Status of www.superhero-costumes.com

abiggins · May 13, 2003

Greetings

I have been attempting to submit http://www.superhero-costumes.com to the directory.

Submitting to http://www.dmoz.com/Shopping/Clothing/Costumes category.

The submission timed out with a "The page cannot be displayed" message after trying to open http://www.dmoz.com/cgi-bin/add2.cgi.

Submissions have been made 12 May and 13 May.

Is it possible to find out whether this submission was received prior to the time-out, or should I attempt to submit again?

Regards

Niall

windharp · May 13, 2003

A submission got through but was caught by our filter - either you wait, it will be checked and moved back to the unreviewed of the category you mentioned, or you use a PC without proxy or similar restrictions and submit again.

abiggins · May 13, 2003

Thanks windharp

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motsa · May 13, 2003

Since all of your shopping links are cloaked qksrv affiliate links to BuyCostumes.com, it's not going to be listed.

abiggins · May 13, 2003

Hi motsa

I assume you mean the javascript to avoid the affiliate link showing in the browser?

If this was removed would the site be listed?

Thanks for your help

Niall

motsa · May 13, 2003

Sorry, I wasn't clear. It isn't the cloaking of the links that makes your site unlistable, it is the affiliate links, period.

abiggins · May 13, 2003

Thanks again motsa

Can you enlighten me. If I had links to other affiliate merchants would the site be considered, or is it the concept and format of the site that make it unlistable?

Cheers
Niall

kokopeli · May 13, 2003

ODP requires a site offer original content to have a listing, affiliate content is not original as it is the content from another site. You can read the guidelines at http://dmoz.org/guidelines/include.html#affiliate for further information.

Status of www.superhero-costumes.com

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