DMOZ Directory Lising..... 5 years since submission
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I submitted my site to DMOZ 5 years ago. It has yet to be approved.
Is there any use in trying to submit to this site. I have an established e-commerce site that has thousands of pages indexed.
Anyone have any useful info?
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I'm an editor for one of the categories, and depending on the catagory you're trying to listed in, it can indeed take some time.
By the way, I actually don't think a link from DMOZ is all that powerful any more...just my 2 cents.
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Are you sure it is still awaiting approval? this year january i was crazy about it and i keep asking my seo guys to keep trying and we finally got a link from dmoz but then penguin came and the site got an algorithmic penalty . And lost all the ranking. Dmoz is a good linkback as its a very high link back. but I still have yet to see some benefits, I have change our strategy now working on Content to get more quality links
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I would resubmit it : ) it's been 5 years.. A Directory link from DMOZ is very strong. Just make sure you place it in the correct category and follow their guidelines.
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