Submit Your Website The Right Way!
Yes, the Open Directory Project is free, and yes, you can submit much more quickly. But the only problem is there is no guarantee that your site will be listed. I have seen sites get into the Open Directory Project within a week or two of submission, and I’ve seen others that waited months without ever getting in. In addition, the submission forms sometimes do not seem to work! But do not give up. As i mentioned earlier on that, it is very important. Here is how to submit:
1. Read the editor’s guidelines which can be helpful to you in your website submission. If you know what guidelines the editors use, you may be able to avoid problems. It’s hard to get into the directory, so you might as well give yourself the best chance of getting in.
2. Go to The Open Directory Project home page.
3. Find a suitable category for your site.
4. Click the Suggest URL link at the top of the page.
5. Follow the (fairly simple) directions. Submitting to the Open Directory Project is much easier than doing so to Yahoo! Directory. You simply enter your home page’s URL, a short title, a 25-30 word description for the site, and your e-mail address. That’s it. Then you wait.
But understand that the editors at DMOZ do not care about your site, they care more about the directory. In fact, if you submit it into the right directory and under the correct category it can do wonders to your website. However there are few other factors working against you:
- There are 8,000 editors managing over 700,000 categories.
- Many small directories may only be reviewed by an editor every six months . . . or far less frequently.
- The editors regard a six-month wait, or longer, not particularly excessive.
- In some cases editors may even ignore submissions. As one editor explained, “there is no obligation to review them in any order nor is there a requirement to review them as a priority . . .
I hope this helped you to submit your website to the open directly and you get an idea about what exactly happens after you submit.
Cheers and keep that smile on!
Aftab Kashif is computer programmer, He has made quite few websites sharing knowledge with other people and teaching them through the experience that he has gained.
He programs both in web as well as windows development environment.
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