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Here is a good post with some links to helpful resources: http://www.casinoaffiliateprograms.com/bb/4968-getting-listed-in-dmoz.html
GOOG said it wasnt anymore, anyway its nearly impossible to get in a gambling category these days unless your site offers something unique in this day and age…
It took at least 2 years for us to get listed in DMOZ. Only submitted one time and followed their instructions to a tee. Think the main thing is to be able to write an objective non-salesy description for you website, then it’s just a waiting game until someone finally gets around to looking at it. And, yes, your site probably needs to stand out a bit from the other 100,000 that are also trying to get listed in the Online Gambling categories. Finding a niche category is helpful.
DMOZ is near impossible to get listed even if you have a domain dedicated to an organisation you run.
Yup, its tough all right. For any category let along gambling. But I think that if we at least arm ourselves with the best practices, we will have a slightly higher chance. Even if that means only 1-2% higher.
webber286, you said you followed the instructions to a tee, would you elaborate a bit on that? Did you have 20-25 words in your description? Did you capitalize the domain where new words started or just leave it in all lowercase etc.
Dont make it look like an SEO link request.
Back in 2002 I had a site of mine listed in DMOZ without a request from me which came as a surprise.
How about picking up a (totally unrelated) dropped domainname that is listed in dmoz and pointing it to your gambling site?
Would that help your site even though the dmoz listing is in a unrelated catagory?
DMOZ is not what it used to be so donty make it the end all be all of links. In ther old days it made a giant push for google rankings, that is no longer the case as of the last 3 years. DMOZ is great as you pick up a lot of links from sites using dmoz data but its really not a giant beast as it used to be.
@Gregger 216585 wrote:
webber286, you said you followed the instructions to a tee, would you elaborate a bit on that? Did you have 20-25 words in your description? Did you capitalize the domain where new words started or just leave it in all lowercase etc.
It’s been 4 or 5 years since we submitted our link to DMOZ, but you need to list the proper name of your website, not the keyword stuffed name, the top level domain (all lowercase) and put in a description that sounds like an independent reviewer looked at your website, so again stay away from adding in a bunch of nonsense keywords, bold claims, or capital letters.
DMOZ also treats gambling sites a little differently than regular websites. Here’s their guidelines: ODP Gambling Guidelines
Dominique pointed me to this thread. I have a couple of comments to make.
The gambling branch of DMOZ is one of the more ‘popular’ category branches targetted by spammers. Hence editors who edit in any area of this branch have a lot more spam submissions to wade through than most other areas of DMOZ.
Submitting sites for listing is only one area where editors can find sites suitable for listing. Indeed, the majority of sites that are listed have been found by editors themselves, rather than the list of sites suggested by the public.
DMOZ is not a listing service for webmasters, if you do decide to submit your site, choose the most appropriate category and write a clear and concise description.
In my experience a webmaster that writes a promotional title and description to describe their site, raises a flag almost immediately.
In almost all cases however, the reviewing editor will rewrite the suggested title and description if the site in question is deemed listable. If a site has been submitted to the wrong category – an editor will move it to the most appropriate category for review.
Once you have submitted your site. Submit and forget. DO NOT SUBMIT AGAIN. By doing so, this could tag your site as spam. When your suggestion will get reviewed by an editor, no one can answer that. But if the site in question meets dmoz listing guidelines then it will eventually get listed.
If you are going to submit a site to DMOZ, make sure your site meets the listing requirements for the category you submit it to. Contrary to popular belief, DMOZ does list affiliate sites – but those sites need to offer something to the end user – ie the web surfer.
If your site is full of affiliate links and banners which far outweigh the content, then the chances of your site being listed are probably less than none. Also if the content on your site only features promotional adcopy fare, provided by the affiliate programs or something similar – then again it is very likely to never get listed.
You know what I mean – This casinos is great, the best, blah blah blah.
The key to getting your site listed is to offer something which is unique to the category that you are submitting to.
Another misnomer is that sites have to have a fantastic design,. This is not the case. DMOZ is not bothered whether sites are using the latest cutting edge design technology or have been put together using MS Frontpage. The only criteria is the content.
One last thing. Even if a category does not have a listed editor, this does not mean no one can update the listings in that particular category. There are over 200 editors that can edit anywhere within the directory and there are many more who have permissions in trees directly above who can edit in all subcats.
when you say that a site submitted more than once can get flagged as spam what do you mean? If I submitted one of my sites to a broad category and then later realized there was a more specific category that I fit into so I suggested it for that sub-category, will this get me flagged as spam?
I always wonder what all the fuss is about. Don’t get me wrong, a DMOZ listing is great.
Submit, and if accepted Im happy, a quality free link. If not no big deal, I see plenty of other high ranking sites without a DMOZ listing.Ive had a handful of sites accepted over the years, gambling and non gambling. My best sites were accepted.
Lets face it most people are biased and think are sites should be listed but when it comes down to it alot of peoples sites just arent worthy of a listing in a well maintained category and IMO there are some in the gambling field.
Sure theres a lot of poor quality categories that dont seem to be updated, which are by the way linking to sites that I cant see in google anywhere for decent search terms. So DMOZ listing hasnt done them any great favours.Submit and forget about. Its all you can do and its not worth wasting any more time or thought on it.
I’m actually more interested why our site was deleted from it’s DMOZ category Games/Gambling/Guides/Reviews/
cheers,
B
