Submitting your website to DMOZ- What you need to know
Unlike search engines DMOZ is not robot-driven, but is handled by people, so that would make it a large human edited directory of the web
Things to consider in Submitting your website to DMOZ
Step 1) Provide your full contact details, not only your email address, especially if your website is geared for selling as your credibility and honesty will be tested. Giving out your personal information then is one of the first steps.
Step 2) Avoid spamming the directory. This means that you only have to submit your webpage once. Unless, your website is big and you have different categories, you can submit them. In any case, DMOZ edits submission by order of dates submitted so you may wait for a while for your other page to be edited
Step3) The website must be original and having new content. This is to avoid rejection since old contents may count your site to be a mirror site and thus, will be rejected. Another thing to consider is if the web page is an affiliate, it should contain new materials to warrant an approval.
Step4) Typo error should be avoided at all costs, remember that these editors are human and thus will somehow be affected (irritated) if they encounter typo errors. Make your web page as professionally written and carefully built.
Step5) Keep complete records of the submitted website to DMOZ, whether approved or rejected, this includes the date, the category on which it was submitted as well as the editor who edited them. Step6) Proper category for the website must be selected and carefully chosen. If somehow, the category is unsure, try to check the web for those with relevant content. Again, these editors are human and the process will be quicker if u have given them many information regarding your web page, unlike google or yahoo which the robot can do the editing and thus decide as to what category your website should be.
Step7) Always contact DMOZ in the proper channel. This would mean that if your website have an assigned editor by that category, that editor’s name will most likely appear on the form. This editor then can be sent message as to the status of the submitted website to DMOZ.
About the authorThe article was written by Leia Mahalo a freelance SEO and SEM specialist working for i-trepreneur.com. If you wish to contact Naomi please visit Internet Entrepreneur Blog.
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