Dmoz - Open Directory Project

The Open Directory Project (ODP), also known as Dmoz (from directory.mozilla.org, its original domain name) owned by Netscape that is constructed and maintained by a community of volunteer editors. ODP data powers the core directory services for many of the Web's largest search engines and portals, including Netscape Search, AOL Search, Google, and Alexa. source: wikipedia - Open Directory Project.

I understand ODP is used by Google, Yahoo etc to supplement their own searches.

It took me just thirty minutes to read the DMOZ legal stuff and submit both my sites.

Submission Received

Your site submission has been received. www.data-mind.co.uk www.beseenonabike.co.uk An editor will review your submission for inclusion in the directory. Once your site has been accepted into the Open Directory, it may take anywhere from 2 weeks to several months for your site to be listed on partner sites which use the Open Directory data, such as AOL Search, AltaVista, HotBot, Google, Lycos, Netscape Search, etc. We make updates of the data available weekly, but each partner has their own update schedule. 4,601,512 sites - 84,012 editors - over 590,000 categories