[darrenstraight]

Thanks goes to David Castle "ctabuk" for writing us out the following:

Over the years I've replied to hundreds of posts on the subject of DMOZ

As you know DMOZ is a human response Search Engine/Directory and has editors around the Globe.

Some of these Editors are extremely knowledgeable others can be sadly lacking. Google does take notice of sites listed there and so does MSN.

There are simple rules to getting a site listed by DMOZ:

1 - No Adult Sites

2 - No Gambling Sites

3 - No broken links - now there are two URL's that can help you find broken links within a site.
The first and easiest is www.sitereportcard.com If you score less than 8 forget submitting your site.
The other is also free but it is designed for the serious SEO people and needs time to understand and
learn how to use it http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html

DMOZ has its own forum run by Moderators who are DMOZ Editors www.resource-zone.com/forum

There is a huge temptation for people to submit their site to DMOZ www.resource-zone.com and then to 'bombard' the forum with questions like 'Why am I not listed?' - Going down that road is a risky one, sometimes it works mostly it does not -Why?
Because normally a Search Engine/Directory is inanimate - you won't get personal attention. But here you will, and the mistake people make is to 'lose their temper' get frustrated etc. DMOZ Moderators are very quick to lock down a thread!

4 - Also the other big mistake people make is posting a site with a re-direct - forget it, simply don't bother trying it.

5 -You must post in the right category - that is essential. If there is not a correct category - 'then' use the DMOZ Forum,
list your site in your post and always use the same username that you have in this or any other forum. Ask for help, be extremely polite and heed the advice, you will get several replies - select carefully.

There is a bonus side to posting there, it is very good for Google BL's! Which is why you should use the same username.

Once you have submitted, forget it - move on - it has either been selected or it has not.

I am not a DMOZ Editor - I am a moderator at one of the larger SEO Forums.

Lastly Good Luck.