Please help me edit my listing

Hi folks, my name is Vince and I have been trying for some time to update mt DMOZ business listing in this category:

Regional: North America: United States: Florida: Localities: T: Tampa: Business and Economy: Animals ()

My business is Southland Dog Training and the url that is listed there is from our first website which an employee set up on her personal web space about 6 or 7 years ago. At the time I knew nothing about the internet so I didn't see it as a big deal. Now I know better. I have submitted a request but have not heard anything back. I am not sure if there is an editor for this category or how else to make contact. Do you have any suggestions on what else I might be able to do?

Thank you

Some editor will volunteer to process your update requests in time but we can't predict who or when that might be. Around 200 editors can edit anywhere they wish - and they do - but there are over a million categories.

To guard against ODP listing hijacks, we avoid amending a listed URL when the original is still functional. If that's the case here, please arrange for the original to redirect to the new.

jimnoble said:

Some editor will volunteer to process your update requests in time but we can't predict who or when that might be. Around 200 editors can edit anywhere they wish - and they do - but there are over a million categories.

To guard against ODP listing hijacks, we avoid amending a listed URL when the original is still functional. If that's the case here, please arrange for the original to redirect to the new.

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Unfortunately that won't be possible because the Verizon account for that personal webspace has been closed. I have contacted Verizon and have been told that there is nothing that they can do, once an account is closed it can't be reopened. The old website is confusing people who are searching for us and hampering our SEO efforts greatly. If you can suggest anything else it would be much appreciated.
Thank you

Make a further update request and explain that [in a note like this] in the proposed new description.

Thanks again Jim I will do that.

Vince316 said:

Thanks again Jim I will do that.

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Hi Jim, I'm back. I did exactly what you said to do. I made another request to have my listing updated. That was about two to three weeks ago. So far no news but I do have a question. How can I tell if there is an active editor for a small section like this?


Regional: North America: United States: Florida: Localities: T: Tampa: Business and Economy: Animals ()

Thanks in advance for your response.

How can I tell if there is an active editor for a small section like this?

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Around 200 hundred of us can edit anywhere we wish, we do, and I just did.

I've updated the URL but declined the keyword stuffed description update because SEO is the antithesis of what we do.

jimnoble said:

Around 200 hundred of us can edit anywhere we wish, we do, and I just did.

I've updated the URL but declined the keyword stuffed description update because SEO is the antithesis of what we do.

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Thank you Jim for my early Christmas present. I have been trying for a long time to get this updated. If your'e ever in Central Florida look me up, I know of a couple of great steak joints that serve micro brewed beer and dinner is on me. Thanks again and Happy Holidays to you and yours.