Submitting a Site


Because Google takes advantage of the more than 20,000 volunteer editors and the millions of links already in the Open Directory Project, you will not be submitting a Web site to Google. Rather, you submit your site to the Open Directory Project. Here are the steps you should follow:

  1. Begin by searching the Open Directory Project’s directory at www.dmoz.org for the site you want to submit. This helps avoid duplication.

  2. Navigate through the directories to find what you believe is the proper category for the site you are submitting. Navigating through the directories is very similar to navigating through the Google Directory. When locating a category, make sure that there is a Suggest URL or Update URL link at the bottom of the page. If these links do not appear, this category does not accept submissions.

  3. Click the Suggest URL link in the proposed category.

  4. Fill in the Suggest URL form. Your descriptions should be clear, concise, and not sound like a late-night, used-car advertisement. Unclear or clearly promotional descriptions may delay your entry or keep it out of the directory altogether.

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DMOZ

The project was originated by two Sun Microsystems engineers named Rich Skrenta and Bob Truel. Later, other Sun employees joined with Skrenta and Truel to found Gnuhoo. After complaints by people in the industry, comparing Gnuhoo with the spirit of the Gnu open source software project, it was renamed Newhoo. The early goal of the project was to create a competing directory to the Yahoo! directory using volunteer labor.

In October 1998, Newhoo was purchased by Netscape and renamed the Open Directory Project. Netscape later became an AOL Time Warner company. That’s why when you visit the DMOZ page you may notice the logo In partnership with AOL Search.

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The Open Directory Project is a Netscape volunteer project.

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Once you send your submission, an Open Directory Project volunteer editor reviews it. Be warned that this is not a speedy process. These editors are tasked with reviewing a multitude of submissions. Don’t get impatient and submit again and again. That only upsets the editors and may be cause for banning you from the Open Directory Project site.

Assuming that your submission is accepted and included in the directory it is eventually included within the Google Directory as it updates its entries from the Open Directory Project’s content.



Google Power Tools Bible
Google Power Tools Bible
ISBN: 0470097124
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 353

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