It has been almost three years since I talked about the Open Directory Project – DMOZ on this site. I guess it shows how much the SEO community cares for it these days.
That being said, a WebmasterWorld thread has one SEO really upset that his newly acquired DMOZ link has no apparent ranking benefit to him in the Google search results.
He said after two years of trying to get a DMOZ link, he got it, Google indexed it but he saw absolutely no ranking improvement after the fact. He feels like all that wait and anticipation, was a huge let down. Here is his post:
Over four years ago, I ran a poll asking SEOs how valuable the DMOZ link was and the community was split.
Take my new poll today:
Can a ODP Removal ‘Majorly’ Impact Your Google Rankings?
Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.
