SEO tool shows DMOZ visit

Hello,

I show in my site statistics page at my webhost server that there was a visit to my site from DMOZ. Does anyone know if this may mean that an editor potentially could have reviewed my site? I submitted 4 months ago to one category only as the guidelines state, and have waited since.

Also, when searching for my site at dmoz.org, there are no open directory projects found. Does this mean that I am not in it, or that the public search database is not up to date?

Thanks

Yes, it means that an editor potentially could have reviewed your site

It could also be somebody (a human or a tool) checking if the links suggested for review are working, or somebody clicking on the link for some other reason -- checking to see if it was in the appropriate category for instance, without actually reviewing the site.

The date when the search database was last updated can be found at the bottom of the search page. In general it does lag behind a few days, up to a week, but at the moment it hasn't been updated since before the crash in October. (Since the RDFs have started being published again I would guess that search should be updated soon as well, but this is just my uninformed guess.)

Thanks Nea

Thank you for your reply. I am amazed by the ODP and how it works. It is amazing to me that such a directory can be built, grown, and maintained by strictly volunteers. I am excited for the day I can help by applying to be an editor of an unrelated catagory from my site.

I am honored to now be a member of this forum.

Another side of the same coin is that some of us have our browsers set to disable referrers .

gotcha

Interesting, as one who 5 months ago purchased seo tool software to optimize my site and am learning as I go, when you mention "disable referrers", does this mean that if a dmoz editor had this disabled, then the "DMOZ" link in my site statistics would not have shown a DMOZ visit?

Therefore, whoever or whatever visited my site did not have this disabled?

yes and yes.

I'm not sure you've found a gotcha though. I was just pointing out that some editor visits won't be detectable as such from your logs. There could have been 50 for all you know .

For that matter, someone else could easily be spoofing DMOZ references. I admit, I don't know why they'd bother to do that, though.

Gotcha meaning "I understand"

Hey Jim,

Just my Northerner dialect of "I understand", haha, not I got you

I really appreciate your replies!

A bit off topic, but since it was brought up, here goes anyway ...

How does one set browsers to disable the referrer? I've seen this in my own logs and often wondered about it.

I use Firefox.

I use the Web Developer extension for lots of good reasons and it's toolbar includes a 'disable' dropdown. Disable Referrers is just one of its options. I like this method because I can turn them on an off at will - you need them on to invoke online html validation for example.

If you don't like extra toolbars and want a semi permanent change, you can instead amend Firefox's about:config. instructions here.

Also, for the benefit of editors, you could have a look at http://www.resource-zone.com/forum/showthread.php?p=229507&postcount=3

Thank you both. Very informative.