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Why Should My Website Be Submitted to DMOZ?
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| I. What
is DMOZ? |
| The Open Directory Project ( ODP
) is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory
of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community
of volunteer editors. |
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| II. What
role does DMOZ act in the Internet? |
| The Open Directory Project ( ODP
) is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory
of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community
of volunteer editors. |
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The Republic of the Web |
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The web continues to grow at staggering rates. Automated
search engines are increasingly unable to turn up useful results to
search queries. The small paid editorial staffs at commercial directory
sites can't keep up with submissions, and the quality and comprehensiveness
of their directories has suffered. Link rot is setting in and they
can't keep pace with the growth of the Internet.
Instead of fighting the explosive growth of the Internet, the Open
Directory provides the means for the Internet to organize itself.
As the Internet grows, so do the number of net-citizens. These citizens
can each organize a small portion of the web and present it back to
the rest of the population, culling out the bad and useless and keeping
only the best content. |
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The Definitive Catalog of the Web |
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The Open Directory follows in the footsteps of some
of the most important editor / contributor projects of the 20th century.
Just as the Oxford English Dictionary became the definitive word on
words through the efforts of volunteers, the Open Directory follows
in its footsteps to become the definitive catalog of the Web. |
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The Internet Brain |
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The Open Directory is the most widely distributed
data base of Web content classified by humans. Its editorial standards
body of net-citizens provides the collective brain behind resource
discovery on the Web. The Open Directory powers the core directory
services for the Web's largest and most popular search engines and
portals, including Netscape Search, AOL Search, Google, Lycos, HotBot,
DirectHit, and hundreds of others. |
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| III. What will happen
if my website is included by DMOZ? |
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Get your website listed on portals and
search engines Using ODP Data |
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If your site has been accepted into the Open
Directory, It may take anywhere from 2 weeks to several months for
your site to be listed on Portals and search engines using ODP data,
including AOL, Netscape, Google, Lycos, DirectHit, HotBot and
Hundreds
of Portals and Search Engines. |
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Get your website higher ranking |
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If your site has been accepted into the Open Directory,
You can get a higher ranking in Google, AOL, Lycos and some of the
most popular portals. |
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