Free Search Engine Submission to Dmoz The Open Directory Project (Dmoz) is a free directory which looks similar to Yahoo and Looksmart. This is one of the rare cases where free is also best! What makes Dmoz so Important? Despite the importance of being listed in the Yahoo Directoryl" for web promotion, you should not ignore the Open Directory Project. Dmoz data is used by the majority of major search engines on the net, starting with Google - the biggest of them all, and including Altavista, AllTheWeb, AOL, Netscape, Lycos, HotBot and hundreds of other engines. Dmoz is the your most important free submission. The value from a quality listing in Dmoz will come more from the other search engines that use it's listings rather than Dmoz itself! Dmoz's uniqueness is that it is run by volunteer editors. This uncommon operating model presents both an advantage and problem. Its use of volunteers enables the directory to review submissions in depth, but can also create problems if an editor becomes unavailable, and sites submitted to his category may be in limbo for a long time. Once you are listed, it can take up to several months for the search engines to update their data, so you may see a long wait before the full benefit of your listing takes effect. The second IMPORTANT advantage to a Dmoz listing is even more valuable.Search engines rank sites listed in Dmoz higher than those not listed! Why? A site that passes human inspection and make it into the directory is considered to be more valuable than the average site. All of the search engines give a sizable boost to sites in the Open Directory Project, so Dmoz can produce a heavy amount of traffic to your site. For detailed instructions read Search Engine Submission to Yahoo. To do it right, let us take care of this for you.
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