I noticed today that I was ranked kind of high for the keyphrase SEO blog on Google.com. Not in the top 10 but in place number 13 which is not that bad either considering that I have not been adding links here at all lately.
This is so sweet, I was just wondering what keyword I was going to optimize this blog for… But now I found the answer by searching Google. Actually I got a mail from a guy named Jim Burnett where he gave me a link to his new Intelligent Link Replication Tool. I have to check that one! The info I really needed could not be found on the site I was transfered to when clicking the link.
I am also wondering right now why webmasters are accepting the Dmoz staff´s behavior, you see Dmoz or the web directory a.k.a the Open Directory Project is abusing the Internet so badly becasue beeing listed in DMOZ gives you a great headstart when it comes to SEO. If everyone could get a listing at the ODP it would not be a problem but right now there is an very uneven quality among the DMOZ editors and some editors only accepts sites that they are familiar to etc…
I am sure that the Open Directory Project will die by itself, no one is interested in catalogue like that anymore. Maybe it worked in the 90´s but not anymore I believe.
I agree, a lot of people get caught up on DMOZ, sure it’s great to be listed but so many people worry about it.
Do you know anyone who uses DMOZ? I know I don’t (except to be listed
Hey, well done for your achievement in listing so high up on Google for SEO blog. That’s great! Hopefully I’ll be up there soon as well =)
And as for DMOZ, most “ordinary” people has never heard of it, let alone actually used it. But yes it does seem to get you a bit of a head start in the Google SERPs. But it’s so frustrating when you submit a company and you have to keep on checking to see if they have been listed yet. And it doesn’t seem to be any rule or reason why you don’t get listed. It’s just a hit or miss. Argh, if it’s going to be that important they should invest in some proper editors.
congrats! you’ve made it to 10 in google!!!!
Well first of all congratulations on featuring in the first 10! And you are right DMOZ acceptance totally depends on their whims and fancies and well…has anyone figured out what they actually look for while listing sites?