If you really want to get into DMOZ - here’s a tip

Let me start off by saying I’m not a fan of DMOZ at all, I wont go in to details but look at some of my previous posts regarding seo. Anyway, back on topic, to my surprise I have actually had a website listed in DMOZ and it only took a few months. For the past few years I have submitted numerous websites to DMOZ, contacted and had conversations with editors, been told that “data has been lost” or “your website doesn’t have enough good content” - how rude don’t you think?

So out of the array of websites I thought maybe SeoUnique may get the nod or perhaps one of my other 2 year+ domains with a bag load of content would finally get included? No. A website I developed well over a year ago and haven’t touched since the initial build. I won’t say which website in particular it is but all I can say is that is has something to do with take-away menus.

So how did you finally get listed on DMOZ without spending a qwertillion bucks?

Well I can’t take the credit for it as it was actually a method I got from another website and as I actually didn’t think it would work I didn’t bother to take down the address. What I did, exactly:

1. Choose your home region or registered address of business
2. Find a category that is in the same kind of ball park (still under region)
3. Enter nothing but your company name for title and one short sentence describing your business
4. Submit

It was apparently that easy…

I will try with another site and report back in 3 months time but I am really weighing up if its worth my valuable 2 minutes or not.