| DMOZ is among the best website submission sites | | | | and this is to prevent abuse of their site. There are |
| you can go to when you want to promote your own | | | | lots of times when owners submit their sites twice or |
| website. The site introduces your business to a wider | | | | thrice in a submission site, and this only disrupts the |
| target market base, and at the same time it | | | | statistics of the site. The same rule applies with |
| effectively adds your site to the related web pages | | | | DMOZ, as your website URL is recorded once you |
| that fall under your niche. | | | | made a submission. |
| But while proven to be one of the most efficient | | | | Just like other submission sites, DMOZ has its own |
| website submission places found across the web, | | | | unwritten laws which you still have to follow when |
| DMOZ is also known for its strict guidelines which | | | | you make a website submission. These rules greatly |
| users would have to follow, otherwise their | | | | affect the status of your submission, and although |
| submissions will not be honored. Therefore, you need | | | | not stated in the submission guidelines, they have a |
| to review the rules you have to abide when you plan | | | | huge bearing on whether your website will be |
| to do website promotion. Among them are: | | | | accepted or not. These include: |
| Titles the website entries should consist of the exact | | | | Websites should be at least 2 years old in order to |
| title found on the site itself. This helps in promoting | | | | be accepted. This means the site has already been |
| your site effectively as you give them the forefront | | | | active in its chosen niche and can be expected to be |
| of your web page. The entries should as well consist | | | | productive from the time of its launching. The sites |
| of the company name so that viewers would be able | | | | to be submitted should not have broken links, as |
| to have a distinctive memory of your site. In terms | | | | they tell that your site is in a way dysfunctional. In |
| of format, the title should begin with a capital letter | | | | addition, your site must be well-designed and |
| for each and every word. | | | | appropriate for your niche, to build more credibility on |
| Entry titles however should not consist of items such | | | | your end. Finally, your site should take just enough |
| as descriptive information of the site. There is an | | | | time to load, as this factor says that your site has |
| appropriate section for the descriptions, which you | | | | uptime reliability. |
| have to fill up as well. The site also discourages the | | | | It can be at first intimidating to do website promotion |
| use of keywords that do not make any sense, as | | | | at DMOZ, as the site imposes not only strict rules but |
| this is a form of keyword spamming. You should also | | | | a class of prestige. However, once your site is |
| omit the use of "and" or "&" unless it appears | | | | accepted and included in its directories, it would not |
| on the site's actual title. No emphatic punctuation | | | | only mean a sense of achievement for you as a web |
| should be used, as it is not needed in website | | | | site owner, but it more importantly highlight your site |
| promotion. | | | | as a highly substantial place to visit across the web. |
| DMOZ has evidently strict rules in website submission, | | | | |