Question about "coupons" category

ddww804

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Hey,moderator!
I find that there are only 4 site listed in the category "Home: Homemaking: Frugality: Coupons ". As is known to all,the E business is growing so fast nowadays,and thousands of sites about online coupon information have already been founded to help people save their money during online shopping.
However,the 4 sites in the "coupons" category are only related to the printable coupons ,I wonder why don't you index some famous online coupon sites? Thank you!
 

jimnoble

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Perhaps none of them conforms with the category description (link towards top right of category page and here) which includes
Please suggest only sites related to using money-saving coupons or sites which offer direct, valid coupons related to homemaking. Please note that sites must have substantial and obvious non-affiliate content to be considered for listing.
 

ddww804

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Thank you for fast replying! As you mentioned,"sites must have substantial and obvious non-affiliate content to be considered for listing. "There are really some online coupon sites joining the affiliate program,but not all! Can you tell me how do you judge the site with the affiliate content ?Do you have any standard?
Anyway,the online coupon information is quite useful to the visitors who want do online shopping.Currently I can't find any online coupon sites in the dmoz.
 

jjwill

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Yes, there are standards called guidelines ( http://dmoz.org/guidelines/ ) that apply to all sites regardless of weather they have affiliate links or not. So if you strip away the affiliate links and marketing garbage, what content are you left with? That is the basic question to ask. :)
 

ishtar

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Jim,

"jimnoble said:
Please suggest only sites related to using money-saving coupons or sites which offer direct, valid coupons related to homemaking[/b"]. Please note that sites must have substantial and obvious non-affiliate content to be considered for listing.
Emphasis mine.

That quote seems contradictory to
This category is for websites about using money saving coupons, and coupons in general available on the web.
(same source) Surely there can be coupons not related to homemaking.
 

motsa

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It should be obvious that a coupon category under Home/Homemaking should be for sites offering coupons related to homemaking. Coupon sites not related to homemaking would go somewhere else.
 
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