helloaneesh

I have submitted minimum of 30 websites to DMOZ in the past 2 years. but only 1 website was approved and any other ones listed. I believe I followed all the DMOZ guidelines like using the company name/website name in title and creating meaning ful deacriptions.

The big issue with Dmoz if they do not tell us whether the submission is accepted or rejected. We need to check it often and wait for the approval with out any time period. Any one know how to know why the submissions are not approved or reviewed?

Any one know how to know why the submissions are not approved or reviewed?

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No.

You might have misunderstood our objectives and how we operate here. ODP is a volunteer organisation building a directory as a hobby. Editors edit where they wish, when they wish and as much as they wish within the constraints of their permissions. We have no schedules or systems to force people to do work that they don't volunteer to do. ODP is not primarily a free listing service for website owners and it does not attempt to process their listing suggestions within the time scales desired by them.

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.

You could also try reading the FAQ (linked at the top of the page)

>The big issue with Dmoz if they do not tell us whether the submission is accepted or rejected.

>We need to check it often and wait for the approval with out any time period.

No. You. Don't.

Don't have to WAIT.

Because, whatever honest plans you have for your website, you can implement immediately, without any concern for whether or not the site was, is being, or will be listed in the Open Directory.

Don't have to CHECK.

Because whatever an editor does, he do whether you check "often" or "never."

So stop worrying. Stop waiting. Stop checking.

And go do whatever you want, with your website.

There! Isn't that _liberating_?