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December 15, 2003
DMOZ/Open Directory and you
The Open Directory project is one of the most important directories in which your website has to be submitted.
The main reason has to do with the high importance that Google gives to the backward links to your website that are coming from the Open directory. This is in itself a very strong point for your site's link popularity and search engine positioning that makes the submission to the Open directory mandatory.
You may find, however, the process of getting your site accepted in the Open directory a rather long and 'painful' one. It may be weeks if not months before you hear from the Open Directory editors. As you may know the listing in the Open Directory is free and unfortunately it suffers from the disadvantages of all free services.
The editors of the Open Directory are volunteers that are doing their best to cover the huge amount of submissions that are done per day, but after all they are only human themselves. Sometimes your website may stay in a long queue waiting for a new editor to volunteer to cover all the bulk of submissions on that category.
If you want to speed up the process do not submit your site again! This will only place your website at the back of the queue and delay your listing even further. Talk to the editors by posting enquiries about your submission at the Open Directory Fora.
If you are up to it then there is an ever quicker way to get your site (and shareware) listed. Become an editor yourself (who said there is such a thing as a free lunch?). You will get your website up very quickly, but you will contribute to the work of the Open Directory by editing other website submissions. A small price to pay in order to get your website up within days.
john@rugles.com
http://www.rugles.com
Posted by Basileios at December 15, 2003 10:23 AM
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