How do i get in Dmoz.org?

[Banned: Limit$]

Is there anyway I can pay or become and editor to put my listing in? Any help would be appriciated, thanks!

[Jernet]

haha. i think it will be easier to hit the lottery.

[Banned: Limit$]

So I am guessing there is no way?

[Zinc]

Here's the link, follow the instructions exactly and you should have no problems getting listed although it takes time. If you find a catagory which has no editor you can apply to become one providing you can convince dmoz that you are qualified in a particular field.

http://dmoz.org/add.html

Enjoy.

[Banned: Limit$]

I tried this many times. How do you know if there is no editor?

[Zinc]

Editors names are displayed at the foot of each catagory.

If no editors are assigned to a particular catagory, you should see this message: 'Volunteer to edit this category'

Regards.

[rawkinrich]

Here's the link, follow the instructions exactly and you should have no problems getting listed although it takes time. If you find a catagory which has no editor you can apply to become one providing you can convince dmoz that you are qualified in a particular field.

http://dmoz.org/add.html

Enjoy.

All you can do is find the category and suggest a site. And pray!

[financialtraffic]

The best way to get in is to build a content-rich site that is not full of PPC links. If your site is useful and has value to users, you will have a much easier time getting it into dmoz.

[cooljeba]

I have been praying for the past 1 year :-"
lol
..:: peace ::..
Jeba

[JMJ]

It's slowly being phased out of the traffic equation anyway. Very few of the big search engines use the actual directory these days. They might query the DB if anything. The ones that do will eventually phase it out aswell. I believe this is one example of why Pay-For-Positioning/PPC will never go away. As much as a good cause as it may seem it's just not as important to the world that our web is all that organized. Especially when those who run it financially gain from not allowing you in.

[AmericanBulldog]

Just buy an expired site that is still listed <$8

[gworld]

This is what I posted previously in another forum:


I personaly don't care about DMOZ listing but if you like to have a listing in DMOz and you think it is beneficial for you, this is how you can do it in less than couple of days.

1-There are free programs that can download, all the listings in DMOZ category, download it and run it through other free programs that check for availiablity of a domain name. When you find one, go and register it. You can find these programs through search on Google.

2-You can also put a posting in domain seller web sites, that you are looking for DMOZ listed domains, so people can contact you.

DMOZ is full of dead domains, so both method should work fine.

3-Make 1 page with 2 frames, the height of top frame should be 1 pixel, so it can not be seen, then in bottom frame open your own web site. You should optimize this page for your own key words also.

4-Install this page as index page for the DMOZ listed domains that you have bought.

That's all folks, your contant is shown in DMOZ directory listing.

How easy is this to do? I started yesterday and I already have 4 DMOZ listed web sites, 2 in shopping, 1 finance, 1 art. The cost? less than $200.

FAQ

Have you tested this?

Yes, I bought 4 domains yesterday, made the domains, installed the pages on my server and changed the name server to point to my server. So today I am the owner of 4 DMOZ listed web site.

How is this useful for my web site?

I understand that you already have a web site but what you should think about is that being listed in DMOZ has no value, except giving you links and therefore possibly traffic through Google. So the important thing is to get high ranking in search engine and traffic.

You get this for the new domain that you buy but you are showing the content from your original web site in the new domain. This way you are generating the same amount of traffic or even more than if your original domain was listed in DMOZ.


Is this redirect?

NO, the domain is hosted, your original site contant is shown in frame.

Is this duplicate site?

NO, you are not copying the same content in both domains, you are just showing the content of your original domain.

What happens if the domain links in DMOZ links to internal page and not to the index page?

Make a custom 404 page that redirects all not found page to the index page of domain.

Who are you and why are you doing this?

I am a long term poster in another forum with a same user name. I have fighting the corrupt DMOZ editors for a long time and hoping to correct the situation in another forum, so there is a possibility of discussion the DMOZ question but it has been very difficult since the editor are also "moderators" there. Finally I am giving up and I am starting to post in other forums.

code for index.html look like this:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Frameset//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/frameset.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<base="mainFrame">
<title>DMOZLISTEDDOMAIN.com</title>
<meta name="TITLE" content="This is title of my site.">
<meta name="DESCRIPTION" content="blah-blah-blah this is my site">
<meta name="KEYWORDS" content="blah1, blah2, blah3,some other blah ">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>

<frameset rows="1,*" frameborder="NO" border="0" framespacing="0">
<frame src=" " name="topFrame" scrolling="NO" noresize title="topFrame" >
<frame src="https://www.my-own-domain-that-is-not-DMOZ-listed.com " name="mainFrame" title="mainFrame">
</frameset>
<noframes><body>
Your browser does not support frames, plus all other blah-blah-blah that is good contant for search engine optimization.
<a href=" https://www.my-own-domain-that-is-not-DMOZ-listed.com" target="_self">Without Frame site</a>
</body></noframes>
</html>

Enjoy !

[stevesko]

I have a high value ecommerce site thats up since 2002 - finally gave up on dmoz. Now I relize that its NOT WORTH IT. Not only do I think the process is a waste of time but it ACUTALLY HURTS YOU! Yes, when you have a DMOZ listing, google will use the DMOZ description, if you have no listing they use your site description (which you can change to effect your ranking and CTR)

Steve

[Zinc]

Don't forget though, DMOZ is a great back door to get listed quickly in 'other' search engines.

[Rarethings]

steve: very good point, but if you configure all files correctly, and all robots.txt files, google should spider your current site, and not the dmoz listing....

[stevesko]

dont bother

[DogFaceBoy]

I have yet to get approved

[rideconnection]

To answer the original question:

1. No you can't pay to get into Dmoz, despite popular belief that you can bribe editors it doesn't work and will result in your site being blacklisted.

2. It's best to submit and forget....it will either get in or won't. Some categories have active editors, others do not. Eventually an editor will review your link, but depending on the category and the activity levels of the edits in that category it may take a while or happen right away.

[MrDude]

Im going to apply for the category I want in to, It aint a big category nor do I think it has an editor

[ForumDomains]

Well, why NameLegend account is terminated?