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SmithY

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Just like to say, good luck to everyone who is applying I got accepted this morning after 4 attempts. Perseverance pays off, answer honestly the questions, submit quality websites and give good descriptions and you will be successful.

Good luck
 
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SmithY said:
...and give good descriptions and you will be successful.
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Probably the hardest part. :D And an endless source of misapprehensions and honest mistakes (I know what I'm talking about).

There are several pieces of wisdom scattered all over these fora, on how to write good descriptions. Two of the best:


From John_Caius:

Simple guide to writing descriptions - note particularly the lack of marketing copy, complex literary construction or anything else more complex than "saying it like it is":

Q. Look at the site - what is it called?
A. The site is called "Bringing History to Life"

Title:
Bringing History to Life

Q. What does the site do?
A. It's a site that gives information about historical figures, with special sections on Napoleon Bonaparte and Henry VIII.

Description part 1.:
Information about historical figures with sections on Napoleon Bonaparte and Henry VIII.

Q. What features does the site have?
A. An online shop selling Napoleon keyrings, video clips of Henry VIII's coronation and a discussion forum.

Description part 2.:
Features an online shop selling related souvenirs, video clips of historical events and a discussion forum.

As the Ronseal ad (UK) says: "it does exactly what it says on the tin". The ODP is the tin and we just write the labels.
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From hutcheson (about submitter’s descriptions, but a precious insight on what is acceptable here):

Read that again, and scratch out EVERY SINGLE WORD that ANY of your COMPETITORS would disagree with. Instead, make it a description that any one of your competitors could write.

Then go back and scratch out EVERY SINGLE WORD that says anything at all good about your site. Site descriptions assume that all sites listed are good for something, otherwise they wouldn't be there.

Then go back and scratch out EVERY SINGLE command telling us what to do. We don't like it. We don't tell people what to do, we tell them what's on ALL the sites, not just yours, and we don't care which, if any, of the sites they actually go to. They are free to choose.

Then scratch out everything that you don't know is true, or that a reviewer couldn't possibly know is true, or that may not be true tomorrow.

Then we'll go from there.
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They were remarkably useful ( “oh-now-i-get-it” type ) to me. :cool:
 
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MelodyT

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I also wanted to add to this thread. I also had a hard time at first figuring out what I was doing wrong. Be sure to read the descriptions of the categories you are applying for very carefully before selecting your sample sites. Also know that when you do cross over to the other side, there are alot of really helpful people. I'm in the K&T area and I'm loving the people there. They are all so very helpful! Just keep trying.. it IS worth it! :D
 
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