http://www.coldsore.com/

Hello - Looks as though the category to which I submitted my client, GlaxoSmithKline - Coldsore.com, does not have an editor. I submitted to the category listed below in October, 2002 and again in February of 2003 in hopes of being listed. Unfortuntely, we have not been listed as yet. Any help that you can provide would be most appreciated, as I need to get this client indexed. Should I resubmit or submit to a different category? Thank you - Julie Shumaker(http://www.dmoz.org/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Viral/Herpes/Herpes_Simplex/Cold_Sores/)

Waiting for review in a very short queue. I can't say with certaintly that that's the right place for it, but it is a reasonable place to start. I wouldn't recommend resubmitting elsewhere.

Sites about specific medications should be listed in the appropriate subcat of Health/Pharmacy/Drugs_and_Medications . When I looked in Health/Pharmacy/Drugs_and_Medications/V/Valacyclovir , I found www.valtrex.com which looks remarkably like www.coldsore.com . So I deleted www.coldsore.com and left www.valtrex.com listed in its appropriate category. I also cleaned up one or two other listings in those categories.

Thank you for your response regarding our client’s Web site, http://www.coldsore.com/. As a follow-up to your email, I reviewed content on both sites (coldsore.com and valtrex.com) to scan for duplicate content. Although the look and feel of both sites is similar, I found no duplicate content on either site.
The subject-matter of http://www.valtrex.com is that of Genital Herpes, ranging from treatment options, coping with/caring for, sexual health and finding support. The subject-matter of http://www.coldsore.com is coldsores – treatment, symptoms, contagion. The FDA views these sites as completely separate entities. Although each site does address variations of related topics, for example Valtrex.com does dedicate a page to coldsores, and Coldsore.com does make mention of STD’s, this content is not addressed in the same matter and differs greatly on each site. The medication, VALTREX, is discussed on both sites; however, even the descriptions of the medication (which is used to treat various forms of herpes including herpes zoster <shingles>, oral <coldsores> and genital herpes) are tailored to the specific indication of the site (genital herpes – Valtrex.com; coldsores – Coldsore.com).
Please consider a re-evaluation of this site, as again, content on Coldsore.com and Valtrex.com does vary and presents different information to the user about different manifestations of the herpes virus.
I am not sure how long this category has not had an editor, but would this have been the reason we were not listed when we originally submitted in October of 2002, and again in February, 2003?
Thank you very much for your help, as the more clearly I understand this matter, the better I can explain the ramifications to our client. - Julie Shumaker

As the primary purpose of both sites is to promote a particular medicine, both of them would be listable, if at all, under the topic of "particular medicines." Since that would place them in the same category (obviously, since the same medicine is involved) and they are obviously from the same source, they simply cannot be considered independent websites. They are merely one website that is asking the ODP to compensate for its inadequate navigation -- which habit the ODP makes a policy of not practicing.

In this context, you should contemplate these extracts from the Submittal Policy (emphasis added): "Do not submit ... CLOSELY RELATED sites .... abuse of these guidelines may result in the removal of a site AND ALL RELATED SITES."

These two sites are exactly and precisely what those words are referring to. And these words describe the only kind of reconsideration that editors would be ALLOWED to do on such sites.