chances are good for being approved in DMOZ. And one more thing, I started my website in March 2010. Submitted the DMOZ application around 1 month ago.
Your point 3 seems unlikely. Editors don't evaluate all websites in a region's niche before deciding which one to list. Rather, they look to see if an individual website has adequate, timely and unique content - and list it if it has. Editors don't look at traffic counts or PR either. We're listing useful websites, not statistics. Your point 1 is a tad stronger than actuality too. Re-suggestion because a website has changed isn't a problem. That will simply overwrite any earlier suggestion of it in the category - a good thing because it's presumably obsolete. Suggesting a website to a whole bunch of categories is spamming and can be treated as such.
Points 2 and 4 are solid, 1 and particularly 3 I'm not so sure about. Though it may explain why they take so long to approve a site. They're spending their time looking at the top sites in the region.
We really do not try and evaluate traffic or PR, , as jimnoble a very experienced editor advises above, and I would not know how to do either. But the mistake you make is in the comment "why they take so long to approve a site". Editors are not there to approve sites from suggestions as a prime task, it is in most directories, but not DMOZ. Most directories free or paid seek sites to be submitted so that they can build the directory and from one source or another gain some financial reward. DMOZ seeks to build a directory for those who want to use a collated, categorised directory for searching the net. We have no financial implications for ourselves as a directory, as editors or for sites we list. We do not charge for suggestions, we do not carry advertisements and all editors work in their spare time and give their time voluntarily because this is their hobby and they have no concern for if a listing adds any value to a site. Editors working in any section do not even have to use the suggestions pool to build those categories and they are only suggestions, not sites submitted for approval. That may not be what you want to hear but it is how we operate.
About the only time that 'traffic' matters is in forums. For example. one with only 10 members and 100 posts (mostly by the admin in the last month) isn't ready for prime time and isn't likely to be listed. One with hundreds of members, thousands of posts and some currency probably will be - particularly if it's tightly focused.