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[SEO-Slave]

Hi there guys.

I've been trying to contact my category editor at DMOZ in vain.
Our company websites (5) have been listed in DMOZ for around 7 years but they have all of a sudden been removed?
Your take on this? And how to get them reinstated again? I am perplexed.

Thanx

[MaKa]

Were you getting a lot of visitors (or more accurately enquiries/sales) from the DMOZ link?

Edited by MaKa, 26 September 2007 - 06:09 AM.

[SEO-Slave]

Were you getting a lot of visitors (or more accurately enquiries/sales) from the DMOZ link?

Hi there,

Thanx for the quick reply. I am not sure how to accurately measure this. Google Analytics perhaps?
I think we got a fair amount of visits from DMOZ. Is this a factor?

Thank you

[MaKa]

It's a factor so far as if you didn't get any visitors/enquries/sales from your DMOZ link, you don't need to worry about the link not being there any more. Gogole Analytics should be able to show you the visitors numbers.

As there is no way you can influence your DMOZ linking other than sending them a friendly email or submitting your site again. See various other DMOZ threads on the forum.

[SEO-Slave]

It's a factor so far as if you didn't get any visitors/enquries/sales from your DMOZ link, you don't need to worry about the link not being there any more. Gogole Analytics should be able to show you the visitors numbers.

As there is no way you can influence your DMOZ linking other than sending them a friendly email or submitting your site again. See various other DMOZ threads on the forum.

Thank you MaKa - appreciate it.

[Randy]

Have your web sites changed their focus at all since the original DMOZ listing?

I raise the question because I've seen more than one case where a site may have been doing something similar, got a listing with a description, changed a bit, got reported and then got removed from DMOZ rather than simply having the listing updated. A couple of cases I'm thinking of specifically were where sites originally offered something for free and this was mentioned in the DMOZ description, but years down the road had changed so there was no longer a free component to the site.

In every case like that I've seen the sites were simply removed. Even if the reason for the site change was entirely innocent.

[SEO-Slave]

Have your web sites changed their focus at all since the original DMOZ listing?

I raise the question because I've seen more than one case where a site may have been doing something similar, got a listing with a description, changed a bit, got reported and then got removed from DMOZ rather than simply having the listing updated. A couple of cases I'm thinking of specifically were where sites originally offered something for free and this was mentioned in the DMOZ description, but years down the road had changed so there was no longer a free component to the site.

In every case like that I've seen the sites were simply removed. Even if the reason for the site change was entirely innocent.

Hi Randy

Nope, same old sites. Page Rank 6's.

[1dmf]

how important is DMOZ.

I've never been able to get a site listed in DMOZ, I've never used DMOZ nor would I , infact i'd never even heard of DMOZ until i started learning about SEO.

So should anyone really worry about DMOZ these days?

[SEO-Slave]

how important is DMOZ.

I've never been able to get a site listed in DMOZ, I've never used DMOZ nor would I , infact i'd never even heard of DMOZ until i started learning about SEO.

So should anyone really worry about DMOZ these days?

Good Question! It USED to be a valuable link - not sure it is anymore

[Jill]

I wouldn't worry about it, SEO-slave.

[cbp]

Our company websites (5) have been listed in DMOZ for around 7 years but they have all of a sudden been removed?

You have answered your own question. If there are 5 websites for your company and they were all listed, then no wonder they were removed. Check the guidelines, esp the bit about related sites.

[SEO-Slave]

You have answered your own question. If there are 5 websites for your company and they were all listed, then no wonder they were removed. Check the guidelines, esp the bit about related sites.

5 different websites, 5 different products, 1 company. No problem. For 7 years this was fine.
Nothing to do with relation.

Thanx

[SEO-Slave]

I wouldn't worry about it, SEO-slave.

Thanx Jill, then I will sleep peacefully from now on.

[cbp]

5 different websites, 5 different products, 1 company. No problem.

Nope. Its is a problem - its against the guidelines.

[Jill]

cbp, then why was it ok for 7 years? Did the rules recently change? Either it's ok or it's not. That's why DMOZ pretty much sucks. It's completely inconsistent.