Link from Dmoz.org
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hi, first question on here. Just starting to get into link building and after a day already confused. I'm using the seomoz pro link analyser / open site explorer to look at my sites links against competitors. First up was dmoz.org. great rankings so a great link target, turns out though that I already have one!! Any ideas why it isn't showing up on my linking domains. Is this a seomoz oversight or am i not getting my alloted 'juice' from this domain??
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I'm yet to get an answer from any of my submissions, only been a week though!
The problem with dmoz is different, we have a link on there!! It just isn't showing up on Open site explorer as a linking domain, Its as though open site explorer can't see it. Surely it should show up as a linking root domain.
If i do a search for Rattle and Drum on Dmoz we appear in the listing, click on our link and it takes you to the home page of our site, what else can there be to it?
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I'm yet to get an answer from any of my submissions, only been a week though!
The problem with dmoz is different, we have a link on there!! It just isn't showing up on Open site explorer as a linking domain, Its as though open site explorer can't see it. Surely it should show up as a linking root domain.
If i do a search for Rattle and Drum on Dmoz we appear in the listing, click on our link and it takes you to the home page of our site, what else can there be to it?
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Dmoz is great if you can ever get them to take your listing. I have 5 different sites I have submitted to Dmoz one of them 4 times and have not got one of them listed yet over many years. I have even read their specific directions for submitting very carefully with no luck. Also, all of my pages are on the first page for my respective keywords, most at #1 so my sites are of authority, Dmoz editors are just lazy. Submit once then don't worry about it unless you know an editor who can get you listed.
Also, if anyone else knows a full proof way to get listed by Dmoz, I would love to hear your helpful insight.
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Hi Martin,
I wouldn't hold too much importance towards Dmoz as part of your link building because, with any directory, there are loads of outbound links on the site, which means less link juice.
I would suspect that the reason why your link is not showing on open site explorer could be that Dmoz takes a little while to upload the link onto their website so it may show up in a couple of weeks.
My advice would now be to try having a look into some other directories that are focused around the specific industry that your website operates in. You can easily find these by doing searches in Google like:
'yourindustry' + inurl:directory intitle:add
Replace 'yourindustry' with a keyword related to your site and this should show you a few quick wins that you can submit to. Just remember that directory submission is only a very small part of your link building, but it still helps.
Matt.
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