DMOZ - Do Not Stress Out And Do Not Worry
Spot On Tuesday August 28th. 2007, 11:31am
I am sure you have read how important getting your website listed with DMOZ, well that was true years ago, however things have changed. In today’s marketing world, it is all about the content of your website, the links pointing back to your website and of course the on page optimization factors. 4 or 5 years ago everyone wanted to be on DMOZ because it would help there ranking on Google. Today however there are plenty of websites ranking very high and have no DMOZ listing. The directory is still edited by humans, just not very many who do the job of an editor. There are also editors who take there title and make money with it by offering to list your website for money, in some cases thousands of dollars. Google still uses DMOZ, however they do not update there system very often. I would think that with Google doing so much these days, they would dump DMOZ all together and create there own directory. Back to the topic though, do not stress out over not getting listed with DMOZ. People have waited years after submitting there website information and to this day have not seen a link or even got a response back of any kind. Worry about marketing your website by other means, stressing out and thinking a DMOZ listing is a crucial factor in your marketing campaign will only slow you down.
On a side note, Jeremy over at Shoemoney.com wrote a post about a recent experience he had with a DMOZ editor, check out DMOZ Extortion
September 1st, 2007 at 9:21 am
From Shoemakers disclaimer which he says everyone should read before acting on the post:-
‘You should assume everything written on this blog is a lie. You should assume I have motivation for linking to everything on this page and will benefit from it somehow. …. You should question everything. You should come up with your own thoughts and opinions and not trust some stupid blogger.’
Looks like there are a lot of stupid bloggers out here…
September 2nd, 2007 at 2:36 pm
So a one sentence “side note” was worth you posting that from Jeremy’s blog? I have felt DMOZ was a worthless directory for years now, the point of the post was to let readers know to not focus so heavily on trying to get into the DMOZ directory. The post was not about Jeremy’s post entirely, I simply linked to his post for others to read. They can believe it if they like, but to come out and say to me there are a lot of stupid bloggers out there to me is a little harsh don’t you think?
Steve