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I am currently working on 2 sites that make use of ODP data.... one of them is about gambling services and sites, and makes use of everything from here...
http://www.dmoz.org/Games/Gambling/
...down. The other one is an adult webmaster resources site that uses multiple dmoz categories and then drills down down from there.

I wanted to hear some thoughts on submission before I submitted, but in particular I wanted to hear about the following:

1.) Can gambling and adult webmaster resources be even listed in this category, or are they considered ‘adult’ and should be listed elsewhere.

2.) Does simply having a pretty, functional, site that makes use of odp (and gives credit to odp as listed in tos) make it likely that the site will be admitted, or must you ‘add value’ in some other way? In other words, if I got a designer to make me a nice attractive template, made sure everything was easy to navigate, spelled correctly, links worked, etc, added a bunch of ccategories and data from dmoz, would the site be eligible for listing, and a likely canidate to get accepted?

3.) in your opinion, would it be better to see if the site could be listed elsewhere in ODP first? The descriptions in this category are about the worst I have ever seen...

“Directory from the ODP.”

“Web directory powered by the Open Directory Project.”

“Live data. Anaconda.”

“Directory using live ODP data.”

“A directory from an old copy of the ODP.”

....these really don’t describe anyhing, IMHO... can you tell anything about what these sites are about? I guess if all you do is put dmoz on your site, that is about all you can expect for a description, but some of these sites seem to have their own content and it is totally blown over.

1. Gambling is not considered "adult", so it can be listed here. As long as your Adult resources site doesn't contain any explicit content (including banner ads) it could be listed here too.

2. Sites using ODP data, no matter how basic, are listed here and nowhere else in the directory. The only other "appropriate" categories would be the categories they copy - and that would be silly to list copies of a category within it. (Of course, many of these directories were submitted that way. Kind of odd to be reviewing a site and thinking, "wait - isn't that my style of writing?" and realize it is a copy of the category you are in.)

3. The descriptions are pretty bland, because its kind of hard to think of different ways to say "yet another directory using ODP data". If you submit a short, concise description that complies with the guidelines, the reviewing editor will consider it. Maybe "Focused on gambling services and sites." and "Provides adult webmaster resources."

Good Luck!
-Lissa

..."wait - isn't that my style of writing?"

Lissa, you are a truly modest and self-effacing person.

What I generally think at such moments is, "what a clever way to make such a sensible point..."

right on, thanks... good points

"what a clever way to make such a sensible point..."

LOL! That is usually what I am thinking when reading your posts!

> Sites using ODP data, no matter how basic, are listed here and nowhere else in the directory.

Uh, actually, the Adult section also has an equivalent category. Inquire over in the Adult forum here as to its whereabouts.