multiple listings for a site

Categories for individual pages in a web site?

Hi,


The home page of my web site is listed under a open directory category but I think my site covers diverse subjects so certain individual pages should be listed under other categories so that people interested in those subjects can find my pages on those topics.

However the submission guidelines say "You should submit a site to the single most relevant category. "

and

"We may reject, delete, or edit submissions that violate these policies... "


Is there some way I can ask for individual pages in my site to be included in the directory without risking having my site deleted entirely from the directory because I've violated the policy of submitting to more than one category?

Thanks

No.

The only way this can happen is if either:

a) the editor who reviewed your site thinks that parts might deserve another listing and suggests it on or lists it themselves.
b) an editor interested in a subject finds information on your site pages that they feel deserves being listed.

So an initial review of your site determines if it meets the ODP guidelines and is of sufficient quality and relevance to be listed (which has happened). We cannot tell if the site has the "wow" factor that leads the editor to suggest pages onward.

Were we not to have the single suggeston rule, there are those who would suggest evey page of their site and the whole suggestion process would collapse.

regards

pap6ld said:

so that people interested in those subjects can find my pages on those topics.

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There is a very easy way to accomplish this.
Build a good navigation structure on your website. Take care that people will be able to find all these subjects from your homepage.

pvgool said:

There is a very easy way to accomplish this.
Build a good navigation structure on your website. Take care that people will be able to find all these subjects from your homepage.

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But people interested in one of my sub-topics will never get to my home page through open directory because they will be searching for the specific sub-topic and won't see the home page which is listed in a different category.

Most of the traffic comes to my site from search engines and goes directly to a few of my pages. Very little traffic comes directly to my home page. This works okay with a search engine because they crawl through my entire site and index every page.

However with a hierarchical directory like open directory it doesn't work well. Only those few people interested in the top level subject will see my web site and anyone specifically interested in the sub-topics will never find my site in open directory because it is listed in a different category.

However with a hierarchical directory like open directory it doesn't work well

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In part, our preference to not list deeplinks or related URLs is because many website owners, mistakenly IMHO, believe that the more ODP listings they have, the more money will fall from the sky. That in turn leads to a huge amount of unwanted spam.

We aren't a means of website promotion. If that's what you're after, I can only suggest that you focus your attentions elsewhere.

However with a hierarchical directory like open directory it doesn't work well.

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Many sites don't. Other sites do.

Search engines have the same "issue": some sites don't work well with them, and others do.

No one method of finding information is perfect for all cases. That's why it's good that surfers have alternatives--different search engines, different web directories, searchable custom databases.

Surely there's SOME 'core' about your site. Maybe the core is your business--describing what you'd do for money. Maybe it's your interests--articles about your experience. Suggest the site to a directory category based on the "core" -- whether it's Society/Personal Pages or some regional Business category.

jimnoble said:

We aren't a means of website promotion. If that's what you're after, I can only suggest that you focus your attentions elsewhere.

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It is a personal web site not a commercial one.

Personal sites without any focus go in Society. But there are "personal pages" categories for sites with more external focus, across the directory. Pick the most specific subject that subsumes the subjects your personal site contains, and see if that subject has a "personal pages" category.

people interested in one of my sub-topics will never get to my home page through open directory

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Mmm, seems to be a problem?

Most of the traffic comes to my site from search engines and goes directly to a few of my pages.

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ah, none at all, people still find what they want

At the moment you seem to be saying that you have hidden the most important parts of your site and is there anyway for us to help people find those bits.

It is up to the webmaster to organise their site so that people who arrive at the main url can find what there is. Search engines can make up for deficiences in human navigation, but when a human reviews a site they behave like any visitor would. If you find that a human review of your site does not match your expectations, then perhaps you should think of altering your site, so the important bits are more prominant?

regards