{"id":1037,"date":"2011-01-28T00:24:28","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T08:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bryanhadaway.com\/?p=1037"},"modified":"2025-05-22T15:25:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T22:25:48","slug":"how-to-properly-submit-a-dmoz-listing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webguy.io\/blog\/how-to-properly-submit-a-dmoz-listing\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Properly Submit a DMOZ Listing"},"content":{"rendered":"

DMOZ has now been closed. An unofficial clone, that this tutorial may still be relevant to, has been created here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

A lot of people want to get listed on DMOZ.org<\/a> (Open Directory Project). Why?<\/em> Because Google likes DMOZ. What weight this has on your PageRank or SERPs isn’t precisely known. But, it certainly can’t hurt. The last thing that you want to do, is submit incorrectly. <\/p>\n

If submitted incorrectly, you can only hope that they delete it quickly so that you can resubmit properly. You don’t want to double submit or you can be pushed to the bottom of the list, possibly even blacklisted (if excessive). Sometimes, you’ll need to wait 6 months to 1 year to resubmit. I have to rate this how-to as “Challenging” because although it’s very easy to submit perfectly, it’s still very difficult to get in.<\/p>\n

This is due to the fact that unpaid volunteers decide at their own discretion if you’re added or not. And although it’s difficult to become a DMOZ Editor and I’m sure that most are very respectable, the sad truth is that there are some shady Editors looking to benefit themselves and there might even be a few competitors in there. <\/p>\n

Not to mention simple human error and that depending on what industry you’re in, you’re probably in a pool of thousands of submissions. But, if you’re going to have a chance at all you need to submit properly. Good Luck!<\/p>\n

Difficulty<\/strong>: Challenging<\/p>\n

Things You’ll Need<\/strong>:<\/p>\n