Does DMOZ get updated anymore?

I have a popular fitness web site which has thousands of pages of useful information <URL deleted> (I know most web site owners and webmasters would say this, but compared to other fitness sites we really do have good quailty information)

Because our site contains good information, and its design is easy to navigate etc. I thought we would be able to get included in the DMOZ directory.

However, I have tried submitting to the directory three times, each a few months apart, and I have heard nothing via email.

Is the fitness directory updated and checked, or has it now been left?

Thanks

Thank you for suggesting your site - there is no need to resuggest it.

The most likely reason that any site has not been listed is that it has not been reviewed yet. There are an almost infinite list of sites waiting to be looked at, some in the unreviewed pools, the majority not, and eventually an editor will look at your suggestion.

There are many similar threads covering your concern and you might like to examine our FAQs which have more information.

Note we do not discuss individual sites here.

regards

I have a popular ... web site ... thousands of pages ... useful information ... good quailty information ... good information ... easy to navigate etc.

I thought we would be able to get included in the DMOZ directory.

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Based on your own review and description of the site, I'd be moderately-confident that the site isn't listable.

Because you didn't mention a single thing that meets the ODP criterion for listing.

Now, you could have missed it completely--but I think that's unlikely, since it's your site and you should know what to look for. What's more likely is that you haven't read the ODP policies carefully enough to realize what the volunteers are looking for.

Popularity isn't on the list. Number of pages isn't on the list. Information really isn't on the list. Quality of information isn't on the list, as such--after all, we list websites including crackpot science and fad diets and presidential campaign speeches.

The crux is "unique". Anyone can have thousands of pages chock-full of useful, good quality information, simply by copying a fraction of a percent of wikipedia, the Internet Archive, Gutenberg.org--or a larger portion of any number of smaller sites. Think of it as a potluck--it's about what you bring, not what you eat.

But, if your navigation isn't clear about what you brought, those thousands of pages could work against your credibility. The ODP reviewer won't check every page--will simply sample. But if the first several samples all turn out to be other people's prize dishes, then -- it's time for the reviewer to move along to another site more likely to contain "unique" content up front.

This is not the place to discuss what YOU brought--the place for THAT is on the website itself. Make sure the navigation is organized so that any visitor (including the ODP reviewer) can find which of those thousands of pages were your cooking. If you do that, then it really won't matter how much you browses other people's dishes--you'll get the credit you deserve (nothing)--but nobody will hold it against you either.

So does that mean every single page on DMOZ is updated and regulated?

Yes, but time scales are undefined and depend entirely upon the interests and permissions of our volunteers.