How do I know whether I can submit my site to DMOZ?

I don't want to do it wrong, I read the guidelines few times.

For <url removed>, I have selected following category as the target is teens
http://www.dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/Games/Online/

Is it the right directory to select? Is there any other specific guideline that I should follow with this category? Do I need to change anything on this site before submitting?

Thanks,
Aji Issac

Is it the right directory to select?

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The guidelines are: pick the best category. An editor who's comfortable editing in that category will move the suggestion to a better category if necessary: no need for you to do anything, and therefore no need for anyone to tell you to do anything.

Is there any other specific guideline that I should follow with this category?

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Each category has a "Description" link that gives any specific guidelines that apply to that category.

Do I need to change anything on this site before submitting?

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The guidelines say: don't suggest unfinished sites. The site should have enough content to be of use to visitors (the usual expectation is that you'll probably keep adding similar content, so the site doesn't have to have all possible content already.)

hutcheson, thanks for the reply.

I read the description and it looks ok for G2W

>> don't suggest unfinished sites. The site should have enough content to be of use to visitors (the usual expectation is that you'll probably keep adding similar content, so the site doesn't have to have all possible content already.)
It is already considered among top 20 gaming site by comscore ... they are game developers, their recent volcano games was covered across newspaper URL removed
Hopefully G2W will get a listing.

How much time does it take to get the listing?

How much time does it take to get the listing?

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That's really a nonsensical question, if you think about it.

How much time does it take to get a website suggestion from a website owner? Nobody knows, a website owner can decide to make a suggestion any time he feels like it. Does the ODP get a suggestion the day the site is published? Two years later? Never? It depends on when the owner decides to help editors find the site. And if the owner doesn't decide to suggest the site, some satisfied user might--all volunteering.

That seems perfectly simple, right? How could it be any other way? Why would anyone want it to be any other way. We could make rules, "Owners can only suggest their sites between June and November of the second calendar year following purchase of the domain name...." But that would be stupid, squared. Anyone can make suggestions anytime.

How much time does it take for a website to get listed, after it's first published (if no suggestion is made)? Nobody knows, a reviewer can find it anytime, it depends on when a volunteer decides to help users find that kind of site.

That seems perfectly simple, right? How could it be any other way? Again, we could make rules: "Editors can only list a site between 3 and 7 months after the site is published"...but how would that help anyone? It would just waste more time: every time an editor found a good site, he'd have to check the mickey-mouse requirements to see if he was ALLOWED to HELP the users by listing the site. Stupid, cubed. Instead, let people help, whenever they have time and ability and will.

Now, suppose one person wants to help, by doing one task. Great! But ... should that affect what other helpers can do, or when they can do it? Surely not. Again, we could make rules, but all of them would be off-the-map stupid.

So, basically, there's only one priority rule: don't show favoritism to your own sites.

Well, all of that seems pretty obvious, right?

But, if all that is true, How can anyone know when anything will happen? Nobody can.

Which is fine. What we know is that "more happens, because there are no artificial chronological barriers to everyone working whenever they can."