Dmoz and Yahoo Directory listings,some of my dropped domains show as listed ?

[justwondering]

Hi , i was using Woorank to check a few domains and i noticed that it showed some of my domain names as listed in Dmoz and in yahoo listings .

I believe this is ment to be a good thing for SEO and google adds weight to your sites relevance ?

I did a quick search on dmoz with my domain name but could not see it listed , i did just type in the full domain name with .co.uk at the end....

has woorank got this wrong ? i've found woorank in the past to be very good and accurate with its information provided.

Is it a added benefit ? showing as listed in Yahoo directorys and Dmoz , theres nothing on the site yet , as its a dropped domain name.

 

[doodlebug]

Dmoz should definitely add weight just as Squiddo will assuming a full lense.

If you can't find it on Dmoz then maybe delisted and could be for negative reasons which would go bad on the domain.

 

[justwondering]

Thank you for the info , am I searching dmoz correctly by just searching dmoz via the domain name ? Could it of been delisted due to no site ? If so are they likely to put it back on if I put a site on there ? Is it worth contacting them explaining I have a domain name that shows as listed but I can't see the listing and how do I go about updating the info for the site on there site ?

 

[Blossom]

Try using http://opensiteexplorer.org to do a backlink analysis of your site.

Dmoz is a good link so should come up within the first 1 or 2 pages if you have a link there.

 

[crabfoot]

It is very rare that a site gets a Dmoz listing unless you submit it yourself.
If you didn't submit the domain to Dmoz, I would assume woorank is making an error.

 

[justwondering]

It was a dropped name , so is it possible it was listed before i caught the name ?

 

[crabfoot]

OK - so it is likely that the site's fallen off Dmoz and woorank is a bit out of date.

You could try using
http://warrick.cs.odu.edu/warrick.html#downloading
to reconstruct the site from wayback machine data, then re-submit it to Dmoz. If you do it quick, it might work.

 

[justwondering]

Wow cranfoot that sounds like a cool idea I'll look into that method

 

[wbwb is verified member.]

Good idea when permission has been given, but remember there could be copyright implications if it hasn't...

 

[philiporchardphiliporchard is verified member.]

Getting into DMOZ these days seems to be pretty much impossible... Has anyone been successful lately? I know they changed their software for adding new sites about 6 months ago, which slowed things down a bit.

 

[crabfoot]

I took a look at submitting sites to Dmoz recently, and it looks like there is one way in - if you have a local connection for something. I am seriously thinking about hosting a few pages for my next door neighbour's youth football team ...

It is difficult to fit a lot of sites into their category system. I'm sure it could be done, if someone could develop an angle for making the subject matter fit a category.