Getting a site listed in DMOZ
The Open Directory Project or DMOZ is a human edited web directory that has a categorized listing of 5 million websites. It is owned by AOL, but run by an army of volunteer editors. It is widely believed by some webmasters that having a site listed in this directory gives them better rankings in the search engine. It is not known for sure if this is really the case or not and many do dispute it. However, the belief exists and many webmasters go to extraordinary lengths to try and get their site listed and make all sorts of claims about DMOZ corruption when they cannot. Most of the claims about corruption are never corroborated and turn out to be not true. The also make many claims about the poor service that DMOZ provides, but DMOZ does not even exist to service webmasters with a listing of their site.
How to get a site listed in DMOZ? The first thing is that the site has to be listable. DMOZ wants unique content, meaning that the site has to have some content that sites already listed do not have. What is the point of listing multiple sites all saying the same thing? Next you need to find the most suitable category and suggest it there. You need to write a guideline compliant description and title. A keyword stuffed description is a good way to put an editor off from reviewing your site. You then suggest your site once and then move on. After this there is nothing more you can do. Anything else is counterproductive to getting listed in DMOZ. When an editor is working on the category, they may or may not choose to use the pool of suggested sites to look for new sites to add. Editors use many sources to find sites.