Whats up with DMOZ?

anyone willing to offer help?

[Textbookguy]

Hey guys,

I submitted my site to DMOZ back in early October in an effort to get indexed with Google.It seems that DMOZ hasnt updated thier directory since then. I have build up around 50 incoming links from PR5 or higher sights this month and submitted my site via the Google ADDURL page. Think I will get indexed in the next update?

[Textbookguy]

ok build = built and sights = sites
=)

[Nick_W]

Hi Textbookguy, you might get in, depends whether the deep crawl bot picked you up early this month? -- I'd count getting in on this index slim.

The next one for sure ;) Hang in there!

Nick

[Textbookguy]

Thanks Nick, I sure hope so.
Would give me alot more to do at work while I wait for the next index.

[taxpod]

Which year did you submit to DMOZ? Or, presumably you've submitted each year, once a year like I do!

But seriously, DMOZ may sometimes be good for PR but it's not like you rush to build your site, submit it to DMOZ and wait for Gbot to come get ya.

Instead build a good site, request links all over the web, and don't worry about it. Gbot follows all sorts of links. You don't have to be in DMOZ to be in Google. If you read some of the info here regarding the "deep crawl" and see if you've been visited by the deep crawl bot, you'll most likely get in with the next dance.

[jimbeetle]

Hi Textbookguy,

Your incoming links will get you indexed by Google eventually, it's just all in the timing. DMOZ listings of course depend on everything plus moon cycles. Whatever you do, DON'T resubmit, that just knocks your old submission out and your new submission now has the later date. I'll sticky mail you the url of their support forum, it's a great resource.

Jim

[caine]

Textbookguy,

welcome to webmasterworld, here are the guidelines [webmasterworld.com]

Check you're logs, to see if the googlebot has crawled your site, if not keep an eye out over the next few days for the crawling.

Caine

[Textbookguy]

Can somebody tell me what to look for? I make all my own logs but I couldnt figure out how to check for spiders.

[caine]

Go to SearchEngineWorld [searchengineworld.com], which is the sister site of webmasterworld, and check out the ip blocks for the google spiders.

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[Textbookguy]

Thanks, User-Agent was the thing I was looking for.

[SEOPTI]

I submitted to dmoz early 2000 and still not indexed because the category has no editor :)

I will wait another 4 years, if not indexed by 2006 I will give it up.

[zuko105]

Hey SEOPTI,

YOU could always become the editor of that category.

Might give yourself a cool description.

Zuko.

[ettore]

>> YOU could always become the editor of that category

People willing to lend a hand are encouraged to apply. Be sure to apply for a category with not a lot of sites listed (or apply for a lower level category) and to state your affiliations with any site related to the category you are applying for.

>> Might give yourself a cool description

OTOH, people found giving their own sites a "cool description" are not much appreciated, and if there is enough evidence that they applied to be editors only to give "cool descriptions" to their own sites they'r often shown the door, and the "cool description" trimmed back to a Guidelines-compliant one (or the site/s removed, depending on the kind of abuse).

[zuko105]

..doh!

Zuko

[duhboy]

Hi folks,
I too have been waiting for some signs of life at the ODP. I received a note in mid
October stating that the change which I had requested had been completed and to watch for the change soon.
I am hopeful the change will come about quickly. Our current situation is having a very painful effect on the site.
I realize that the time lag will be there, but when your getting marginal results for your efforts, it is difficult to remain patient.

Would it not be possible to provide a ODP help page which one could use after having given the usual channels an opportunity to do their thing?
This sort of arrangement might help me in my current predicament.
I'm not dumping on the volunteers at ODP having been a volunteer myself in other areas.

I would like to print this thread for a client, to enlighten him regarding the frustration of others.
What do you think of this idea?

Thanks for your time, Duhboy.

[ettore]

duhboy:

you might be looking for this page [dmoz.org].

[duhboy]

Dear Ettore
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I will let you know how things go if you would like.
Duhboy.