Status Request - www.proequipment.us

lachenm

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Unfortunately, that area is extremely backlogged. :( Your site is waiting with hundreds of others (including many inappropriate submissions). This may take a while.

Due to the large number of sites waiting, I suggest saving yourself some time and effort by waiting at least 2 or 3 months before requesting a status update. Sorry the news isn't better.
 

Krupnikas

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Thanks for the expected response. "Hundreds" is not what I wanted to hear. I figured after 4 months it would have moved up a bit.

Again that's for your time in the research and I'll keep twiddling
 

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Since there is no designated "up" you can't do that. Editors may sort sites in date order as they may sort by a lot of other things. They might choose to only process unreviewed entries or to go and hunt their own new entries, whatever they like best. Remember you only suggest sites to help editors.
 

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I understand my current selection is heavily backlogged. Looking into some of the more detailed categories I found:

http://directory.google.com/Top/Business/Industrial_Goods_and_Services/Machinery_and_Tools/Process_Equipment/Mixers_and_Dispensers/

which better suits my companies capabilities and services. Is the backlog within this category less and is the absence of an editor mean this is also a category not reviewed often. If I find this category more identifiable to my services do I just resubmit my URL with a revised description and does that remove me from the other category list avoiding double submission?
 

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First, the presence or absence of a listed editor has absolutely no bearing on where you should suggest your site. Second, the size of backlog in an area has absolutely no bearing on where you should suggest your site.

Ideally, you should suggest your site in the most appropriate category (or, if applicable, one Topical and one Regional branch category). Period. Suggesting a site in a category other than the most appropriate one will just cause us extra work (moving your site to the correct category, where it will wait for review again), and may delay your review, as well as the review times for other people (because you're causing us extra work on your site).

The presence or absence of a listed editor doesn't necessarily tell you anything about the time it takes to review a site in a given category, since many editors have privileges to edit in that category. And no one is able to predict the time it will take for any particular site anyhow. Editors are volunteers, and don't work on set schedules or review sites in any particular order.

Now with respect to your specific question, I don't think the other sites in the category you mention look much like your company at all. Those sites are primarily companies who market ready-made mixing equipment. Your company appears to make custom machinery. What about: http://dmoz.org/Business/Industrial_Goods_and_Services/Machinery_and_Tools/Custom_Machinery_Builders/ ? That seems a little closer to me. It would be OK to submit once more to this category if you determine that it is the best fit for your business.

Also, you should definitely consider an additional suggestion in http://dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Massachusetts/Localities/F/Franklin/Business_and_Economy . It looks to me as though you should be eligible for listings both in your Regional/ branch locality and in a Business/ branch category. The two listings would be independent, so submitting to Franklin wouldn't affect your chances or speed of listing in the other category -- and there is currently no backlog there.
 

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I believe you misinterpreted my previous post. I'm not in any way trying to waste anyones efforts. As a proffesional myself this surely was not my intent. I was just trying to get a feel for two things. As previous posts addressed too me stated not to re-visit the status issue for a certain time period. I was trying to get idea of a time frame.

Secondly, I still feel your particular suggestion for an alternative category may be off base. Being involved in the process mixing field I still feel like the mixing category is the correct listing. For the most part mixing in the high end chemical and pharmaculical applications are always considered custom due to customer specifications for which our company is well versed. My pick for the mixer category also dealt with me seeing many other listings providing the same products/market as we offer.

I do not want to take away from your helpful suggestions and comments which were both well understood. I will again revistit your recommended category listings and evaluate the best suited fit to avoid additional efforts in the future as you mentioned. Thank again for you previous reply.
 

lachenm

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My pick for the mixer category also dealt with me seeing many other listings providing the same products/market as we offer.

The thing is, we can only review what's on the website. We have no idea what you offer, other than what we see.

Just now, I picked 5 sites from the category you suggested -- mostly at random, but partly looking for sites with descriptions mentioning chemical, pharmeceutical, or custom machinery. What I saw on each one of them was: pictures of mixing products, model numbers, and/or specs.

Then I went to your site. On the front page, I didn't see anything that mentioned "mixing". Nor did I see any mention of "products" What I saw was a big button called "services" leading me to believe that you might offer a service, desigining and building custom equipment. I looked around a bit. I saw a lot of stuff about topics like design engineering, process design, and quality assurance, but never anything about mixing products. In fact, you use general language about product design, making me think you would make a variety of products.

Can you see why I don't think an editor would list your site in a category about manufacturers of mixing products? Perhaps that's what you do, but it certainly isn't clear from your site. From the web user's perspective, you look like a custom designer and builder of machinery -- hence, my suggestion.

If you are primarily a manufacturer of mixing products, and you want to be listed in that category, my suggestion to you is to make it much more obvious on your site. Not only will that help an editor, but it's also a pretty good marketing strategy -- making it easier for potential customers who are trying to figure out just what exactly your company does.

In any event, you really should also submit to the Regional category I mentioned, regardless of what you end up doing about the Business branch listing. :)
 

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As you noted I have now submitted to regional listing and will evaluate web site content for proper placement for business listing. Thank for you helpful critisism and time speent regarding all the previous matters.
 

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Just submit again in the more appropriate category. While we generally ask that people submit to the single most appropriate Topical/ category -- and we will ban sites that spam submissions many times to many categories -- we also understand that occasionally people may find a more appropriate category after their initial submission. In this case, a second submission will not cause any trouble.

[Added] OK, since uzs980 moved your submission, you don't have to do anything at all! :) However, I'm leaving up this general advice in case it helps someone else in the same situation.[/Added]
 

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Your submissions are still waiting for review - along with more than a hundred sites in the Business category, along with zero other sites in the Regional category.
 

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All of the unreviewed sites in Massachusetts towns starting with "F" were processed this morning, and, as of a few minutes ago you are now listed in Franklin. :)
 
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