DMOZ Directory (Open Directory)
DMOZ is an international directory managed by thousands of voluntaries, joined together within the Open Directory Project (ODP): it is a free directory.
This directory can be freely re-used by anyone, the most famous of them being Google without any doubt. The Google directory is an adapted version of DMOZ, updated approximately only one time per month, where the sites are ordered according to their PageRank instead of the traditional alphabetical order.
The inscription of your site in DMOZ will have two consequences:
- your site could be found in a research on DMOZ or all the other sites using it, including Google.
- the PageRank of your site should increase, often by one unit (except if you have PageRank of 5 or more).
To be included in DMOZ, browse the categories of the directory, under one sub-category of "World > " according to the language used by your site if it is not english. Once you have found the best category, click on the link "Add URL" in the top right of the page, and follow the instructions.
You must strictly respect the instructions, in particular for the title and description. Otherwise your site is likely not to be approved. Check your spelling, do not put superlatives like "the best site of..." and build a true sentence for the description, which should not be an accumulation of keywords.
You can check on dmoz.org if your site is approved, then on directory.google.com if the directory has been updated. Then finally you may see the category displayed on the Google Toolbar.
