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How long does DMOZ take to list a newly submitted site?

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Author: seo
Post Subject: How long does DMOZ take to list your site?

Once you submit your site to DMOZ, how long does it take to list the site?
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Author: killbalance
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Usually a year, it all depends
Author: highpeak
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Hi

In my case - never, I have never been able to get in for any of my sites Rolling Eyes It is a shame as once in the dmoz directory is syndicated everywhere on 1000s of sites. One link there and you get loads of inbound links.
Author: rmwebs
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None of my sites were ever added Sad Theres a site i owned (still online) which i submitted around 2-3 years ago and it still isnt listed.
Author: seo
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I'm guessing that getting listed in DMOZ can bring up your TrustRank and it really helps your SERP in Google, but a year is a long time to wait.
Author: highpeak
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Hi

The timeline is not necessarily a year, it can be hours, days, weeks, months or year(s) - it all depends on how active the category manager (volunteer) is at dealing with new submissions. It is always worth the effort to try and get into the directory - I've failed miserably so far though Crying or Very sad
Author: seo
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quote:
Originally posted by highpeak
It is always worth the effort to try and get into the directory - I've failed miserably so far though Crying or Very sad

Have you contacted your category's editor?
Author: highpeak
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I have ages ago, but I have given up on it for now, I may try again with all my sites, if just one could get in I would be happy
Author: SKETCHi
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I submitted one of my sites last year, as far as I know it's still not listed... I've been doing fine without it though, you probably shouldn't get too caught up on it. There are other high PR directories out there... Then again, I haven't submitted to any of those Very Happy.
Author: highpeak
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I am not overly bothered, but the real power of dmoz is the fact that it is syndicated across many websites, 10's of 1000's of websites. I even used to have dmoz showing in one of my sites. The script running this showed the directory exactly the same as at dmoz itself but on my URL. So, if you can get into a high level part of the directory in dmoz then you will benefit from the high google PR from dmoz itself, but also, from many other sites that have achieved good google PR on the higher categories. This way you receive many 1000's of link backs all of which have your anchor text. That can only be good news.

Other directories do not share this power
Author: Rooted
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I had one site that got in within a month.. it really depends on the category and the editor in that category.

It is a good idea to check the page you are submitting to and see when the editor last made any changes to that section. It tells you in small print at the bottom of the page. I submitted a site but the page I submitted it to hadn't had any editing done to it for over a year so I knew not to hold my breath on that one. Other editors are all caught up and just waiting for some new sites to consider.
Author: highpeak
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Hi

There are lots of categories with no editor, can you submit to these parts of the directory and get listed, or do you need to wait until someone gets the editor job for that category??
Author: Rooted
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There are suppose to be higher ranking editors who handle the duties for their sub-categories until an editor is recruited for those areas. Unfortunately, I don't think that is the case with every section and there are probably a few sub-categories that have been neglected. I'm sure that is a small minority, though.
Author: rmwebs
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Yes, many catagories are very neglected - some editors very rarely do any work, IMHO DMoz needs to take action against them...they shouldnt be given editor privilages if they cant be bothered to do the work.
Author: seo
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I do not mind the fact that DMOZ is not as well-maintained as, say, uh, Yahoo directory. What bothers me is that the fact that Google makes an entire copy AND THEN it uses DMOZ as the quality indicator. This is not the most ideal model, IMO.
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