Why Hasn't My Site Been Accepted Into DMOZ?

[Kristijntje]

DMOZ is not set up as a listing service for site owners. Site submissions are only one source for finding quality sites to add to the directory. Some editors choose to review submissions while other editors might prefer to (at first) find sites on their own through search engines, as links from related sites, in newspapers, on television, on highway billboards, etc. So...there are no guarantees that once you submit your site it will be reviewed within a specific amount of time.

There are also a number of practical reasons it can take a while for a site to get listed in DMOZ:

The site is submitted to an incorrect category. Many sites are submitted to categories that are either too broad, too narrow, or unrelated to the content of the site being submitted. Most of the time, incorrectly submitted sites are sent to the appropriate category for review, but that will usually increase the amount of time that a site will ultimately wait for review. Submitting your site to the single most specific category relative to your site's content will significantly improve your chances of getting your site reviewed.

The site is submitted to the wrong language section of the directory. For example, non-English sites are frequently submitted to the English-language section of the directory. As with sites submitted to the wrong category, editors have to redirect these sites to the correct language, which can increase the amount of time that they will await review.

The submitted site does not meet submission or editorial guidelines for inclusion. Quite often people submit sites that are incomplete, don't contain enough content, or consist primarily of syndicated or mirrored content. Uniqueness of content is one of the most important factors editors consider when reviewing a site for inclusion.

The category has a backlog of submissions. This can result when the popularity of the topic, which may attract large numbers of both listable and unlistable sites, doesn't match the interests of active or prospective editors. Submitting to one of these categories may mean a longer wait. (That doesn't mean you should submit your site to the wrong category just because you think it doesn't have a backlog – deliberately submitting your site to the wrong category is never a good choice.)

full article: http://blog.dmoz.org/2007/10/08/why-hasn...into-dmoz/

[bargainbloodhound]

Why Hasn't My Site Been Accepted Into DMOZ?

The next question is "Why should you care if your site isn't in DMOZ?".  I don't think DMOZ, or directories in general, are nearly as important as they were 6-7 years ago.  As far as traffic, unlike the Yahoo Directory, DMOZ has never been a great driver of traffic to sites (we have several sites that have been in both directories for 7+ years). 

[FiberGuy]

Simply put, there are millions of good sites (even GREAT ones!) that aren't in DMOZ.  The very nature of how they operate is doomed to fail, IMO.  Example of a great site that isn't included in DMOZ:  http://www.tigerdirect.com  (they've been around since the early 90's)

The internet is growing much faster than they are adding good editors to add sites. 

'Twas a good idea at first, and even semi-recently... but as Google (et al) improves its search, the value of a human edited directory that is far from "complete" continues to decline.

Cheers

***For the record, our site was first suggested in June or July 2005 and we still lack an entry in DMOZ***

[regic]

Twas a good idea at first, and even semi-recently... but as Google (et al) improves its search, the value of a human edited directory that is far from "complete" continues to decline.

Search is the #1 way to find sites for all age groups.  For the under 25 age group social networking sites not directories are the second most popular way.