Is submiting to DMOZ a viable strategy for SEO

[lawson]

It seems that sites could take between 1 year + to be reviewed by DMOZ? therefore is it really a viable part of SEO or just submit and hope that you will one day be listed!

And how much do you really get out of beeing listed in dmoz?
Waiting for your insights
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[megan]

It's not exactly a 'strategy' as even if you get listed it'll usually take a lot more to get to the top of the SERPS, it's worth doing as it only takes 5 minutes and you know every link helps.

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[alexis]

My funda is submitt to it but don't rely on it. With DMOZ in the state which it's currently in, you'll be lucky if anyone ever looks at your submission. But if you do happen to get in, then grats. It helps some but is not the saving grace which it was a couple years ago,

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[venomous]

DMOZ should be on your list for directories to submit to but not given primary consideration of your promotion/SEO efforts.

Your listing will likely not contain your preferred anchor text, and getting listed takes far too long.

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[lampard]

Statistics show that the only part of the main English language DMOZ directory that is growing is the Regional branch with overall numbers of listings in other branches actually dropping. The net increase that DMOZ claims is primarily in non-English language listings. Couple that with unreviewed submissions probably in seven digits and calculate for yourself your chances of getting a DMOZ listing. It never was a good strategy to put any reliance on a DMOZ listing, less so now. Submit once and forget. Focus on other means of marketing and any positive impact DMOZ could have made will quickly seem chickenfeed. -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[salisbury]

I recently applied my site to dmoz and an my submission was hand reviewed in 2 weeks by an editor and I recived a rejection email.

He explained to me why my site why rejected, and I agreed. he told me why is DMOZ one of the best directories

1) its very deep
2) very strict
3) no junk

he explained that if they accepted all submissions, then all the categoires would have thousands of links and be very cluttered. They can only accept the top 5% of the sites for the category.

Despite that, I still feel google should boot dmoz and make a $300 a year directory like yahoo, people will pat

Just submit your site and forget it, check it once every 10 days or so. It is imporant some what as it passes a nice PR, will get you in the google ir, and has your pages inexed much faster. -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[higgins]

It is not worth the time to read their submission rules and appropriate category to submit your list to.
Even if you go through the pain and finally submit it, the chances of someone looking at is remote. Some volunteers don't look at your submission intentionally and some don't becuase of lack of time. If you again attempt to add your site, almost all volumteers consider it spam and you get banned.

The best course for you to do is
1) Add more content and get those pages designed well.
2) Find out list of heavily used keywords in your area and use them to write content. One possible source is to use overture tool.
3) Get few quality IBL's from related websites.
4) Within a year, you will see more hits to your website from organic search.

By following this approach, i stopped paying for Adwords and getting daily 100-200 unique visitors from (google, yahoo, msn). Over next few months i am sure i will get better results.
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[jesussaves]

I heard it was very very hard to get listed in DMOZ. But once you do everything goes well. Google starts to recognize you etc.... But I myself have never got in..yet -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[komodo23]

According to me, its easier to get a PhD from MIT, IIT combine than getting DMOZ listed.

Anyways coming back to the main topic, i would suggest the poster to concentrate on design aspects of his website and not worry about directories.

Funny thing is, my website shows up above a site (DMOZ listed) in google search for all those keywords that matter to my website area.

So, ignore dmoz for the moment and the more time you spent on tuning your website following ethical means, the better your website shows up on google.

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[Motik]

A listing in DMOZ has really an effect to your site's ranking. Because SE give significant weight if you have a backlink from DMOZ. Because a listing in DMOZ means you have a quality site that is reviewed manually by the DMOZ editors. -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --