although all of my competition is. I find it hard to believe that some submissions take weeks and some take years. I am a leading site on page 1 of many Google search terms and yet no inclusion even though my original content is twice my competition. I submitted 6 times in 8 months. Please do not respond with we are swamped as I tried to become an editor to my catagory just so I would recieve a decline. While I am not a conspiracy theorist you at least should be aware that you are being noted as the closed directory in the SEO world. Food for thought.