Jan 27th 2010 7:30PM
DMOZ 2009 Year in Review
Happy New Year!
Now that 2009 is officially in the books, it's time to take a look back at the year that was. We've already heard about our editors' many projects and accomplishments this past year, so I thought we'd take the opportunity to look at some of our directory statistics and some trends we've seen throughout the year.
As we've highlighted in the past, the DMOZ user base is incredibly international. In 2009 we had visitors from over 236 countries and territories around the globe. While five countries (US, UK, Germany, Italy and Canada) still account for the bulk of the visitors, we've also had visitors from emerging markets including India, Russia and China as well as from smaller areas such as Micronesia, Chad, Andorra, Benin, Christmas and Easter Islands – even Vatican City.
According to ComScore, an independent company that measures internet usage, nearly 60% of these visitors were between the ages of 18 and 49; of these, 52% are male and 47% are female. The top two sources of traffic are Google and Wikipedia.
In terms of the directory itself, we added more than 2500 new editors and more than 7000 editors contributed to the project this year. Editors made nearly 2 million editing actions, including more than 700000 URLs added or updated, and created more than 26000 new categories.
Kudos to all who have made 2009 a success! We're looking forward to an excellent 2010.
Now that 2009 is officially in the books, it's time to take a look back at the year that was. We've already heard about our editors' many projects and accomplishments this past year, so I thought we'd take the opportunity to look at some of our directory statistics and some trends we've seen throughout the year.
As we've highlighted in the past, the DMOZ user base is incredibly international. In 2009 we had visitors from over 236 countries and territories around the globe. While five countries (US, UK, Germany, Italy and Canada) still account for the bulk of the visitors, we've also had visitors from emerging markets including India, Russia and China as well as from smaller areas such as Micronesia, Chad, Andorra, Benin, Christmas and Easter Islands – even Vatican City.
According to ComScore, an independent company that measures internet usage, nearly 60% of these visitors were between the ages of 18 and 49; of these, 52% are male and 47% are female. The top two sources of traffic are Google and Wikipedia.
In terms of the directory itself, we added more than 2500 new editors and more than 7000 editors contributed to the project this year. Editors made nearly 2 million editing actions, including more than 700000 URLs added or updated, and created more than 26000 new categories.
Kudos to all who have made 2009 a success! We're looking forward to an excellent 2010.
1. I wish dmoz site better and better.But ,I have submitted several sites,none is included.
Posted at 7:28PM on Jan 28th 2010 by syringe filter
2. Wichtigste Suchmaschine überhaupt! Warum kann ich meinen opendir Code nicht senden. Die Mail kommt zurück, wird geblockt. Warum?
Bitte um Nachricht
Vielen Dank
Tanja Huck
Posted at 8:47AM on Jan 28th 2010 by Tanja Huck
3. I'm very glad to read the post that Dmoz created more than 26000 new categories, New editors. I am sure Dmoz would be doing great in 2010.
I have submitted my website, but didn't get approved. Please suggest me what i have do to submit in Dmoz.
Thanks
NG
Posted at 8:11AM on Jan 28th 2010 by narayangopal
4. Hallo,
sie unterstützen die wichtigste Suchmaschinen!
Mein Name ist Tanja Huck, ich habe meine Webseite bei ihnen eingetragen und mich als Editor beworben.
Leider kann ich von meiner Mail Adresse den Code nicht senden, da diese Adresse geblockt wird.
Können Sie mir helfen?
Mit freundlichem Gruß
Tanja Huck
Posted at 8:47AM on Jan 28th 2010 by Tanja Huck
5. Since I am new I have a few questions thAT WILL HELP ME 2010. I have submitted my company Pro Water Solutions a few weeks ago and I am not showing up on any search in Dmoz. I’m wondering if I did the wrong thing. I also applied as an editor but I have received no e-mails or confirmations of any kind. Do I need to resubmit and If I do submit again do I just do it once or once more each data base. Alta Vista, Bing etc?
Posted at 7:58PM on Jan 28th 2010 by Brad Belnap
6. Cheers to http://blog.dmoz.org
Keep Going like this. best wishes from me.
Jolie
Posted at 7:48AM on Jan 29th 2010 by Jolie
7. I agree with some of the comments. We have 2 sites currently listed, but there are a few sites that are not getting approved. The products and services, and content, are all completely different. It would be helpful to understand what the criteria is for DMOZ listings. Here a two that were submitted months ago but have not shown up
Posted at 1:00PM on Jan 29th 2010 by christine harrison
8. Commenters who are posting 'when will our site be listed' posts, can find information at http://www.resource-zone.com/forum/faq.php
@Tanja Huck - Bitte besuchen Sie "Fragen in deutscher Sprache zum ODP". http://www.resource-zone.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=23
Posted at 6:30PM on Jan 29th 2010 by Eric-the-Bun
9. Demoz is a great site with great info! But i agree cant ge tsites in very easy.
Posted at 6:44PM on Feb 7th 2010 by Diana
10. Great site dmoz! But you need more editors to get sites up and on.
Posted at 6:43PM on Feb 7th 2010 by Diana
11. I agree with some of the comments. I am sure Dmoz would be doing great in 2010.
Posted at 1:45AM on Feb 7th 2010 by itemgarden
12. Still waiting on to be listed at DMOZ; it's been over 2 years.
Posted at 10:02AM on Feb 8th 2010 by jburnett
13. why is Dmoz so strong with google
Posted at 6:02AM on Feb 14th 2010 by Orlando wedding photographers
14. Great site dmoz! But you need more editors to get sites up and on.
Posted at 7:09AM on Feb 16th 2010 by frankchen
15. 236 countries? it's great. DMOZ is like search engine. But how to serve so mony blog or sites that burn every day? coused the editor are only 10.000 people?
hope on 2010 DMOZ is more great!
Regards
Posted at 2:46PM on Feb 17th 2010 by partogi
16. Great site but it is currently not possible to suggest URLs to 'Home Recording', I have tried to add site several times on different days and at different times. If this site is to live on and be useful it must be possible to make updates - please resolve this issue and say something about it in your FAQ (what does it mean and why are people getting this?). Like many other people have mentioned the following error is displayed:
Proxy Error
The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server.
The proxy server could not handle the request POST /cgi-bin/add.cgi.
Posted at 9:49AM on Feb 25th 2010 by Larry Jones
17. Approved? DMOZ should be talking about the number of sites that they've lost, even though they're valid and longstanding URLs. As a result of sloppy management by DMOZ, a community site that I manage has disappeared after 10 years in the directory -- meaning that Internet Archive now ignores it.
Posted at 3:04AM on Mar 11th 2010 by Omnivorous
18. I have submitted my website, but didn't get approved. Please suggest me what i have do to submit in Dmoz.
Thanks
Posted at 4:49AM on Mar 25th 2010 by libi
19. I have submitted my website, but didn't get approved.
Thank you
Posted at 1:30PM on Mar 27th 2010 by cendel
20. Congrats. I want to know why my blog could not be edited. I changed my domain from blogviet.info to eblogviet.com and resubmitted my info, however, my blog is not removed from the list. Can you tell me why? Thanks very much
Posted at 1:38PM on Apr 13th 2010 by Tinh