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hey. i desperated for search engine rankings .lol. i applied to get my website listed in Dmoz for months, but britney spears category has no editors. any dmoz editor can help me out? hehe.

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This thread started with asking for a DMOZ editor and several replies (notably , , and ) pointing out long delays and category-based limits on who can list a site. Important update for anyone reading this years later: DMOZ (the Open Directory Project) was shut down in 2017; its archive and successor projects are the place to look now (DMOZ on Wikipedia, Curlie).

When aiming for a human-edited directory listing, submissions work best when the site already looks like what an editor expects. Checklist items that matter: clear site purpose and navigation, an About and Contact page, multiple substantive pages (not just a splash or affiliate funnel), no crawl blocks in robots.txt, and a short neutral description that states the site topic without promotional language. Editors value relevance and editorial tone over SEO trickery.

Practical steps that historically helped improve acceptance rates: study active listings in the target category to match style and scope; use the directory’s official suggestion tool rather than repeated emails; contact an editor only if their editor page lists a polite contact method; log changes and only resubmit after meaningful site improvements. Typical rejection causes were wrong category fit, thin or duplicate content, downtime, or overly commercial copy.

Since DMOZ is no longer maintained, modern priorities should be content quality, site performance, secure hosting, structured data and quality backlinks. For current webmaster guidance see Google Search Central. Archived DMOZ entries can be checked via the Internet Archive if historical reference is needed (web.archive.org).

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Member Avatar for pctec

Good luck in your quest... but unless you want to turn purple, dont hold your breath.

Member Avatar for Devilsown

dmoz takes forever to get a site listed.

Member Avatar for stymiee

Other DMOZ editors cannot get your site listed unless they have access to your category (and most don't). Simply apply and hope for the best.

Member Avatar for guruwebllc

Yeah you need to find the editor in your specific category. Good luck!!!

Member Avatar for Dani

Check out the resource zone forum:

It's run by DMOZ editors, and it helped me a long time ago when I was trying to get DaniWeb correctly indexed in Dmoz.

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