Competitor has a dmoz.org link
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Hello friendly folks,
Found a competitor has a great link from http://www.dmoz.org/ but the directory manager seems to be inactive. Anyone had success with getting updates there or should I move on?
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Thank you!
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I wouldn't worry too much about DMOZ. I have seen where one of my sites was de-listed and another of my sites was listed and the de-listed site lost no rankings and the listed site gained no rankings. These sites were competing for the same keyword.
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I tried to become an editor some time ago and never went anywhere - this was mainly down to the fact application mails bounced.
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Worth noting one particular bit of what Zoolander said:
Some of the editors on Dmoz (and other authority sites) are there explicitly to allow their own sites and mates sites in but not others (anyone can apply to be an editor). Hopefully search engines will realize this soon enough and prioritize good content over closed shop and kick them to the curb.
If you feel you need a Dmoz listing you could apply to be an editor. I don't think it holds a great deal of weight now though. You used to get a massive hit from both the authority of Dmoz itself and a bonus from every site that scraped it. The scrapes won't help any more and it seems that the overall weight of the listing is lessened. Combined with the hugely reduced numbers of human users there isn't the benefit there once was.
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Some of the editors on Dmoz (and other authority sites) are there explicitly to allow their own sites and mates sites in but not others (anyone can apply to be an editor). Hopefully search engines will realize this soon enough and prioritize good content over closed shop and kick them to the curb.
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Thanks so much Host1!
Too bad, moving on.
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Thanks! Was thinking that just maybe there was a general editor that you could nudge / backdoor form. Moving on!
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Based on personal experience: Try to submit, then just move on. I've had a submission waiting for a couple of years as there seem to be no active editors left in that category. Doesn't help when they won't notify you if you are declined/approved either.
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Move on or find one who takes bribes
To be honest, I have had no job getting sites in there for a long time now. Plus, it isn't the authority it once was.
Andy
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