Hi, folks,
With a day job in Internet marketing, I've been submitting sites to the ODP for a while now, and have usually had good results getting the sites listed in appropriate categories, so thanks in general to the editor community for your hard (volunteer) work. Let me say that I have already read the FAQ and understand that it can take up to 2 years for a site review, but my experience in the past has been that sites have been listed much quicker than that. About a year ago, my partner and I launched a new movie review and home theater web site called "Big Picture Big Sound" and I've tried submitting this to two categories:
* Consumer Information: Electronics: Home Theater (submitted the main URL here because it is primarily a home theater site)
* Arts: Movies: Reviews (submitted the movie reviews sub-category page here because this seemed the most appropriate fit for movie reviews).
I won't clutter up this post with the exact wording of my submissions, but I think they were pretty well-written and hype-free. I've seen both categories updated multiple times (at least the "last updated" date has changed frequently), and I have re-submitted a few times as well, as a "reminder" that we're still building unique content on the site and enhancing it over time. But at this point, I'm wondering if the failure to add the site is "personal" in some way.
The editor of the movie reviews category does have his own movie review site listed in the category, but for some reason has chosen not to add our site. And most recently, I see that *both* categories (home theater and movie reviews) have the exact same "last updated" date so I'm guessing (yes, this is pure speculation on my part) that he may have gone into both categories and deleted or denied our submission. Have I annoyed this editor by trying to submit the site 5 or 6 times over the course of a year? Is there any kind of appeal process to have someone else look at the site?
I did contact one editor (different category) who told me that there was a back-log of 25 sites submitted to the Home Theater category about 6 months ago, but it seems to me that someone has probably looked at our submission by now, and chosen not to include the site.
I know there are no guarantees on site inclusion, that every category is different in its timelines for review/inclusion, but I do feel that the site would make a valuable addition to the home theater and movie reviews categories (yeah I know, biased opinion), so I just want to make sure I haven't done anything to offend anyone.
I'm also willing to help, and I've applied to become an editor in a couple of different categories (including the home theater category) but have not yet been accepted. I'm guessing that my day job in internet marketing or my specific affiliation with a few content sites (most of which are already in the directory, but some of which are not), might have stood in the way of acceptance.
Any thoughts or feedback anyone?
Regards,
-Chris
With a day job in Internet marketing, I've been submitting sites to the ODP for a while now, and have usually had good results getting the sites listed in appropriate categories, so thanks in general to the editor community for your hard (volunteer) work. Let me say that I have already read the FAQ and understand that it can take up to 2 years for a site review, but my experience in the past has been that sites have been listed much quicker than that. About a year ago, my partner and I launched a new movie review and home theater web site called "Big Picture Big Sound" and I've tried submitting this to two categories:
* Consumer Information: Electronics: Home Theater (submitted the main URL here because it is primarily a home theater site)
* Arts: Movies: Reviews (submitted the movie reviews sub-category page here because this seemed the most appropriate fit for movie reviews).
I won't clutter up this post with the exact wording of my submissions, but I think they were pretty well-written and hype-free. I've seen both categories updated multiple times (at least the "last updated" date has changed frequently), and I have re-submitted a few times as well, as a "reminder" that we're still building unique content on the site and enhancing it over time. But at this point, I'm wondering if the failure to add the site is "personal" in some way.
The editor of the movie reviews category does have his own movie review site listed in the category, but for some reason has chosen not to add our site. And most recently, I see that *both* categories (home theater and movie reviews) have the exact same "last updated" date so I'm guessing (yes, this is pure speculation on my part) that he may have gone into both categories and deleted or denied our submission. Have I annoyed this editor by trying to submit the site 5 or 6 times over the course of a year? Is there any kind of appeal process to have someone else look at the site?
I did contact one editor (different category) who told me that there was a back-log of 25 sites submitted to the Home Theater category about 6 months ago, but it seems to me that someone has probably looked at our submission by now, and chosen not to include the site.
I know there are no guarantees on site inclusion, that every category is different in its timelines for review/inclusion, but I do feel that the site would make a valuable addition to the home theater and movie reviews categories (yeah I know, biased opinion), so I just want to make sure I haven't done anything to offend anyone.
I'm also willing to help, and I've applied to become an editor in a couple of different categories (including the home theater category) but have not yet been accepted. I'm guessing that my day job in internet marketing or my specific affiliation with a few content sites (most of which are already in the directory, but some of which are not), might have stood in the way of acceptance.
Any thoughts or feedback anyone?
Regards,
-Chris
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