SEO For The Common Webmaster

I posted a while back that my humble blog got listed on DMOZ. I thought it was cool and maybe I could get some benefits. However, I checked yesterday and it was no longer in their directory. I am not sure what is up with that it restores my opinion that DMOZ sucks. They use to be the end all to be all for web directories but now they offer very little benefits for the hassle to list with them.

Just to navigate their massive categories will give any webmaster a headache. I received 5 visits in over a month from their directory and maybe that was their editors.  Oh well, I guess I really did not  need them anyway.

What is your opinion of DMOZ?

I am not a big fan of most social bookmarking sites. I do like like a couple of community sites. I joined MyBlogLog.com a while back but have not done much with it. As you can see in my sidebar, I decided to give it a better try. I have added the widget and I have updated my profile. It is a great way to interact with other in the same niche and also to drive some traffic to your site. The main reason I use it is that it is fun. I am beginning to find some people that I interact with that share many of the same interest as I do.

It is easy to join and if you are a member of Yahoo, you can use the same log-in information and add all your blogs to the site. You can also link to all your other social sites with ease. I have had problems verifying my blogs because they do not seem to pick up my blog post to verify it. I am going to try again today to see if it works.

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If you missed the original posting of our directories listings, we have recently added several new directories to our list. You can find check out the Free Directories or the Paid Directories Lists to submit your own sites. We are trying to add as many directories as possible so that our readers will have new placed to add their links.

If you own a directory, we would love to add your free or paid directory to our list. Feel free to leave a comment at either thread or you can contact us by using the contact form under the advertise tab on the top of the page.

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Many webmaster go crazy trying to get their site listed in one of the biggest directories on the Internet, DMOZ. I found that it could be a benefit to be listed but nothing to obsess over.

I will normally submit my site to them when I feel it is ready to be listed and then I forget about it. Most of my sites never get listed and many sites takes over a year to get listed. I submitted this blog once I had the theme set up and some good content and basically forgot about it.

Today, I was going through my blog stats and I seen some traffic from DMOZ and thought that it was strange. I clicked on over to their directory and lo and behold, my little old SEO blog was in the listings. I can not say that it will mean a lot but I hear that many directories pick up listings from them to feel their directories which will mean a possibility of many new back links. I do not get my hope up but it would be nice to generate some new traffic to increase the earnings for this blog.

Has anyone seen any real benefit from being listed? Please share your own experience by leaving a comment here.

I just had a header designed to give the blog a new look. I think it makes the blog look a little more professional.

How does it look?

Please leave a comment and let me know what you think!