Submitted site twice, still not showing up after 6 months

This has been discussed and at this moment the postive aspects of the suggestion process are still higher as the negative aspects. In many categories the pool of suggested sites is a good starting point to find new listable sites. In others (mainly highly commercial ones) the pool is overwelmed with sites we will never list.

TecEar, you're obsessed with controlling the process, to the utter exclusion of any considerations about efficiency or effectiveness.

The ODP system is designed to empower people; the processes are there only to enable people to work more effectively. And each particular process has limitations. But so what?

Is Google filled with spam results sometimes? Of course it is. But no sane person would suggest that the ODP process impose a priority on when Google searches are done! And no sane person would suggest that the editors be forbidden to ever use Google searches, because they are frequently an inefficient way to find good sites.

The exact thing can be said about site suggestions. What happens "in theory" (that is, "in your dreams") is utterly irrelevant. "In practice" (that is, "in reality") site suggestions are frequently worthless. And sometimes helpful.

So the ODP has taken the same approach, the only sane approach, for site suggestions. They are there, for when (in the editor's judgment) they might be useful. They can be ignored when (in the editor's judgment) they look like a waste of time.

But, to be fair, doesn't the submitter have the same choice? Site suggestions can be made, if he thinks it's worth his time to make them. If not, he can also use his time elsewhere.

The justification is the end-effect. Hundreds of thousands of good sites have been found through those suggestions. And if we had to wade through tens of millions of suggestions to find those sites, is that really that much worse than Google search results? And site suggestions sometimes have counteracting advantages of their own. So doing more Google searches is no substitute for judicious use of suggestions.

And that's the end of that part of the discussion. We are not, on your or on anyone else's suggestion, going to put purely arbitrary and counterproductive constraints on what the volunteers do. And that includes ALL the volunteers -- the trusted volunteers (editors) and the untrusted volunteers (submitters). WHATEVER they do that helps build a comprehensive, reliable directory, is going to be OK -- more than that, it's going to be appreciated.

TecEar said:

I find myself in exactly the same situation.
My website is perfectly legitimate.
I have submitted it to the correct category 2 or 3 times over the past 6 months with no luck so far.
The particular category was last updated in mid-July 2006.
I wonder how frequently one might expect a category to be updated?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.

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I've literally been waiting over three years. I submitted my site back in September 2003, and still nothing's been done (it's an online resume/personal homepage)

Back when they still did site submissions, I was told to check back every few months, usually politely (although one administrator went on an angry rant about me nagging them, even though I never posted repeat requests sooner than I was asked to.)

Unfortunately, resume/personal home pages are not generally something editors are tripping over themselves to review so I would expect them to have a somewhat longer review time.

I have been trying myself for over 1 year

I am now wondering if it really makes scence to submit your website, I have submitted mine about 2 time over the last 1 year and six months, no luck. I have not even reveived any sort of acknowledgement from the editors, nothing. I am thinking about re-submiting again for the last time. Do you think its a wise idea? Do you think they still have the record of submission?

I really dont know.

lindsay.dainie said:

Hi everyone!

I'm not sure how else to get help with this, so I thought I would post my issue here. I hope someone can help. I've been trying to post a website to dmoz for quite a while now with no success. I followed all the steps correctly (chose a category, filled out the info, kept the length down, etc. etc). I filled this out on two occasions, about 3 months apart, and the website still has not appeared on dmoz. I'm not sure what else to do. It's a website for a company that does patternmaking and custom clothing design, so I don't understand why it wouldn't show up. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks so much!

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We keep suggestions until the site is reviewed (and either listed or considered not worth listing.) They do not time out, decay, or disappear.

So it may be worth suggesting once or twice, it is an absolute waste of everybody's time to suggest more often that that.

Is there any volunteer in the following category?

Top: Regional: Asia: Thailand: Provinces: Phuket: Business and Economy: Real Estate

I have submitted my site <url removed> for 2 months ago and pretty sure that I post in the correct one. It still didn't get list.


How can we know if our posted website is reviewed?

Please read the FAQ, this will answer your questions.

short answers
1. Yes
2. Probably it is still waiting review
3. You can't.

That why I submit my site 3 years ago, but not listed.
Last time I use software submit for me (Web Position Gold and ect).

Thank all for answer.
I will careful for submit.

spectregunner said:

An excellent description.

In suggesting a site, all you are doing is saying: Hey editors, if you are so inclined, take at look at this site. It may or may not be worth listing.

Any expectations beyond that are not on a very solid foundation.

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Thanks for the headsup.. I hope it gets listed in DMOZ before I grow old or something..

Wishing on the ODP is no substitute for a day job. And that's OK.