The Importance of Getting Listed with DMOZ

DMOZ was taken up by Netscape in 1998. And within some years, the viewers had another option to the Yahoo Directory. Later, when Google started with its own directory, it started driving data from DMOZ. And that is why Google gives a major weightage to the sites listed with DMOZ.

When a site gets listed in DMOZ, it automatically scores a PageRank of 3-4 approximately. This is because of the fairly high PageRank of DMOZ's directory pages in addition to the excellent PageRank of the Google's listings.

Another key reason why getting listed with DMOZ is important is because, Google knows that DMOZ directory is edited by human editors. And it is due to this, that the DMOZ listings have a low chance of being manipulated by the webmasters using any unethical or corrupt methods.

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Also, since DMOZ has been around for a long time now and has gained credibility and importance, Google gives a lot of link popularity credit to a site which is listed with DMOZ, as it considers it as an important and reliable link.

The best part about submitting a site to DMOZ is that, its free! When planning to submit your site for DMOZ, you should first visit DMOZ.org and search and select the best category for your site. You should then create a good description with your company or website name in the title, having thoroughly read the submission guidelines for the category you are proposing to.
Once you've submitted to DMOZ, all you need to do is check your category once or twice a month and see whether your site has been added or not. This is because DMOZ may take up to 6 months to1 year before it reviews your site, especially those which were submitted under certain overcrowded categories.

The most important thing about DMOZ is that once you get a link from it, you'll start getting further relevant links, at least 500 new links in 1 year. And these are the most valuable and relevant links as these contain the same anchor text.