New here, so go easy on me. :)

I went to submit my site just now. I was informed the site is down at the moment for repair and to try later.

Since I am patiently waiting, I was wondering if possibly an editor could breeze through my site. Maybe tell me what my chances are of being excepted into the directory. And or some hints on how to improve my chances.

I know my site is borderline affiliate site. But the past year I have slowly converted to real on line companies that pay folks to work from home and pay them by the hour.

I don't want to break rules here. So I am not going to leave my website address here. If your an editor who would like to take the time to help me. Send me an email or pm and I will send you my link for review. Thank you for your time.

I'm afraid we can't give your site any special treatment as a result of you posting here. Could you imagine the rush that would result if we did? If you look at the FAQ for this forum, together with the ODP Site Suggestion Instructions you should fine lots of useful information about suggesting sites for inclusion, and how the review process works.

As you've already noticed our servers are down at the moment, so you can't actually suggest any sites right now -- not that being able to would be any help, since the same servers are needed by the editors in order to actually add the sites! Once things are working again, there'll be a notice here, and you can make your suggestion. Since all the editors are volunteers and we receive a lot of site suggestions, I'm afraid we can't offer any time scale for the review of your site -- you'll just have to wait patiently along with everyone else. Our best advice is to submit and forget, and get on with the rest of your life...

In any area where there is heavy affiliate spamming, borderline is pretty much guaranteed to be on the wrong side of the line.

That makes sence chaos and thank you.

As far as hutch...My affiliate links are no different than google adsence advertising. My site is NOW mainly highly desired information on how to receive on line jobs from real companies. But thank you for input.

>My affiliate links are no different than google adsence advertising.

Yes, that is definitely true.

The challenge for on-line jobs sites is this (and I have NOT looked at your site and have no plans to do so):

Does the site offer real jobs that real people can really apply for without the need to go visit other sites, or are the jobs mostly teasers that force the surfer to visit other sites while generating revenue for the site owner? And, are a significant percentage of the listed jobs unique to the site?

Only you can answer those two questions (no need to reply here). But the answers should help you gauge the possibility of being listed.

They are real virtual assistant jobs working for real companies who pay home workers to save overhead, all free to join. Here is an example of hundreds of information I offer. I also personally work for these companies.

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Here is an example of hundreds of information I offer.

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That's was, not is.

And earlier,

mycomfyhome said:

I don't want to break rules here. So I am not going to leave my website address here.

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which was a really good plan that you should have followed.

Ok tough guy! And it is still is not was because I am giving not paste tense.

p.s If you think that was spam. You need to go back to spam school.

example of hundreds of information I offer

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I thought you offered jobs. My bad.

Since you are offering information, what percentage of the information on your site can only be found on your site? Don't answer here. If you are offering the same information (even if it is repackaged) that can be found on every other site offering information on virtual assistant jobs -- then the chances of being listed are slim (at best).

Ok tough guy! And it is still is not was because I am giving not paste tense.

p.s If you think that was spam. You need to go back to spam school.

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Play nice or don't play.

You are being treated no differently than other posters -- we don't allow link drops in this forum --because by our forum definition they are spam.

Ok tough guy! And it is still is not was because I am giving not paste tense.

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He meant "was" as in "Here was an example of hundreds of information I offer.", since he'd deleted it. No one is looking at the content on your site.

I hear what you are saying. But isn't that the web kind of? A information highway.

You would have to know the companies exact name to find it. Most of these companies believe it or not boast they don't advertise for workers as much as they do clients. Plus the fact I have a list of hundreds of these companies.

I receive constant thank you emails. The information I offer is sought after and very informative to surfers looking for my particular content.

Saying all that, I am certain my site offers dmoz visitors excellent professional information.

I receive constant thank you emails. The information I offer is sought after and very informative to surfers looking for my particular content.

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The same could probably be said for a large number of sites that aren't listable in the ODP so that really is indicative of nothing from an ODP point of view, rightly so.

Saying all that, I am certain my site offers dmoz visitors excellent professional information.

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But you'll have to leave it in the hands of the editor who eventually reviews your site (whenever you get a chance to suggest it) to decide whether or not your site meets our guidelines.

Having said that, there's really no purpose in this thread continuing. We can't and won't offer a site critique nor will we discuss whether or not your site is listable here so, really, we've done all we can do in terms of giving you information.