Can I ask what is the purpose of www.resource-zone.com

Just to point out that if there are two websites in common ownership that fit in the same category, we would very likely consider them to be related.

kashif0341 said:

One of our sites has been added a long time ago in that category.

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Did you read the instructions when you suggested your websites?
You should have. The last line before the submit button states "I have read and understand the submissions guidelines, and I'm ready to submit my site"

It seems you missed an essential point.

Multiple submissions of the same or related sites may result in the exclusion and/or deletion of those and all affiliated sites.

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Hi,


Firstly I would explain to Jim , the sites as I said really the ownership of one company. (I accept). The nature of the sites is same like both are "News" websites, but their content are totally different. One is based on technology news and other based on business news. So I can expect that both should be listed there. If still you say should not be list in the same category. So I can only realize that it’s the DMOZ mistake.

Secondly to Pvgool, I have already read the guidelines http://www.dmoz.org/add.html . But sorry to say I will ask you to read it again carefully. The actual lines are "Do not submit URLs that contain only the same or similar content as other sites you may have listed in the directory. Sites with overlapping and repetitive content are not helpful to users of the directory. Multiple submissions of the same or related sites may result in the exclusion and/or deletion of those and all affiliated sites."

Which I already explained above the content is totally different.

Thanks & Regards

Kashif

For DMOZ sites onwed by the same person / company are related.
If related sites are about the same subject (in this case News) DMOZ will only list one of them.
If the owner did spread the content over more than one domain it is up to the owner of these domains to take care that all the content can be found by its users.
Suggesting several domains (urls) with relatad or similar content is seen as spam by DMOZ and in the end might result in a ban of all urls of the owner. But that is only something DMOZ does in very rare cases.

what is the use of DMOZ

what is DMOZ ?

alisha0512 said:

what is DMOZ ?

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From the FAQ:

What does "DMOZ" mean, and how is it related to the Open Directory Project (ODP)?
The ODP is also known as DMOZ, an acronym for Directory Mozilla. This name reflects its loose association with Netscape's Mozilla project, an Open Source browser initiative. The ODP was developed in the spirit of Open Source, where development and maintenance are done by net-citizens, and results are made freely available for all net-citizens.

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There's more about it in "About the Open Directory Project".

Hi,

Pvgool – I want to ask isn’t DMOZ based on quality? I have explained the nature of sites are same that’s NEWS, but content is totally different. You mean that if a company has different products/websites, only one product/website will list in DMOZ(in same category). I think its not happening in the DMOZ. I have checked it.

Additionally – Volunteers should have interest the quality of the site, not should waste time either it's belong to one company etc. This looks totally unfair and wastage of time. Let consider if you have a company and have different quality sites and will you don’t expect to be listed in the DMOZ. If DMOZ still following this rule, so I will think that DMOZ loosing a number of quality sites, which should be listed in it and can be advantage to users.

We have different domains, with different content. More than two hundred journalist/editors/sub editors are working days nights for the News sites to providing the quality content to searchers/users.


Thanks & Regards
Kashif

I expect that your quality news sites that all belong in the same category link to each other - so the surfer wouldn't have a problem getting from site to site anyway.

You are very right Jim – They are linked to each others. And I respect your suggestion the surfer wouldn't have a problem getting from site. So, now what I have to do now? Should I have to forget that my site will include in the DMOZ in future? OR should I have to forget totally the DMOZ? (By keep in mind that surfer will find from my others sites).

I will leave it up to you anyway.

Kind Regards;
Kashif

Should I have to forget that my site will include in the DMOZ in future?

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You should forget about more than one of your sites to be included.
As said before. For DMOZ these sites are related (onwership and subject) and DMOZ will only list one site out of set of related sites.
It is not our problem that you decided to spread the related content over more than one domain.

Hi,

Pvgool – I respect your thoughts. I would also want to know what happen to those sites which I have submitted into different categories. We have another site related to Asian Celebrities and one other Hollywood celebrity site containing the news. Ten month passed, but didn’t to find it in Dmoz. Are they victims of the same problems, which currently our business news sites suffering. I submitted the others sites in most related categories, but find no results.

Your quote:
It is not our problem that you decided to spread the related content over more than one domain

I again explain, the content is not related with each other. The site which is already listed is based on Technology News and we are taking the site which should be listed, that is focusing on the Business News. But both are based in Middle East. So in this case what is your opinion?


Regards
Kashif

This thread is becoming too specific .

We've already pointed out that we'll only list one of a group of websites. If you have other unrelated websites or groups of websites, they'll be considered too.

The final arbiters of what is or is not related are the ODP editors and we will not discuss or argue the fine detail here.

I really apologize, if I am out of way. But can you please check the following link

http://www.dmoz.org/Science/Social_Sciences/Archaeology/Regional/Middle_East/United_Arab_Emirates/

Any idea why a same and single category have repeatedly same site with different links. (Even these links are no longer work). How the volunteer editors will defend their previous arguments?


Regards
Kashif

The place to report listings that are no longer working is the Quality Control forum. I've corrected the gulf-news.com links that were 404.

kashif0341 said:

Any idea why a same and single category have repeatedly same site with different links. (Even these links are no longer work). How the volunteer editors will defend their previous arguments?

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Yes we can defend them.
There is a big difference between not being allowed to suggest related sites or deeplinks [done by non-editors] and listing deeplinks, related sites or more than one copy of a site [done by editors].
Editors are allowed to make such listings if they offer usefull content to our users. This will happen much more for informational categories (like the Archaeology cat you refered) than for commercial categories (like the news cat were you are trying to get your sites listed).

Ofcourse if links do not work anymore we would like to know and we will try to find a replacement or remove them if no replacement is available.