What role does being in DMOZ play in rankings?

[ealtamira]

So a link from DMOZ only is worth for its pagerank

[ReverendHogwash]

a link from a newspaper is 1 link ... a link from dmoz could mean hundreds / thousands of links via their dump. dmoz is abused thats a proven fact why does Google place any value in that?

[almouloudi]

As I see you are now using a Chromebook and if you could send me one for review please contact me soon .

[NICH0LASM]

Dmoz is a junk directory, just find an expired domain still in dmoz and register it, point it at your site and you're in dmoz, fuck the dmoz modertors, they a idiots.

[cyberbob37]

#2:35 If a site has blocked crawler from indexing a certain page using robots.txt, then this means that site owner doesn't want it to be crawled at all. And what is the point of getting any data about this page from DMOZ then ?

[chessbaron]

All my competitors with whom I closely rank are in DMOZ, but not me. I've been trying for nearly over 7 years!! They're corrupt, and i'ts amazing how much Goog take it into account. They should whitebar it.

[HaydenICM]

I am a total new to all of this and my site is ranking good. Should I be concerned about DMOZ? Is this just dumb luck? Any advise would be helpful.

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[NorCalJJP]

@HaydenICM I really wouldn't bother with it. Like Matt said, try to get linked to high a quality site. That will have more effect then trying to get into Dmoz.

[mikebliz]

I've actually had an editor in my local area tell me that he does not approve competitor sites in his category.

[mikebliz]

I've been trying to get into DMOZ for three years now with no response, no listing, nothing. My site is web standards compliant and has a 95+ score in google seo (according to domaintools) amd a 97 score from google page speed and high relevancy. Still nothing from DMOZ. My category there hasn't been updated since 2009.

[pasxizeis]

I'm listed in DMOZ and I don't remember submitting my site :D

[csillamvilag]

How is it that Google attaches so much importance to Dmoz links and none at all to Wikipedia links? Doesn't quite make much sense.

[jjp62]

Thanks for the update, we won't worry too much about the ODP in future.

[neurodude1]

What a joke - I've been trying for 6 years - SIX YEARS - to get my websites into DMOZ. After such a long time and many attempts, I've yet to even get any sort of response, much less accepted.

[erfanullahjan]

I do not know about other people but the got me listed on first request. At that time my site had only 15 pages and 20-30 visits per day.

[mowmow33]

DMOZ is a rare example of a directory that has no equity. One of our competitors is the editor of the category and refuses to post our company despite us being an A rated business by the Better Business Bureau and being fully compliant by all the DMOZ standards set forth. I forgot to mention, his business has an F rating...probably not the best person for this position.

[adithecool]

This video is 5-6 years late.. Seriously, this debunks all the myths out there that being in a directory is better. I would have loved to spend the same money and time doing something else than doing directory submissions for my clients.

[unlimited76]

that's interesting, but DMOZ does not give any response, otherwise I read some of the moderators took money to include a website. I'd rather include my website in the yahoo dir.

[DanCentury3000]

1) DMOZ is horrific. The section curators I've tried to deal with are either ignorant in their subject matter, or they're squatting on behalf of corporations. Google should ban the site like it went after JC Penny.

2) If I exclude a page with robots.txt, please be respectful Google, and ignore the page, and don't try to describe it using decrepit text pulled from DMOZ.

[DavidAmerland]

DMOZ has been a joke for some time now. It has become a failed experiment in folksonomy, though I can still see why Google may want to still use it. I am glad that much of its link-juice power is finally waning.

[eldan90]

Please fix the audio, it's a little bit low in this video :-)

[shrapnel09]

DMOZ is a corrupt piece of trash. Google and everybody else should just ignore it so that ship sinks.

[MrTVTL]

A great site but it's showing its age? It hasn't changed since 1998!

[urban2574]

I got accepted to be an editor, took like 5 months.

[JordanTG1]

DMOZ is trash and all of the editors are SEO's or IM's

[debilev]

My opinion - DMOZ is hard to get in but once inside, it's worth the wait :)

[billthemountain]

For years I've submitted major companies, and small startups. Never saw one go in. It's an outlier for sure.

[m0majeed]

Tried getting on DMOZ. Still trying! :P