Is DMOZ still alive?

dmoz doesn't have enough editors. They are all volunteer. I'm one. If you submit to category that has an active editor and your site is decent, you'll get listed. If there's no editor, you'll be waiting until someone edits the category.

 

I heard DMOZ will stop on march 1, 2017.
Any news about this rumour.

 

Where did you hear this, was it the little fairy voices inside your head?

 

It might die out sooner than later. Half the sites submitted don't get approved. The ones that are approved/listed in dmoz were old sites, which are now offline (404). So its pointless.

 

That's how rumours get started. If anything did happen to DMOZ I am sure there would be a public announcement, not just rumours.

 

lol..looks like it's true??

 

Now that there has been a formal announcement.....the editors are getting themselves sorted to do a new directory, under a new name, AOL own DMOZ. So watch this space.

 

Dmoz means nothing...

 

It did to many of us who spent many hours enjoying catching the web. But now it is just a memory until the new directory rises out of the ashes, better than ever.

 

No DMOZ is gone

 

Now that social media signals indicate popularity, Google definitely no longer needs DMOZ. But it is still part of internet history. Then again, so were many historical figures ignored by the conquerors who (re)wrote history.

 

Dmoz is outdated these days, I would suggest you to go with social media pages. Since link popularity is more important these days, increase your link popularity.

 

These days? Well well link popularity was there from the very beginning of SEO. The learned to distinguish theme proximarity that's all.