news DMOZ Officially Shut Down Today! RIP

[DaveX]

This just in...

Dmoz officially shut down today, stealing the thunder of St. Patrick’s Day. The resource index was owned by AOL, but constructed and maintained by a community of volunteer editors...

Full Article: http://domaingang.com/domain-news/rip-dmoz-1998-2017/

 

[TestCase]

DMOZ!?!?!?! LOL...

I remember submitting my employer's website to DMOZ back in late '00 and then waiting. And waiting. And waiting. And...

Months later (16???) I somehow managed to connect with a very cool DMOZ editor on a completely unrelated board. He said he'd put in a good word for my submission and gave me some tips on future submissions.Fast forward a few weeks and my company's site submission was finally listed. With the help of some additional SE tweaks we quickly shot to the top of Google in our niche.

Aaaahhhh, good times....

 

[freddy]

DMOZ backlinks have been always awsome.