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What have you done to gain credibility to your website?
And out of curiosity, who managed to get their website on MOZ?
And out of curiosity, who managed to get their website on MOZ?
Your website credibility
- Thread starter mick&sarah
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Not sure I understand the question. A website is credible if it achieves what it was designed to do, for example: converts visitors into customers.
Why would anyone want their site on MOZ?
Why would anyone want their site on MOZ?
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- Original Poster
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Popular search engines all perceive webistes listed on stupid and elusive DMOZ as more credible and relevant, it's a SEO thing.
Of course, I'm aware that it all depends on your content, and the ability to provide what you set out to do, I was merely referring from a SEO point of view.
Of course, I'm aware that it all depends on your content, and the ability to provide what you set out to do, I was merely referring from a SEO point of view.
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I would suggest that it's really not that important these days.
The impact of DMOZ on SEO probably peaked around 10 years ago, if not more. Since then, Google has become far, far more advanced.
Google knows all about DMOZ, and is fully aware that inclusion in that directory doesn't really mean anything regarding the quality of the content on a website - which is what they care about most.
Google have pretty much devalued all directories when it comes to links. The whole point of valuing backlinks is based on the idea that the most valuable content will be shared around the web. Self-submission directories defeat the purpose of that.
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Inclusion in DMOZ is heavily category dependent. It all depends on the category you choose, how popular it is and how many editors that particular category has.
It isn't so difficult if it's a niche category with a respectable number of editors. However, with a highly popular category which is "understaffed" and frequently targeted by spam submissions, it can take years to be accepted or just never happen at all.
My view on DMOZ is to just submit to the site and then forget about it.
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I am a DMOZ editor and my own site has been listed for ten years or more but just over a year ago I removed it from the directory and there has been no impact whatsoever either positive or negative
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Having been a DMOZ editor for ten years I am rather annoyed that no-one has ever tried to corrupt me
I have also been known to list sites too
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I got my site listed but it was many years ago.
I also was a DMOZ mod for a while and although I worked hard at it for a few years, I was eventually swamped with so many low value home made and spammy sites which were unlistable that the real sites got buried in the deluge.
I haven't touched it for years though because it got totally out of hand - the internet grew so quickly that I could no longer keep up with my little segment of the directory so I abandoned it.
There just weren't enough people involved to keep up.
I have no idea what the current situation is or whether it even exists still.
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webcrest
If you want to gain credibility for your website then improves its reliability... use reliable web hosting, make it look more professional, list your credential, give quick response, make your site an asset for visitors, ask for customer feedback and value it and establish yourself as an expert.
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- Original Poster
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I had the same idea but I keep seeing those website that analyse your SEO and they all still mention DMOZ, at this point I suppose that says more on how useless these analyse-your-site services are than how DMOZ still counts in the SEO world.
That's understood, and agreed.
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So did I: http://www.dmoz.org/search?q=fisicx.com. But I've had zero visits from DMOZ in the last 8 years so the whole exercise was pointless.
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Nic Cordingley
You could die whilst waiting for a DMOZ listing to happen....and the benefits are negligible in terms of SEO. It would be better to go out and build relationships with industry / product based advocates that can give you a decent link and / or give you social reach (preferably both).
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How do I give my site credibility... well, I list a phone number that isn't a mobile, I have unsolicited reviews from customers on our FB page, I have a presence in most related communities in my industry, and I send orders out quickly and with tracking within the timeframes I promise.
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