DMOZ, a.k.a. the Open Directory Project (ODP), is a non-profit search engine staffed by volunteers. DMOZ's human-powered directory is in sharp contrast to the web-crawling automated indexes. In order to have your site indexed by DMOZ, you have to submit it to an appropriate category, then wait for a volunteer to review and decide about your site.

All the major search engines license the DMOZ database, making it an effective and free (but not speedy) path to major search engine listings.

In general, we pursue a two track, fast-Google / slow-DMOZ approach to search engine indexing.