How do you know if a site has been accepted?

Hi there.

I am sure you get this question alot but how will I know if my site has been rejected? I believe the site to be compliant but as there is a human element in the accept or reject you never can tell.

I know it's been visited becuase I can see a DMOZ reference on the Analytics side so it's either taking weeks to push the button that says yes button and takes time to re-index or it has been rejected.

Cheers in advance for any answers

Garf

There are lots of other possible reasons why you got a visit from DMOZ including our quality control robots passing by.

If you use our search for yourdomain.TLD , (without any www) you'll see if it's listed. Our search can be a week or so behind actuality though.

The best way to see if your site has been added, assuming you suggested it to the correct category, is to browse that category.

Ahhhh it could just be the robot then.

No worries like that. Everything like the category is in order. It places itself
Wont help if it's rejected though will it

Would be nice to have a "You have been viewed and passed/reject" sort of thing, but that's just a nicety at the end of the day. It's just that as you write new sections it would be nice to know if the "Under Construction" rule would be applicable.

We're surfers building a directory for use by other surfers.

As a surfer, would you prefer to click on a link only to find that there's nothing at the destination or would you prefer that the link wasn't there at all until it went somewhere useful?

Does that answer your question?

It's just that as you write new sections it would be nice to know if the "Under Construction" rule would be applicable.

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This is a most interesting question, and addresses an issue that we could probably expand on.

Much of it has to deal with perception. If you are building a website that might eventually have six sections, the natural thing to do is to lay out the site, even if you do not have content for all six sections;

1. First finished section
2. Second finished section
3. Under construction
4. Under construction
5. Next finished section
6. Under construction

Now this is good from a development perspective because you can see what the site is going to look like when you finish adding the content -- the headers all line up nicely, etc.

Yet, when a surfer visits they see a site that is only half done.

When an ODP edits visits, we see a site that is only half done. Interestingly enough, sometimes we come back two years later and see the same site with little or no progress on adding the new content.

Consider, instead, building the structure for only the parts that you have content. Thus, think of doing this:

1. First finished section
2. Second finished section
3. Next finished section

Now, what is the impact?

When a surfer visits, they see a site with content. Since they cannot read your mind, they do not know there are going to be three more sections. They will not come to the conclusion that the site is only half done. They may decide the site is 'a bit light' in terms of content, but that is vastly different than deciding that the site is incomplete.

As editors, when we visit the site, we also do not see any under construction signs or empty sections -- both of which are highly damaging to one's prospect of being listed. Again, we might decide the site simply does not have enough content to be listed -- but we might not. It all depends on how much content you actually have.

The key thing is that by not signalling that the site is incomplete, you may have sufficient content to get listed -- and then the additional content you add is gravy and help ensure that your site stays listed.

Only my opinion -- plus my need to say in 150 words what Jim said in 15.

Valid points.

Taking my case in point (and not saying where it is specifically)

The MAIN traffic is for B2B This is up and working.
Now to get a B2B trade account you have to fill in a form and be approved. Their is a number of specific to the industry legal reasons why this needs to happen and I am not keen on being heavily fined OR going to prision (I am just too pretty to survive there). We also have a to the general public which takes time, with credit card ordering and all that. Which is done, just waiting for bank to say "yes that ticks all the boxes".

When do you send to be approved?

Also... if you are a manufacture and sales which category (I took Manufacture to be dominate)

Garf said:

When do you send to be approved?

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When its completed. That is when an editor could look at it and navigate through its pages of content without errors, dead links, and under construction messages. A B2B site that requires registration is less likely to be reviewable unless someone is 1)willing to register and 2)would have the proper credentials to be accepted as an authorized user.

Garf said:

Also... if you are a manufacture and sales which category (I took Manufacture to be dominate)

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That answer is determined by the sites content. Is the site focused on the business in general, for example, does it focus on the history, profile, services, location, clients, and processes or is designed to primarily to sell the end products by focusing on the online catalogs, product prices, and order processing? The editors will be sure to properly place the site if you guess wrong, but usually a quick browse of the site gives a clear indication of the primary reason for its existence.

Hope that helps.