Telling Google your site is credible and increase visibility
Google’s search algorithm is advanced, I’ve never actually sat down and tried to figure it out. But, time and time again, it seems as though, they (Google) always mentions DMOZ.org. So what is dmoz?
According to DMOZ, here is a description of the site and service:
The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors.
So, why do I need to know this? Google uses dmoz to help give credibility to sites. It’s Google’s way of cross referencing a site by having an actual human look at the site. So, if you get your site into DMOZ, chances are your rankings will go up. If your visibility doesn’t go up, so be it. But, if anything, you only lost about 5 minutes of your time, so what do you have to lose.
So, here’s how to submit your site to the DMOZ open directory.
- Go to dmoz.org
- In the search box, type in your website address. Example: parttimewebmaster.com
- If it comes up, you’re golden, if not continue.
- Search for an appropriate category until you see the option to Submit a URL. Make sure the directory is not too overloaded, choose a more focused and smaller group if possible. This may help speed the process. This hasn’t been validated.
- Once you’ve found the directory, click on Submit URL and enter your information.
- Wait…wait. It can take a long time to get into dmoz, but one day you’ll get in there.
Best of luck!
