4 years on-line and not listed. Is it normal?

Hello and thanks for your time,

I have a site about pregnancy and babies (<URL Removed>), in Spanish. It's online since the summer of 2007. By that year, I applied for the inclussion in the directory. It's a site that has millions of visits since creation, but it continues not to be listed.

The category in which I made the submission is --> World: Español: Hogar: Familia: Bebés
This is the category in which all the "competitors" are. In fact, there are sites newer than mine that are listed.

Any idea? Any suggestion? What can I do to help?

Thanks in advance.

Some volunteer will process your listing suggestion in time but we can't predict who or when that might be. Elapsed times can range from a few days to a few years. There is no need to re-suggest your website and doing so could be counter-productive because a later suggestion overwrites any earlier one.

If you think that's a problem, why not become part of the solution and become an editor ?

Ok, I'll apply to be an editor and try to help other websites to get listed faster.

But, regarding my site... Can anybody tell me if there is something wrong? I think that four years is too long to be listed, mainly because it's a site with great and original content...
I'm a bit confused about that. You tell me that some sites are listed in a few days...and others in a few "years"???

papaenapuros said:

Any idea? Any suggestion? What can I do to help?

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Idea: if the site is listable it will be waiting review
Suggestions: no, just continue with what you are doing
Help: you have suggested the website, that is all the help you can provide

Someday an editor will look at the suggestion and decide if it is listable.
Who this editor will be is something we do not know.
When it will happen is also something we do not know.

I've merged the three forum accounts you created today (papaenapuros, despachotres, danielmt) into one account -- please do not keep creating new accounts.

Ok, thanks. I created first the one with my name, but later I decided create an account for each site.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

I think it is normal. I've been waiting that long myself. My first site took about a year to get listed. My second big site has been waiting a few years and still isn't listed either.

I think there aren't enough volunteers to keep up with the subbmissions leaving many categories unmanned, and some of the volunteers aren't fully active. Getting listed in DMOZ is a huge milestone for any company.