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charlesleo

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• Jun 26, 2006

• #1

I looked through my logs today and saw 'links from an external search engine' that DMOZ was listed. I tried typing in my site name into DMOZ search and it didn't pull up.

Unfortunately, my site hit top 15 of a major category this morning and I think my webhost got hit hard cause my site is not responding now... I've written my host about it. So what do/can I do? Is it just a matter of bad luck and timing?

 

nea

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• Jun 26, 2006

• #2

Well, DMOZ search sometimes lags behind -- if your site was listed recently (I don't know if it was) it might not show up in search for a few days more. Check the relevant category, that's the most reliable way to see if it's listed.

 

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charlesleo

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• Jun 26, 2006

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Thanks for the reply. Is that an indicator that you've already probably been listed? I just contacted my host and the site is fixed now - supposedly an 'Apache' error on their end and 'wwon't happen again.'

 

nea

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I'm sorry, I have no idea. Search engines are a closed book to me.

 

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charlesleo

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Well - the logs (Cpanel AWStats) identified DMOZ as a search engine - probably a misnomer but something of an indicator no less.

 

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giz

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• Jun 26, 2006

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The referrer stats will tell you the exact category, if you have a proper webhost.

 

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and, as if by magic: http://resource-zone.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=44008