Four Years and still no link

Hello
I originally submitted my site about 4 years ago. After about 3 years, I tried again... Then waited about another 4-6 months and then read a post somewhere that after a few months it is OK to re-submit your link. So I have submitted my link a total of 3 times in 4 years.
There has been no communication from you guys about the status or reason for denial or anything...

I dont know if this is a case where an editor hijacked my preferred category for his own gains.

Some admins say not to submit more than once, and some say its ok - here are some examples of the conflicting views.

A recent post BUT here is a similar post leading to my confusion from the
General Discussion > Suggesting a Site
http://www.resource-zone.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=52156
motsa
R-Z Administrator
DMOZ Admin
"If you haven't suggested the site since January 2007, I'd suggest it one more time as most of the pool of suggestions were lost during the crash of late 2006."

General Discussion > Quality Control Feedback
http://www.resource-zone.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=51940
pvgool
World/Nederlands
CatMod
"To me this sounds like you have suggested the site more than once.
Not only is this against our guidelines it can also be the reason why you sites haven't been reviewed yet."


Bottom line - I want my site indexed. Should I submit again or wait another 3 years???

Do I submit an abuse report? What do I need to say there?

Thanks

It's been much less than three years since your most recent listing suggestion. Please be patient and please don't suggest it again; to do so could be counter-productive.

Do I submit an abuse report? What do I need to say there?

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You need to present clear and compelling evidence of editorial abuse. Please note that not processing listing suggestions within the time scales desired by the owner isn't abuse.

investorloft said:

Some admins say not to submit more than once, and some say its ok - here are some examples of the conflicting views.

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You always should read our answers in relation to the question being answered.

If you only would have written "I submitted my site about 4 years ago." you would have gotten the answer given by motsa as quoted by you.
But because you wrote "So I have submitted my link a total of 3 times in 4 years." you would have gotten the answer you quoted from me.

Is there a limit to being patient. I mean 4 yrs is a huge duration!!!! I have seen websites getting listed in just 20 days! why the discrimination with this fella?

ODP is a volunteer organisation and editors edit where they wish, when they wish and as much as they wish within the constraints of their permissions. We have no system to force people to do work that they don't volunteer to do. ODP is not a free listing service for website owners and it does not attempt to process their listing suggestions within the time scales desired by them.

It's not discrimination. It's more likely that no volunteer has yet volunteered to process it.

>Is there a limit to being patient.

If there is, it can't possibly apply here. No site is guaranteed a listing. This applies before a site is suggested. It applies when a site was suggested 10 years ago. It applies even if a site was suggested this morning.

Nothing changed when you suggested the site (the first time or any other time). So patience is no more needed today than it was the day the site was published.

But look at the bright side. As the community's gift to you, several million sites were reviewed, categorized, and listed in that time: you could spend the next four years browsing them, and never have time to visit one particular site that you didn't need the ODP to find, because you already knew about it anyway.

Soo
we have to wait....
No hurry on this

No, you don't have to wait. Anything you want to do, you can do now: add content to the site, improve navigation, polish the graphics, refine the publishing process. And for that matter, build your resume of related real-world experience.

There's never a reason to wait for a volunteer to do anything. If the website is the public face for a business that feels it needs promotion, there are all kinds of promotional venues.

If it's the personal site for a personal interest, there are online communities for all kinds of interests: and the people in those communities are (1) more likely than others to show an active interest (of any kind) in your website, and (2) more likely than random persons to be volunteer online-web-builders (whether as ODP editors or as independent website creators.)

Don't fixate on the ODP. Be a citizen of the web, and the ODP will probably find you--or if not, you won't care.