Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'dmoz'

SEOs Split On Value of DMOZ.org (ODP) Link

On February 20th, I asked our readers if they thought a listing in the Open Directory Project would have a major impact on a site's Google ranking. The response was split down the middle. We only had 58 responses, which...

Can A ODP (dmoz.org) Removal Hurt Your Search Engine Rankings?

A WebmasterWorld thread has a Webmaster saying that a site of his recently was removed from the ODP. He said, soon after he noticed his rankings drop in Google. He wants to know if it can be related to the...

How Long Does it Take to Get into DMOZ?

A Search Engine Watch Forums member asks how long a typical DMOZ submission takes to get approved. The answer is: it's incredibly unpredictable. Since DMOZ is a volunteer project and the editors are taking time to review sites, it can...

ODP/DMOZ Creates Community Blog

WebmasterWorld members announced that the ODP has created a blog which is run by AOL staff. That's great, some say. They always believed there was an intelligent force behind DMOZ and hope it persists. They hope that a new era...

DMOZ Home Page Disappears from Google

Sphinn users report that the DMOZ homepage is missing from the Google results. While you can still do a site:dmoz.org search and find a few million results, searching for "dmoz" alone won't bring up the homepage. A screenshot, taken by...

Shoemoney Gets Extorted by DMOZ Editor

Jeremy Schoemaker, aka Shoemoney, posted on his blog that he's been extorted by a corrupt DMOZ editor. Without naming names, he was told that he'd have to pay $5000 to keep his website in the ODP. There's been a big...

Why Does My Yahoo Cached Page have a Different Title?

A High Rankings Forum member has run into a very strange issue on Yahoo. She has recently optimized her page and sees that it is updated in Yahoo, but not all elements seem to have been updated. I just completed...

Should DMOZ Incorporate More Web 2.0 Elements?

What would you say about a DMOZ directory that allowed you to vote and review the sites listed on the directory? A Cre8asite Forums thread discusses this question. Bill Slawski says that DMOZ has a long way to go before...

DMOZ Is Accepting Submissions Again

Word comes from the forums that DMOZ is again accepting submissions for site inclusions in their directory. On December 20, 2006, we reported Open Directory Project (DMOZ) Coming Back From the Dead with the reopening of the editor area. Now...

Open Directory Project (DMOZ) Coming Back From the Dead?

Over the past few weeks there has been some discussion in the forums about how the Open Directory Project has not been working at all. Yesterday there was an update posted on the ODP home page saying; Notice: Editing is...


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