Oh DMOZ, Look What Light Through
Yonder Window Breaks

Writing by Nick Stamoulis on Tuesday, 25 of September , 2007 at 7:33 am

(Source) Oh, DMOZ. We thought things might be looking up for you when you started accepting sites for review again, but alas. Even Google doesn’t respect you now. How long before the all search engines have followed suit?

I’ve been saying for some time that DMOZ was on it’s way out. It’s not official yet, but I can feel. Most SEOs these days don’t pay DMOZ any attention. New websites don’t list there any more unless the owners have read some e-book that tells them they need to. Otherwise, new website owners haven’t even heard of DMOZ. I just don’t think you have to be listed in DMOZ to succeed. Not like you used to.

In 2000, if you didn’t list in DMOZ then you can bet the search engines, if they listed you at all, wouldn’t get around to you for a long time. Today, you can be ranked within weeks for your keywords without the assistance of DMOZ. I can see only one real significance to being listed in DMOZ: If you are struggling with link popularity then that one link might give you a slight boost. But if you’re struggling that bad then there isn’t that much hope for you. You’re better off seeking links elsewhere.

Category: SEO

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