what is the benefit of being dmoz listed?

Discussion in 'ODP / DMOZ' started by icnaxx, May 24, 2007.

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    what is the benefit of being dmoz listed?
     
    icnaxx, May 24, 2007 IP
  2. martty

    martty Banned

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    #2
    you get a link to your site
     
    martty, May 24, 2007 IP
  3. Qryztufre

    Qryztufre Prominent Member

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    #3
    martty is correct...
    and it's the same for any other directory...

    The only real difference is that DMOZ has clone sites (which may or may not get filtered though duplicate content penalties).

    I'd add the ODP to your list of "directories to submit too", submit to it, move on...just like you do with every other directory out there :D
     
    Qryztufre, May 25, 2007 IP
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    turbosatan Well-Known Member

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    DMOZ was useful because several of the big sites used DMOZ as a feed for their listings.

    this included google

    if you wanted to be indexed real quick you could get into the dmoz and you would be indexed within 24 hours

    there are so many ways to get indexed quickly now though that it is only really useful as a good high quality backlink

    i still think being in as many directories as possible is good. although the definition of directory and link farm are getting to close for comfort in some areas

    hope this helped
     
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  5. Ivan Bajlo

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    yep, directory as itself is pretty much dead unless it has dedicated niche website of which it can be useful part
     
    Ivan Bajlo, May 25, 2007 IP
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    Yes,but it is a very "good dead" (if you wanna consider dead ODP:eek:)
    with a PR8 or 9,I guess) and I think they have the serious intention to maintain it ALIVE.
    The druid
     
    Filippo Biasini, May 26, 2007 IP
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    minstrel Illustrious Member

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    Don't count on it. Google last updated their DMOZ dump more than a year ago.

    Nonsense. That's far more likely to happen with a signature link at DigitalPoint.

    The part about "good high quality" is debatable for many categories.

    Mostly because of the proliferation of thousands of crap paid-for-inclusion directories where the only criterion for inclusion is "pay us". I don't think there can be any doubt any more that Google is already devaluing such listings.

    Yes. If it is a selective directory where the actual listings match the niche content.

    Where do you see any DMOZ listing pages with PR8 or PR9? And the fact that DMOZ wants to keep their directory alive has never been at issue. What's in question is what value DMOZ has to anyone else but an editor.
     
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    mikey1090 Moderator Staff

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    because google add their content into their direcotry. as mentioned, you will get indexed by google, as im sure google never leave dmoz.
     
    mikey1090, May 27, 2007 IP
  9. Qryztufre

    Qryztufre Prominent Member

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    As minstrel pointed out, you'll likely get indexed faster with a sig here on Digital Point. While google likely never leaves Dmoz, the place is still not constantly changing, as there are categories that have not been touched in weeks/months. Whereas, here at Digital Point, there isn't a board without at least a few new daily posts.
     
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  10. Ivan Bajlo

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    you mean years, all my former categories haven't been edited* since my removal so in less then two months a years will pass :mad:

    *by editing I only count adding new websites, deleting dead links is work for robozilla not live persons way to get his edit count up :p
     
    Ivan Bajlo, May 27, 2007 IP
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    So if it is automated deletion then also the category would show the update date in the bottom?

    Or would it only show if some real person has edited that category as an updated date? Please let me know. Thanks.
     
    Nick_Mayhem, May 29, 2007 IP
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    maldives Prominent Member

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    #12
    You get a backlink to your site. ;)
     
    maldives, May 29, 2007 IP
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  13. Ivan Bajlo

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    Yep, that is how all categories look rather new and you can always compare with Google directory to see any changes since Google hasn't updated for over a year.

    In reality many categories never get new websites listed, only old ones die and they are left looking like Genghis Khan has passed through. :rolleyes:
     
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    The benefit of DMOZ is it is being used by many search engines and the site which is added is known as quality sites.
     
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    Automated edits do not change the update date at the bottom. It only changes when a human editor makes a change.
     
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    #16
    free , human edited , gives you backlinks from different ip clones are we expecting too much :D
     
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    #17
    So the category where I had submitted my site is showing last Update 28th May 2007 :(

    Means my site which was in pending is rejected. Right. Should I resubmit it?

    Thanks.
     
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  18. martty

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    It does not mean it was rejected. It just means that there has been some editing activity in the category (eg could have just been correcting a typo in an existing listing)

    Why would you want to resubmit a site if its rejected? Its only going to waste yours and the editors time.
     
    martty, May 29, 2007 IP
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    Because as the editor of the DMOZ has the rights to reject my site I think I also have rights to submit my site :D
     
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    So you want to waste your time. If it hasn't been rejected, then you are doing nothing more than overwriting the the previous submission with the new date, so moving yourself to the end of the pool if the editor sorts by date of submission (most do). If you have been rejected and keep resubmitting, then you will be labeled as as spammer and the URL tagged.

    There is never a need to resubmit (with a couple of very rare exceptions).
     
    martty, May 29, 2007 IP