Quality Control Feedback
You can report quality control issues and generic abuse reports with no mention of specific URLs, editors or categories here.
Issues with links can be reported directly in the directory (flag icon to the right of each listing) or in the forum thread below. Thanks :-)
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ODP has a general policy for content that it will and won't list at http://dmoz.org/guidelines/include.html There are various types of sites allowed (sometimes only in specific areas), and the description of these is at http://dmoz.org/guidelines/site-specific.html I mention the above links to help you decide if you've spotted something which doesn't belong. --------------- Some sites (usually companies) change their content over the years and the descriptions and category locations have not kept up with the changes. Point us to those listings, and we'll re-review the site. Some sites are blatant, money-making HIJACKS. Someone's domain expires and is snapp…
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It has been approx 4-5 years we have tried to get 1 or 2 of our sites listed in the directory and thus far to no avail. However it appears as tho our competition is included in the directory almost instantly. Now I know what you are all thinking and thats not the case I / we ( our corporation ) is not bitter just disappointed. We live in a tourist area and we have many businesses with the area and there of course is competition, which is what business is all about. However when someone manipulates an organization such as DMOZ for personal gain I have to say something. Over the course of the last 4 - 5 years we have submitted 1 website twice in that time period and 1…
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URLs With Changed Content: Report Them Here ONLY 1 2 3 4
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[We're starting this thread because of the great number of separate threads in the Abuse Forum which were all about the same topic: hijacked domains.] A site which used to sell widgets now is a porn site? A site which used to be about sports is now about sports betting? A site which sells clothes is now one of those awful Ultimate Search pages or redirects to eBay? Pages which have gone 404? Let us know in this thread, and we'll act ASAP to verify and move/remove the listing(s) in question. We're asking for you to post the URLs and, if you wish, the categories. We can find them without the categories but it saves a little bit of time to know where they are.
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Quick: What the easiest way to make sure your site/company can keep a competitive edge online against competitors? Become the gatekeeper to your specific business category on DMOZ perhaps? Well that is exactly what has happened in one financial category here on DMOZ, which consititues a conflict of interest in my mind. Maybe its paranoia, maybe its not. It irks me to know that I am relying on a competitor in a very competitive market to allow my site to be included in a very important directory that is crucial to my business. I have already filed an abuse investigation request, but I wanted to make sure this is the type of thing that would be considered abuse. …
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Hi guys, I want my listing: IT Xperts - Offers a web directory using live data from the Open Directory Project. in this category : Directories/Open_Directory_Project/Sites_Using_ODP_Data/I/ removed, because that website does no longer exist, and i 301 redirected that address Thank you.
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I have been posting on this forum and been trying all possible methods to get the listing for <url removed> back on dmoz which was removed without any notifications inspite of being the best and the most popular website under the category : http://dmoz.org/Shopping/Jewelry/Watches/Replicas/ Till yesterday this section had 29 listings...today i found a new entry for <url removed> To my surprise "There is no website configured at this address." I wanna know whats going on.. wheres justice... its over 9 months to get my listed domain back.. i think dmoz is fixed.. CAN ANYBODY HELP .. OR JUST CLOSE THIS TICKET AND MOVE IT OUT... ???
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Hello All, I would like to get your valued opinion on whether or not you find it ethical/legal for large affiliates to be editors on Dmoz. I understand editors have a lot of influence over various websites and we have found a particular affiliate who has "way to many number one listings on Google to be considered normal." The particular affiliate/editor has reputed earnings of up to $100K per month as a result. Please excuse my ignorance here, but as an editor, does this give you the ability to manipulate your own listings on Google should you host multiple websites. Also, when a complaint is filed to Google Spam, is it managed by google itself of given to …
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I didn't think so... Top: Shopping: Sports: Memorabilia: Autographs Take a look at: image-sports.com
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Realtors and templates? 1 2
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Greetings, I am a semi-retired realtor. I no longer sell homes but rather train aspiring realtors, I have 30+ years of experience. I recently applied to be an editor for my city because I know the industry inside and out. The question I have regards duplicate content. In the real estate industry there are a handful of dominant web design companies. These companies provide template sites for realtors. The realtors that purchase these templates simply get to select layout design and have their personal information placed throughout the site. The problem is probably 60% of websites for realtors are like this. Does the duplicate content policy, therefore, mean that all the…
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Hello friends. Our website http://www.templatemonster.com has very old and outdated description. It says that it is a division of another company. We've submited about 20 requests during this year about editing the description, I've even personally emailed to the editor of the section. Nothing has been changed at all. We didn't get any reply. I'm watching the Web templates section regularly and can say that the editor of "Computers: Graphics: Web: Templates" section doesn't work. He needs to be replaced with the new one. Mods please take the appropriate actions. And please suggest how to change the description of our listing.
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Editors, this site is redirected to a parking page, please remove. url: 99-online.com/trax/ category: Computers: Internet: Web Design and Development: Designers: Basic Service: T (1)
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Just one question: How does a brand new directory with very few listings get listed in 8 days, and other directories and sites take over one year? I'm not happy about this. ... missing categories... few listings.... NO different than the hundred other new directories that have sprang up in the past few months. Would anyone care to elaborate? http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Searching/Directories/ Many of you know I have been a huge fan of the ODP over the years, and I have stood with them when members in my forums have bashed them. This incident has truly made me mad. I never thought something like this could happen. Thank you. Doug Heil
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I found this site with several listings in different categories: Brown Safe Manufacturing - Makes and sells gun safes. -- http://www.brownsafe.com/gun_safe.html Shopping: Recreation: Guns: Accessories: Cabinets and Safes (22) Brown Safe Manufacturing - Buy direct from U.S. factory. Safes and vaults for home and commercial use. -- http://www.brownsafe.com/ Business: Business Services: Fire and Security: Security: Locks and Safes (75) Brown Safe Manufacturing - Safes and vaults for home and commercial use. Offers product photos, company information, purchasing tips, warranty information, and FAQ. -- http://www.brownsafe.com/ Regional: North America: Un…
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I have been trying to get my sites listed on dmoz for over 1 year but it seems useless despite the fact that my sites have totally over 150,000 UIP per day (one has more than 100,000 UIPs and another one has over 50,000 UIP again) and they are regarded as best of their class in my country! Now I discovered that the editor on the category I want my sites listed is my competitor and he only added his sites and his friends' sites onto DMOZ. How can I address this? My sites are of far higher quality than his but always rejected by him. Sadly. It's all about quality control of DMOZ.org. Thanks in advance.
