Submitting a Website to DMOZ

What is DMOZ and why is a DMOZ listing important to you and your business website? DMOZ can help you get your website into top search engines for free. In this article we will review DMOZ and help you in submitting a website to DMOZ.

If you could submit your URL to one location for free and get your web site into top search engines like Google, AOL, and Netscape Search wouldn't you do it? We'll tell you how to get your website listed into DMOZ- the open source directory powering influential results.

What is DMOZ?
Also called the Open Directory Project, or ODP, Dmoz.org is a volunteer run directory that lists submitted web sites by category. Each category has a volunteer editor that accepts sites for their respective category.

Why DMOZ is Important
Although DMOZ isn't the biggest or most important engine, getting listed at DMOZ can improve chances of getting listed at Google (and ranked higher) and getting listed on other major searches that are powered by the DMOZ directory including: Netscape Search, AOL Search, Lycos, HotBot, DirectHit, and hundreds of others.

The Cost to Submit
The good news- DMOZ is absolutely free to submit to (unlike Yahoo's directory). The bad news- it can take over a month to get a website listed in the directory- IF your website gets listed at all.

Getting IN
Once you have a good site built and ready to go, read their instructions for submission. Remember this is a human-edited directory. The editors don't want to waste their time on junk sites. DMOZ goal is to have a quality directory, not the directory with the most sites.

Before submitting a site to DMOZ know in what category of the directory your site would best fit. (Submitting your site to the wrong category can make getting listed take even longer. Your site will this article has all rights reserved and is copyright by 100 Best be forwarded on to the right category and put on the back of the list again.) Once you've got in mind the best category, go to Dmoz.org and submit your site. It will be sent to the volunteer editor of your chosen category.

Submitting to DMOZ

Go to http://www.dmoz.org

Select the best category for your website

Submit Your URL

And Wait…and wait… and wait

After 30 days, submit again if necessary
Submitting to DMOZ isn't the fastest way to get traffic, but it is free and influential for getting your site listed in other popular engines.