Status of http://www.imexserve.it

I've submitted http://www.imexserve.it on 26/04/03 under the following category;
http://dmoz.org/Business/International_Business_and_Trade/Import_and_Export/
I would like to know if my submittion request has been received and its status. Thank you
Mauro22it

[corrected thread subject to include URL...please remember to put the URL in the subject next time. Thanks. - motsa]

http://www.imexserve.it/

You didn't notice that there are no sites listed at that level in that category, that everything is in the subcategories? You're not waiting there. When you resubmit, I'd highly recommend that you choose the most appropriate subcategory of that one rather than submitting inappropriately to the main category.

Re: http://www.imexserve.it/

I've re-submitted on 24/06/03 in the following category;
http://dmoz.org/Business/Consumer_Goods_and_Services/Home_and_Garden/Appliances/

Can you kindly inform its status?
Thank you
Mauro

Re: http://www.imexserve.it/

Please see the guidelines at the top of this forum, and wait at least a month after submitting to request a status. 6 days isn't much to allow an editor a chance to even review the site <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" alt="" />

Re: http://www.imexserve.it/

It has been passed more than 1 month, is it possible to know the submission status?
Thank you
Mauro

Re: http://www.imexserve.it/

Still waiting for review, with fewer than 500 other sites.

Re: http://www.imexserve.it/

Thanks for the information. I still have 1 question;
After you review our site and in case of reject can we be informed the reason of the rejection?
Thank you
Mauro

Re: http://www.imexserve.it/

1. Why do you think the site will be rejected? If you think the site does not qualify, please do not submit it at all. Would only waste our time.

2. You don't receive any response. We appreciate that people try to help us by submitting sites to the ODP, but that is all we see in it.

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I think my site is qualified but I'm not the editor who shall evaluate and make the decision. So I was just wondering if you advice the users when the editor have made his decision. Will you?
This was my question, may be I was not enough clear.

I'm asking this because by reading in this forum I've noticed that many users wait several months and then when they ask the position the reply was simply that his web site was rejected by some reason. So why not advice the users as soon as the editor has made his decision, without waiting that is the user who should continuously ask for his position?

Thank you.

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I never ever notify submitters when sites are accepted or rejected. In general, it's not a good idea because of the risk of getting flaming feedback, and dealing with such feedback is not the best use of anyone's time.

Re: http://www.imexserve.it/

&gt;I think my site is qualified but I'm not the editor who shall evaluate and make the decision. So I was just wondering if you advice the users when the editor have made his decision. Will you?
We notify all users of all reviewed and accepted sites, by posting them in the appropriate category. Users can access this information in a variety of ways, including directly viewing pages, downloading the database, or viewing our categories at the value-added pages of licensees.

&gt;I'm asking this because by reading in this forum I've noticed that many users wait several months and then when they ask the position the reply was simply that his web site was rejected by some reason.
You appear to be confusing "users" with "webmasters." We don't.

&gt;So why not advice the users as soon as the editor has made his decision, without waiting that is the user who should continuously ask for his position?

Sorry, you appear to be confusing "users" with "spammers". We have no trouble distinguishing between them. "Spammers" are the ones who incessantly submit unsuitable sites, which we have to waste valuable editing time reviewing and deleting. Our "users" view our pages, and submit good additional sites (which we list) or tell us about errors (which we try to correct quickly), but most of them don't talk to us at all.

We constantly warn editors NOT to contact ANY submitters, and ESPECIALLY spammers, without exercising great caution, or without hoping for some great benefit. The fact is, simply reporting on site rejection does open editors up to all kinds of threats and pressure, and does not give us any benefit at all: in fact, it actually harms us, since it helps spammers know what techniques are most effective at causing us effort and trouble.

So we don't. And that's why.

Re: http://www.imexserve.it/

I've understood your points and agreem with them.
Thank you for the explanation.
Mauro

Re: http://www.imexserve.it/

I would like to know the status of my web site submission.
Thank you.
Mauro

Re: http://www.imexserve.it/

Waiting for review in a large pile of submissions.

Robert

PS: It seems strange to me that I can't find an address of your business on the site - no postal address, no telephone number, not even a mail address.

Re: http://www.imexserve.it/

Have added Company's address, tel/fax and email, see at
http://www.imexserve.it/contact.htm

Actually we are little afraid for the email because we wonder that the spam email will increase drastically.

Thanks,
Mauro

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You are wise to be so.

There are some good ways to hide e-mail addys from spambots using Javascript; I'd strongly recommend that you (1) look into that, and (2) pull your e-mail address until your technical people have had a chance to put it back JS-shrouded.

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Thank you very much for your advise, I'm not familiar with Javascript but will take a look.
I don't understand the point 2), can you explain me what does it mean "to put it back JS-shrouded"
Thanks
Mauro

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(2) pull your e-mail address until your technical people have had a chance to put it back JS-shrouded.

Click to expand...

hutcheson was refering to removing the e-mail address from the page, then putting it back on with the JavaScript.

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Yes, sorry, your techies probably would have understood that.

1) Take the e-mail address off the page immediately.
2) Let your techies poke around the net for a way of "shrouding" the e-mail address using JavaScript -- that is, putting it in a form that is only recognizable after an "onLoad" function has been called. Spambots don't execute JavaScript, so they won't see anything resembling an e-mail address. Surfers using real browsers with JavaScript turned on will see a clickable link, with e-mail address. And surfers without JavaScript can be set up to see a message "sorry, our e-mail address has to be hidden from spammers. Turn on Javascript and refresh this page to have a clickable links, or take the following address and retype it without any of the digits: 111me22@333mysite.444com "

All this is very easy to do with JavaScript, and I think I remember some actual code being posted in webmasterworld.com for it.

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For webmasterworld.com you need to pay for a membership - so if you are not a member [I'm too cheap to pay ], try searching Google for hiding email from spammers . I found a lot of useful content.

However, you should also seach Google and other places for your email address,if it's found anywhere, it's too late, it's known to people. There are ways around this, but it makes things harder.