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Hello Forum, It was recently brought to my attention that an editor had red-flagged one of my websites due to being a "Mirror" site. In fact the website submitted is not a mirror website. It holds separate content all together than my other website. The 2 websites in question: http://www.1listingservice.com (already listed) and http://www.southeastern-homes.com (trying to get listed). 1ListingService.com is a database with ONLY real estate. http://www.southeastern-homes.com holds 360 virtual tours and ONLY vacation rentals. I do own both websites, and therefore they are linked together. However, they run separate from each other. 1Listingservice.com was originally m…
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Spammy Links added after acceptance
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A competitor of mine has submitted HUNDREDS of geocities sites (all copy and paste type sites) into various categories of ODP (these sites are non commercial and have nothing to do with his line of business). After the submission has been accepted, he adds hundreds of spammy links at the bottom of these pages to his primary site. The links to his own primary site are completely off topic and are meant only for the spiders, namely Googlebot. These links from sites in ODP are giving him an unfair boost in the SE results. ODP's guidelines state "Don't submit sites consisting largely of affiliate links". Wouldn't these be considered affiliate links? Here is an example: ht…
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We have been researching the ODP Multiple Listing problem. Just browsing through we see tons of spammy sites with hundreds of listings. We personally don't have the time to report them all, so we are letting you know that we are making this resource available to all. DMOZ Top Listeds Domains We hope it helps in the fight against abuse. <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" />
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http://www.expertvillas.com/ in Regional: Middle East: Turkey: Business and Economy: Real Estate http://expertproperties.8m.net/ in Regional: Middle East: Turkey: Provinces: Aydin: Districts: Kusadasi: Business and Economy: Real Estate
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For fear of sounding petty, I wondered how the site http://www.fitnessoptions.co.uk managed to get into the category below. After all it is merely a static page - hardly quality content. Business > Consumer Goods and Services > Sporting Goods > Fitness Equipment A little annoying when my own sites http://www.thehealthzone.co.uk or http://www.one-life.me.uk have not been added in the six months of trying, even though they have pages of useful content.
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I would like to express my concern over the online gambling categories, and specifically http://www.dmoz.org/Games/Gambling/Guides/. Over the last two years I have submitted about five sites for inclusion in this and other gambling related categories. Needless to say they were not included (else I would not be here posting this). Let me first say this. I accept that not everything will be good enough, even if I may think it is. This industry probably has some of the worst affiliate website and spammy networks there is online. However, there seems to be little effort from the editors to add anything whatsover. I am familiar with about 70% of the sites in the above ca…
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My site has been on dmoz for over 6 years (thank you). It never had its own domain name i.e. was in the format xyz.com/directory/ I decided that it needed its own domain and set the site up at newsite.com I applied a 301 redirect to xyz.com/directory/ on to newsite.com Then notified dmoz via the Update Site form and asked if they could change the name to the new domain. They removed the whole listing. no sign whatsoever of xyz.com/directory/ or newsite.com !!! Is this what usually happens in this situation? I don't understand - please help.
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Greetings! I've been trying to update a listing (from one category to another) for the past couple years to no available. The site did originally have content related to the category it is currently in, however over the years, much has changed and it's best fit would be in another category. I see that the category is active (sites come and go) however, for some reason my update requests have been over-looked. I can assure you that the site does "meet" all the requirements for a listing in that category. I've seen several posts that say it typically takes 2 weeks for an update since that is a higher priority for the editors, however, it doesn't make sense to continue to…
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Top: Regional: North America: United States: Pennsylvania: Localities: P: Pittsburgh: Business and Economy: Real Estate = needs reviewed http://dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Pennsylvania/Localities/P/Pittsburgh/Business_and_Economy/Real_Estate/ As a real estate professional working out of the Pittsburgh region, I have compiled some feedback pertaining to the sites currently listed in the above directory for your review. Alexis Fitch - Prudential Preferred - Includes information on the agent and listings. < site violates WPMLS rules regarding prominently displaying BROKERAGE phone number and/or address on index/homepage....phone number listed=41…
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Now that the ODP no longer does Status Checks, website submitters no longer have a way of having their grievances addressed. This makes it possible for everything from simple mistakes to actions by unscrupulous editors to go unchecked. This is potentially a very serious issue that I hope someone could address rather than sweeping under the rug by editing/deleting my post. As far as I know, I'm not breaking any rules -- rules apparently designed to protect errant editors. Without going into the details of my case, I submitted an abuse complaint about the editor of my category (a competitor) removing my site and editing the rest to enhance the searchability of his. That …
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Hi, I was checking to see if my site had been included after 10 months and notice that the category: http://dmoz.org/Reference/Education/Products_and_Services/Test_Preparation/SAT/ Top: Reference: Education: Products and Services: Test Preparation: SAT (14) has not been updated since: Last update: 21:39 PT, Sunday, November 27, 2005 - edit Is there a process for identifying a category that could use a new editor motivated to review submissions?
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