how to submit my site to Shopping/Directories/ ?

Hi,

I need help submitting my site <removed> to dmoz.
The appropriate category is "dmoz/shopping/directories" but when I go
to that page, I can not find the "suggest url" link to submit my site.
There is an "update url" but that does not help me.

My site is a shopping directory and the only appropriate category is
dmoz/shopping/directories. Please help me submit my site. Here is my
site info:

url: <removed>
title: <removed>
description: Mega Shopping Mall/Directory with Hundreds of Major Online
Shopping Stores.

Thanks.

Being nothing more than affiliate links, your site isn't eligible for listing so that really doesn't matter.

It should not matter if the links are affiliate/partner links or not. They are valid links to real/major stores listed in my mega mall. My site is a true shopping directory and should qualify for listing. I don't understand the criterias for ineligibility.

I reviewed the sites listed under the dmoz/shopping/directories and I can NOT figure out how some of those sites have been qualified as shopping directories. I found some that are just like mine but they have been accepted and mine is being denied. I found some that don't exist anymore and some others that have tons of broken links. I start wondering about the quality of this directory. Anyway, Here is my assessment of the existing listing under the dmoz/shopping/directories category: (my comments as preceded by >>>>)


Current dmoz/shopping/directories Lisitng:
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1. African American Shopping Mall - An index of sites selling Afrocentric merchandise.
>>>> SHOPPING DIRECTORY SAME AS MINE -- SOME BROKEN LINKS


2. Americana Annies - Offers a selection of crafts, candles, collectibles, and gifts.
>>>> THIS IS NOT A SHOPPING DIRECTORY


3. AOL Shopping - Shop online for favorite brands and stores.
>>>> THIS SITE DOES NOT EXIST


4. BabyBusiness.com - Designed to help consumers find information on products and dealers in the baby business. Includes product recall information.
>>>> THIS IS A STORE AND NOT A SHOPPING DIRECTORY.


5. Bronze.net - Provides a retail directory of bronze fine art galleries and manufactured items.
>>>> THIS IS NOT A SHOPPING DIRECTORY


6. Buyersguide - Direct links to products and services in nine major categories.
>>>> MAY QUALIFY AS A DIRECTORY -- TONS OF BROKEN LINKS.


7. ClothingDirectories.com - Clothing, footwear and accessory listings.
>>>> MAY QUALIFY AS A DIRECTORY -- TONS OF BROKEN LINKS


8. The Den Mall - Offers a variety of merchandise for home, garden, health, and gifts.
>>>> LOOKS MORE LIKE A STORE THAN A SHOPPING DIRECTORY.


9. EZ2Rent.com - Listings of available rentals of real estate, vehicles, appliances, and all manner of equipment; item description, owner contact information, and online ordering available.
>>>> THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT A SHOPPING DIRECTORY


10. Farmer's Market Online - Buy produce, specialty foods, crafts, gifts and books direct from producers in the U.S. and Canada.
>>>> THIS IS A STORE AND NOT A DIRECTORY.


11. FingerTipShopper.com - Shopping mall featuring thousands of fashion, leisure, travel, business, houseware, home improvement and health products.
>>>> THIS IS A SHOPPING MALL SAME LIKE MINE.


12. Froogle - Google's product search engine and shopping directory. Assists consumers with locating products for sale online by presenting photos of relevant products and links to the stores that sell them.
>>>> SHOPPING SEARCH ENGINE, QUALIFY AS A DIRECTORY


13. Galaxy Mall - Directory of stores in a variety of categories. Also offers classifieds and listing new shops.
>>>> THIS IS NOT A DIRECTORY


14. Information Services - Provides listings of online shopping malls and other shopping directories.
>>>> SHOPPING DIRECTORY SAME AS MINE


15. Internet Store List - International directory including thousands of online shopping stores.
>>>> SHOPPING DIRECTORY SAME AS MINE


16. Jorbins.com - Directory of online shopping sites and magazine articles.
>>>> THIS A MAGAZINE DIRECTORY AND NOT A SHOPPING DIRECTORY


17. MSN eShop - Shopping tools including product guides, gift finder and gift certificates and links to online shopping sites with special offers.
>>>> SHOPPING DIRECTORY SAME AS MINE


18. NetShoppers - Indexing ecommerce websites of the US, Canada and the World with resources for auctions, shopping malls and ecommerce sites.
>>>> SHOPPING DIRECTORY SAME AS MINE.


19. Point Shop - Offering a broad variety of products and services including sports, automotive, food, and jewelry.
>>>> I AM NOT SURE IF THIS IS A STORE OR A DIRECTORY ?


20. The Safety Search - Online shopping with merchants graded and tested for security.
>>>> SHOPPING DIRECTORY SAME AS MINE.


21. Search Gift Baskets - Directory of gift basket companies by state.
>>>> A (SPECIALTY) SHOPPING DIRECTORY.


21. Shop Search
>>>> SHOPPING DIRECTORY SAME AS MINE.

OK, grant for a moment that you've shown that your directory is the same as all those others. What you needed to have done instead was to show that your directory was DIFFERENT from all those others -- that is, that it had unique content.

And, in any case, I wouldn't be surprised to see some of those sites disappear next time they are reviewed, though -- so long as the ODP is online, it will be hard to come up with "unique shopping links" (by ODP standards.) Even sites that once upon a time were listable will become more and more completely redundant, to the point that we serve customers best by not listing them.

OK, my site is similar to these other sites in the sense that they all carry listing directories of a large number of stores. But we have a lot more than a bunch of links in our site. It is a real shopping directory with real members and tons of real/major partner stores. The stores are grouped in different shopping categories (close to a hundered not all visible). Each category page offer a list of related shopping categories. It also offers different search options to help visitors locate stores in their interest. It is open to the general public and offer benefits to our shopping club members ... It also offers shopping coupons, specials and deals; and we are working on offering product search lisitngs as well to help our visitors narrow their search and find the right stores and for their shopping needs.

Thanks.