How does one get listed on the dmoz or the Open Directory Project? The dmoz is an open content directory that lists sites and links to certain websites on the World Wide Web. This list, which is called dmoz to represent its original domain name, directory.mozilla.org, is owned by Netscape and is maintained by a group of editors who have volunteered their services. The dmoz ODP is also called the "largest human-directory on the web."

A similar project was launched by AT&T and was called the Anywho directory. The Anywho directory is a telephone directory that can be found online and is linked with the Yellow Pages of the same company. The Anywho directory is a searchable telephone number and address database while the dmoz is a typical listing of sites according to category. Both directories are searchable, but that is where the similarities end. Getting listed on both directories, the Anywho directory and the dmoz, requires very different guidelines and requirements since they are two entirely different directories.

Getting listed on the Anywho directory is as simple as having a telephone line with AT&T. These telephone number listings are taken from the company's records and are updated every three months on the online Anywho directory. While the information on the Anywho directory of AT&T lists phone numbers of registered individuals and businesses, there are options for people who do not want their number to be shown in the Anywho Directory. Logging in on the Anywho directory site and making use of their privacy listing process will help those who want their phone number to remain hidden achieve such a status. There is also an option on the Anywho directory for people to return to the list if they want to by using the same privacy listing process to reverse the removal.

Getting listed on the OPD or the dmoz is an altogether different procedure as compared to the listing procedure for the Anywho directory. Website owners basically have to submit their website details to the editors of the dmoz for approval and inclusion to the list. While the Anywho directory gets the information from their company database, the dmoz OPD gets its information for these site listings from the site owners and other sources. Publication and inclusion in the list is subject to the volunteer editors' perusal and approval. Often, suggesting a site for inclusion in the list and getting published may take a long time depending on the category of your site and the backlog that the category may have due to the sheer number of suggestions.

The usual procedure for site submission for approval to the list involves four steps. Initially, you have to know whether a site should indeed be listed and is not already listed on the ODP. Next is determining which category best describes or fits the website you are suggesting for inclusion. After these first three steps, you will then need to fill out the form on the dmoz site on the category you think best describes the site you are suggesting. Approval for inclusion in the list may depend on the editors' discretion with the speed of approval also dependent on the number of volunteer editors the site currently has working for them.