Steps to Avoid Rejection from DMOZ Listing

DMOZ is the name of an open directory project which is the largest and most comprehensive human edited directory of the web. Many websites have been listed in the directory and before submission in DMOZ those websites have been manually reviewed for quality and relevance.

You may ask the benefits of listing in DMOZ. Well, this listing is excellent for improving your search engine rankings, Google Pagerank and of course Trustrank. Also, DMOZ directory data is syndicated throughout many hundreds of websites and even Google Directory uses this data. A great thing is that, having a listing in DMOZ can result in many hundreds of additional backlinks which eventually improves search engine ranking.

Now, the big question is how to submit a website over the DMOZ. According to some editors of DMOZ, it is a 5 step process. These steps are not official DMOZ submission guidelines but these steps may help. Here are those 5 steps…

1. Read carefully the DMOZ submission guidelines: The open directory does not include sites with illegal content, sites with duplicate content or sites consisting largely of affiliate links.
2. Try to choose a regional category rather than a normal one.
3. Read the description of your category and make sure your site belongs there.
4. Make the title official: Sometimes a non promotional description works. Experts advise to use business names a titles.
5. Find an appropriate general, non-regional category. If the editor changed your title or description then copy that and submit again to one non regional relevant category.

So, follow the above steps and keep waiting. And yes don’t forget to continue working on your site.