Getting Listed In DMOZ
The Open Directory Project (or DMOZ ) is a valuable, human edited categorized link directory. Having your site listed can improved your search engine rankings do the the high quality value that search engines give DMOZ.
Additionally, DMOZ allows it’s database to be used by other websites, so there are a great number of directories that include DMOZ listings. Most notable, Google itself the DMOZ directory.
Getting listed is can take a great deal of time. You are purely at the mercy of category editors. It helps to make sure you submit to the proper category, and that your website follows all of the submission guidelines.
I have some sites that have never appeared, and others that appeared within a matter of days. For instance, Shamelady was listed not three or for days after a submission, and RetailPC took only a month. Yet others, such as my Redding California Directory, have not been listed yet. I have not inquired as if it were declined or not.
Here are a few sites that can help you learn more about DMOZ and it’s workings:
Dummies Guide to DMOZ A nice little resource site built by a DMOZ editor
Resource Zone - Here you can inquire about the status of your submission, and learn more about DMOZ from it’s editors.
How to Add Your Site to DMOZ
DMOZ Help Central