Listing in DMOZ
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jimnoble
DMOZ Meta
We don't want to discuss specific websites here.
Either your website is in transit to a more appropriate category or it's been removed.
If it wasn't working when an editor looked at it, the removal should be temporary until somebody checks it again.
If it didn't satisfy our listing requirements when an editor looked at it, the removal will have been permanent. You can check your website against the listing requirements yourself to see if this could have happened.
Either your website is in transit to a more appropriate category or it's been removed.
If it wasn't working when an editor looked at it, the removal should be temporary until somebody checks it again.
If it didn't satisfy our listing requirements when an editor looked at it, the removal will have been permanent. You can check your website against the listing requirements yourself to see if this could have happened.
Alucard
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Clarification, please
There are two ways to interpret your question:
If your site is currently listed in the ODP and you want it removed, in which case you will need to give the reasons why - we don't just remove sites on request.
or, you had a listing and it got removed and you want to know why, in which case, jimnoble's advice in the previous post applies.
Thanks.
There are two ways to interpret your question:
If your site is currently listed in the ODP and you want it removed, in which case you will need to give the reasons why - we don't just remove sites on request.
or, you had a listing and it got removed and you want to know why, in which case, jimnoble's advice in the previous post applies.
Thanks.
Thanks Jim,
I don't think I made it clear - my site has been removed (I think) because of the affiliate content. The guidelines state "Look at the content on the site, mentally blocking out all affiliate links. If the remaining information is original and valuable informational content that contributes something unique to the category's subject, the site may be a good candidate for the ODP"
My site has been listed in DMOZ for years - it has a tremendous amount of original content - the links to a lot of this content are at the bottom of each of my pages and could possibly have been overlooked. I am working on this - if this was missed by your editors it's likely to be overlooked by the visitors to my site!. Without giving you URL's how do I make my case?
I don't think I made it clear - my site has been removed (I think) because of the affiliate content. The guidelines state "Look at the content on the site, mentally blocking out all affiliate links. If the remaining information is original and valuable informational content that contributes something unique to the category's subject, the site may be a good candidate for the ODP"
My site has been listed in DMOZ for years - it has a tremendous amount of original content - the links to a lot of this content are at the bottom of each of my pages and could possibly have been overlooked. I am working on this - if this was missed by your editors it's likely to be overlooked by the visitors to my site!. Without giving you URL's how do I make my case?
>I am working on this - if this was missed by your editors it's likely to be overlooked by the visitors to my site!
The first step to Wisdom ...
Get it worked, and then submit again. But ...
I should perhaps mention, that "originality" is not ALWAYS the only criterion. In some categories it is, certainly: Online Writing, for instance. In other categories something more is needed: INFORMATION, representation of KNOWLEDGE. The editor will be asking, "Who are YOU, and what do YOU know?" Just original rephrasing of facts generally known or readily found elsewhere, isn't good enough.
In other categories, that question takes a slightly different form: "Who are YOU, and what would YOU do for money?" And here, saying, "oh, never mind about all that, but Joe over there, HE'S paying me to tell you what HE'LL do for money..." obviously isn't responsive. And note that affiliate links are a form, just one form, of such an unresponsive answer. Much of what attempts to pass for "consumer information" is really "original adcopy". We don't care whether you're writing it yourself or stealing it from the competitor or getting it from the client or being assigned it randomly by an ad server. It's all the same non-answer.
In yet other categories, the form will be "who are YOU, and what happened to you?" And obviously, the marketroids sometimes infest even these categories with the "never mind who I am, but I had lots of fun buying an xxxx, which I just happen to have an ad for ...."
And if no other question is answered, then there are the personal categories, where we basically ask "Well, then, who are YOU, and what have you got to say for yourself?"
Originality isn't demanded. I am more than delighted to find content on the web, though it was printed two hundred years ago and reprinted often since: even though I have a copy on my shelves!
Who are YOU?
Come to think of it, someone said figuring that out was a wise thing to do also.
The first step to Wisdom ...
Get it worked, and then submit again. But ...
I should perhaps mention, that "originality" is not ALWAYS the only criterion. In some categories it is, certainly: Online Writing, for instance. In other categories something more is needed: INFORMATION, representation of KNOWLEDGE. The editor will be asking, "Who are YOU, and what do YOU know?" Just original rephrasing of facts generally known or readily found elsewhere, isn't good enough.
In other categories, that question takes a slightly different form: "Who are YOU, and what would YOU do for money?" And here, saying, "oh, never mind about all that, but Joe over there, HE'S paying me to tell you what HE'LL do for money..." obviously isn't responsive. And note that affiliate links are a form, just one form, of such an unresponsive answer. Much of what attempts to pass for "consumer information" is really "original adcopy". We don't care whether you're writing it yourself or stealing it from the competitor or getting it from the client or being assigned it randomly by an ad server. It's all the same non-answer.
In yet other categories, the form will be "who are YOU, and what happened to you?" And obviously, the marketroids sometimes infest even these categories with the "never mind who I am, but I had lots of fun buying an xxxx, which I just happen to have an ad for ...."
And if no other question is answered, then there are the personal categories, where we basically ask "Well, then, who are YOU, and what have you got to say for yourself?"
Originality isn't demanded. I am more than delighted to find content on the web, though it was printed two hundred years ago and reprinted often since: even though I have a copy on my shelves!
Who are YOU?
Come to think of it, someone said figuring that out was a wise thing to do also.
Thanks hutcheson
Moderator
Meta
In my category there is so much regurgitated information who can tell where it came from. 5 years is a long time in this business & my content has been copied endlessly. I am doing what many sites are trying to do - provide information where it is needed, whether from books, conversation, or the web.
Moderator
Meta
In my category there is so much regurgitated information who can tell where it came from. 5 years is a long time in this business & my content has been copied endlessly. I am doing what many sites are trying to do - provide information where it is needed, whether from books, conversation, or the web.
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gimmster
1) Nothing.
2) Read http://editors.dmoz.org/guidelines/ especially http://editors.dmoz.org/guidelines/include.html#notinclude (on the very small possibility that the site was removed for being unavailable/offline for more than 2 weeks, suggest the site again once)
3) Nothing.
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2) Read http://editors.dmoz.org/guidelines/ especially http://editors.dmoz.org/guidelines/include.html#notinclude (on the very small possibility that the site was removed for being unavailable/offline for more than 2 weeks, suggest the site again once)
3) Nothing.
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jimnoble
DMOZ Meta
1. We don't discuss specific websites here.
2. Even if we did, we wouldn't tell you.
3. We don't know the URL, so we can't anyway.
You've already been given good advice by gimmster. I suggest you follow it.
jimnoble
DMOZ Meta
We don't.
andysands
Curlie Meta
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Hi Vichris,
Until very recently we did offer a status check service, however this has now been discontinued for various reasons:
Please see the following thread for the discontinuation announcement:
http://resource-zone.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=39116
Hope this helps,
Kind Regards,
Andy
Until very recently we did offer a status check service, however this has now been discontinued for various reasons:
Please see the following thread for the discontinuation announcement:
http://resource-zone.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=39116
Hope this helps,
Kind Regards,
Andy