Why is Google still taking notice of DMOZ?

kery | Jul 11, 2010 | Comments 21

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Billy F in Poway asks: “Why is Google still taking notice of DMOZ? Many have alleged that the editors are corrupt. Its impossible to get them to list a site even if it is very relevant to an specific area.”

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  1. ElkSlayer59 says:
    July 11, 2010 at 4:23 am

    @iLovePalestineDotCom

    The selection process is working fine now. I just used it.

  2. ElkSlayer59 says:
    July 11, 2010 at 5:03 am

    @patm777

    Who’s going to pay those people you wish to “figure it out”?

    Who’s making it one of those “awesome” links? Webmasters and SEO “experts” that don’t understand, or accept, that DMOZ was not created and is not run by or for webmasters seeking links of any kind. That Google and the other SEs use DMOZ data at all is the doings of those SEs, not DMOZ.

    If you have a problem with how the data is used BY THE SEs, don’t blaming DMOZ for refusing to be what you WANT it to be.

  3. ElkSlayer59 says:
    July 11, 2010 at 5:17 am

    @patm777

    Who’s going to pay those people you wish to “figure it out”?

    Who’s making it one of those “awesome” links? Webmasters and SEO “experts” that don’t understand, or accept, that DMOZ was not created and is not run by or for webmasters seeking links of any kind. That Google and the other SEs use DMOZ data at all is the doings of those SEs, not DMOZ.

    If you have a problem with how the data is used BY THE SEs, don’t blaming DMOZ for refusing to be what you WANT it to be.

  4. justinrmarch says:
    July 11, 2010 at 5:29 am

    Dmoz is (and has been for a while) a submit and forget you can rank without it and rank well. At least if you are not listed you don’t have to worry about inserting meta to prevent the Dmoz description appearing in the SERPS.

  5. 2012ElectroNuke says:
    July 11, 2010 at 5:46 am

    @patm777 Agreed, Matt missed the point of the question.

    I can speculate what his answer would be though. Google doesn’t pick sides. So long as DMOZ is not hosting malware or breaking Google ToS then they will remain part of the Google PR algorithm for being so very ancient and very connected.

  6. patm777 says:
    July 11, 2010 at 5:49 am

    Matt, I usually feel your stuff is right on, but you totally missed this question, IMHO. Wasn’t Billy asking why DMOZ still figures into Google’s evaluation of a site for ranking, not why it no longer shows on the page at Google.

    We’re all frustrated with how DMOZ is run. It could be an awesome directory, and it’s obvious that it’s a large task. Either hire some folks to get it figured out or stop making it one of those “awesome” links we should have to be high-ranking.

  7. romanreference says:
    July 11, 2010 at 5:59 am

    Our website is arguably the number one for vacation rentals in rome, italy online since 1997. I’ve been trying to get listed on DMOZ since over 10 years now, no chance. If 10+ years are not enough to review a website then why take DMOZ into consideration at all?

  8. responsibleparty says:
    July 11, 2010 at 6:33 am

    I don’t know if DMOZ is corrupt or not. But, clearly, they are focused on earning income from paid inclusion. That’s a poor approach to anything that affects Google search results.

  9. DanCentury3000 says:
    July 11, 2010 at 6:53 am

    I’ve had no luck getting links in DMOZ. Either the editors are indeed corrupt, or asleep at the wheel. I tried signing up as the editor of a section, and the signup site crashed.

  10. zurrrzi says:
    July 11, 2010 at 7:07 am

    nomoz sucks, you have to pay for it

  11. McSnookerman says:
    July 11, 2010 at 7:25 am

    what is DMOZ?

  12. larssonk22 says:
    July 11, 2010 at 8:23 am

    @neuronstorm wow now that is bad, google should ditch them

  13. patellaman says:
    July 11, 2010 at 8:53 am

    I’ve had a website, the best in its category since 2006 and have still not been listed in DMOZ! I think DMOZ is dead, and a waste of time really!

  14. neuronstorm says:
    July 11, 2010 at 9:20 am

    @larssonk22 You think that’s bad.. I have an entry over 10 years old that tells everyone we still use a certain very old technology.. no way to update or remove the link.

  15. larssonk22 says:
    July 11, 2010 at 9:55 am

    My competitor has a link from DMOZ and I’ve tried for a couple of years now to get in but I can’t. It’s totally unfair that backlinks from DMOZ are still worth so much ranking juice.

  16. amfikz says:
    July 11, 2010 at 10:14 am

    turizmas (dot) info
    it took about 6 months to take on dmoz.
    crap!

  17. iLovePalestineDotCom says:
    July 11, 2010 at 10:26 am

    You can not suggest to Dmoz, it has been broken but Nomoz is up and running and seem to be the better choice.

  18. waterlooalex says:
    July 11, 2010 at 10:33 am

    Does DMOZ even take new urls? Their suggest url page is broken.

  19. rosenstand says:
    July 11, 2010 at 11:13 am

    @kareliasoftware LOL :-) Yeah – that answer could have been made by any politician :-)

  20. kareliasoftware says:
    July 11, 2010 at 11:46 am

    Wow, I don’t think Matt actually responded to the question at all, or at least the intent of it. Maybe it’s time to consider a career in politics! :-)

  21. chinobeast says:
    July 11, 2010 at 12:27 pm

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