DMOZ Submission regardless of PR

Looking for advice...

[nickyo]

I have 2 new websites and have been thinking about submitting them to DMOZ. However I was wondering if it is really worth it?

The categories are regional, and so deep that they have PR0 and PR3 respectively.

With respect to improving Google ranking, do you really think inclusion in such cateogires could have a positive effect?

Any input would be welcomed.

Cheers,

Nick

[div01]

Since it doesn't cost anything and takes minimal time, I would go ahead and submit it to the relevant category (and forget about it for a while).

[jo1ene]

You never know what will happen to the PR of the directory pages over time. Well, maybe. Anyway, It doesn't hurt.

Most sites qualify for both a regional listing and a topical listing. Have you looked into a topical listing? Usually the PR is better on those categories.

[nickyo]

I'll do that thanks.

And I guess you never know if Google uses the directory in another way than for the purposes of pagerank (but I guess thats another discusion entirely!).

Cheers,

Nick

[bhartzer]

I'm with div01. Submit it and forget it. If you end up in their directory, then fine. But don't hold your breath waiting for a listing and don't make it the only directory you submit the site to--it might be a year or more before the editor gets around to your submission.

[hutcheson]

The official ODP position would be to, um, agree with these other fine gentlement: submit, sleep well, forget, get back to real work.

[cbpayne]

>I have 2 new websites and have been thinking about
> submitting them to DMOZ. However I was wondering if
> it is really worth it?

For the amount of time it took you to post here, you could have submitted to DMOZ!

What do you get from a DMOZ listing?
1) A link that does not have to be reciprocated
2) Some PR (even the DMOZ PR0 page is realy only PR<1)
3) A link from a authority/expert site (if you think Hilltop is important)
4) A link that is on theme/topic (if you think Topic Sensitive PR is imporant)
5) You might get some traffic
6) A link that is clone 100's of times over by users of DMOZ data users (some of them even have PR and might get you some traffic) - if the title of your site is also your keyword, you get a considerable anchor text benefit from all the clones.
7) Google Directoyr (clone of DMOZ) underpin the personalized search at Google - if you think that peroanlized search is the future, then you get huge benefit.

Is all that worth it?

[nickyo]

since you put it like that....yep.